More - Mike Montgomery Quotes

I think in the proper context, they'll be fine. It would be unusual that the five guys that aren't starting are as good as the five guys that are starting. But I think each of the guys in their own right has things they do for you.

Mike Montgomery

 

A lot of defense is just want, just wanting to do it. It's hard work. You get tired, you've got to be able to defend and that's what we're working on. But they're working at it. It's not something that's going to happen overnight. Team defense takes a while to develop.

Mike Montgomery

 Defense

They were very, very good. Baron, in particular, was really economical with his game. ... That's the best he's been this year where he's had confidence with what he was doing. He felt like the ball would go down, and if you look at his shots and you see it rotating the way it was rotating, he's pretty good.

Mike Montgomery

 

In retrospect, the one thing Derek isn't gonna be able to do is keep Kobe from shooting off the top of him. Lots of shots that Kobe took late wouldn't have made a difference who we had on him. (He) just turned around, spun off and jumped off people.

Mike Montgomery

 

He was making nice plays, good-looking plays. Brad Miller just ended up shaking his head.

Mike Montgomery

 

We came out and played like we were playing in training camp, where our offense was clicking and they were really getting at it defensively, but then got tired and started committing lazy fouls and mistakes.

Mike Montgomery

 

We're down one, and we wanted to (shoot) early. You have to create a basket. Baron just elected to hold, and put us in an awkward situation.

Mike Montgomery

 

We needed this win very badly. It was probably a little surprising that it came in Miami as compared to some other places.

Mike Montgomery

 

We want to establish some sense of normalcy, if we can use that word, in these peoples' lives.

Mike Montgomery

 

Typically, the aggressor gets the call, and I think that's what happened. We were a little disappointed in the foul shots. But like I said, the aggressor typically gets the calls, and we were not the aggressor.

Mike Montgomery