Paul Woolpert
Paul Woolpert
Paul Woolpert is an American basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach for the Los Angeles D-fenders of the NBA Development League...
offensive rebounds second
He's a big guy. We let him get too many offensive rebounds in the second half.
both last phenomenal practice three
Elvin, in practice and the last two, three games, has been phenomenal. We all know what he can do defensively, but he's been phenomenal at both ends.
communication lifted lines lying man uncharted waters
Ronny has lifted attendance. This is uncharted waters having a young man in here who just had open-heart surgery, so I told him we had to keep our lines of communication open. ... I'd be lying if I said I didn't have some concern.
affect atrocious half shot
We did a lot of things well in the first half but shot atrocious and we let that affect us at the other end of the floor. You can't let that happen.
fatigue played question role
There's no question fatigue has played a role in our sluggishness.
defense hit improve stay tough
We have to improve our pick-and-roll defense and stay up on their shooters. Then again, even when we did stay up on them, they hit tough shots.
entire gotten job veterans
That's veterans getting the job done. That's why they're here. They've gotten it done their entire careers.
agendas betting hard people preached sports win
Most betting people wouldn't have thought we'd win this series. From Day 1, we've preached 'team' and that's very hard to do in professional sports because a lot of them have agendas -- to get out of here and to the NBA.
agent explore felt goal mark nba played reach ultimate
Mark's agent called and said Mark felt he was not really going to reach his ultimate goal of getting called back up to the NBA and wanted to explore other options. Mark really played well for us.
dominance home
We need to re-establish the kind of dominance at home that we've lost.
opportunity reach tuesday
We need some help. At least we'll know Tuesday what we have to do. If we have an opportunity (to reach the finals), we have to capitalize.
basketball biggest floor great selfish stepped
From a selfish standpoint, for me, he's a great basketball player. But for the franchise, and for everything Ronny has done in this state, it's the biggest one we've ever had. And he hasn't even stepped on the floor yet.
allow defensive despite effective game job playing step utilize
Leonard's done an outstanding job despite playing out of position, particularly on the defensive end. This will allow him to step out and utilize his perimeter game he's so effective at.
proven win
We've proven we can win on the road, now we have to prove we can win at home.