More - Mickey Mala Quotes

Other than a couple of concentration lapses at the end of each quarter, it was a really nice game for us defensively. This was a good win for us.

Mickey Mala

 Concentration

Cook is one of our better shooters and he was hitting with a 6-8 guy in his face.

Mickey Mala

 

We had some decent scoring opportunities, but we didn't get as many shots as we would have liked. They're a very good team.

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He's a typical gym rat. After I send everybody home, he stays and shoots jumper after jumper and free throws. He stays 20 or 30 minutes after every practice and I have to tell him to go home. A couple of times, I gave the guys the day off, but he's the first guy to ask if he can come in and shoot.

Mickey Mala

 Home

Before his last game, he was shooting 64 percent from the floor. He's learning to shoot around the basket. He averages 13 to 15 shots a game and we call a couple plays for him, but he's mostly getting points out of our motion offense.

Mickey Mala

 Learning

Early on, our defense was a little suspect. But in the second half, they were hitting some pretty tough shots.

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He played pretty well tonight. A lot of times he scores a quiet 31, but I didn't think so tonight. We looked out of sorts and every time we needed a basket he would come through. That 3 he hit just before halftime was big. We were stuck on 23 for like four minutes.

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It was tough to take.

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He got hammered, but there was no call.

Mickey Mala

 

(Sigler) was real strong off the dribble. He had that look in his eye that he was not going to be denied.

Mickey Mala