Jeff Van Gundy Quotes
As much as I loved the team last year and still do, when you lose in the first round (of the playoffs) you have to make some moves. It`s all about the results we get. Hopefully, we`re going to get some good results.
(McGrady) played super hard today. He just doesn`t make (shots) at home like he makes on the road. I can`t explain it. We don`t have an inside presence right now (without Yao) to throw the ball into to keep the defense honest. He`s trying to make a lot of tough shots while playing big minutes.
Nonsense is always a distraction.
There will be a lot of sacrifices that have to be made. We`ve sort of protected ourselves in case we`re not as healthy as we hope to be. If everybody`s healthy, there`s only 240 minutes to go around. It`ll be challenging.
I don`t have a good explanation.
(Yao) did all right, but it`s not about individual performance in this league. It`s team play and playing collectively. He`s still trying to get back in game mode, and we know it will take a while before he`s back at full strength. I thought overall, though, he did some good things, but he`s still not at 100 percent.
He`s a very good player, it`s good to see he could make a full recovery and have as good a year as he`s had. With him and Mo Williams on the floor together, when you put two point guards on the floor at the same time, it`s very difficult.
Our guys competed really hard for the most part. It`s wasn`t like we overwhelmed them with talent, that`s for sure.
I can`t explain it. He just doesn`t make at home like he makes on the road '” free throws or field goals.
When you score that little in a quarter, it`s probably part defense and part you`re missing some shots that you normally make. So we`re not going to pound ourselves on the chest because I remember three or four they had right in a row at the basket over our midgets where the ball just happened to fall out. We try to play good defense yet we understand how good of an offensive team they are.
