Larry Brown
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Larry Brown
Prolific basketball coach who led 8 NBA teams into the playoffs, won the NCAA Championship with Kansas and won an NBA Championship with Detroit.
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth14 September 1940
eight hustle matched seven
Other than the first seven or eight minutes, I didn't think we matched their energy. After that, they just made hustle play after hustle play.
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I didn't think we, other than the first seven, eight minutes (of the game), matched their energy. Their effort was phenomenal.
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If you don't examine yourself after every game there is something wrong. I don't get too caught up when we win. I don't get too caught up when we lose. But I do try to evaluate where we're going. ... And then the thing that I never thought I'd see, I don't think we've matched our opponents' energy in a number of games. That's disturbing.
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Over the years, as I traveled throughout the archery circuit, I saw there weren't high numbers of black or Hispanic participants. I decided to make a difference, to bring this sport to our neighborhoods.
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Our perimeter defense isn't any worse than our interior defense. We want all of them to learn how to guard and have that as a priority.
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Our first team didn't shoot all that well. The Magic had 14 steals to our zero. To me, by accident, you can get a steal. That makes me think we weren't aggressive defensively.
feels kids
Our young kids want to be part of this. I think Isiah feels the same way.
best center far jackie
Our best center by far is Jackie Butler.
eight match minutes
Other than the first seven, eight minutes we didn't match their energy.
early felt game
(Rivers) told me he felt early in the game it was over.
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Right now, you're looking for guys that you want to keep. Because this is the most difficult part of a season for a team that is not going anywhere, and you can really tell who cares in situations like this.
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Physically he got tired. He tried. He seems rusty, but that wasn't totally unexpected. I'm glad he got to play.
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I thought we missed a lot of good shots.
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I thought the first half we really struggled offensively and turned the ball over a lot, but we just managed to hang in defensively and that was critical.