Ball game Quote by Gregg Popovich

For us to be successful on defense, we must get back and stop the basketball, eliminate easy baskets, keep the ball out of the…

— Dick Bennett

We just couldn't hit shots. We had good looks but they weren't falling and we kept turning the ball over.

— Luol Deng

Most teams defensively are designed to try to make teams take two-point shots, challenged two-point shots.

— Billy Donovan

You can never win a game if you don't shoot the basketball. You can never success if you don't want to try.

— Jeremy Darren

You look at today, it's a different situation. You have a game that has been transformed into a game where almost every shot is…

— Oscar Robertson

We defended. We made them keep tough shots, and we executed offensively.

— LeBron James

They got a lot of easy baskets and rebounds. That is what killed us.

— Rajon Rondo

Basketball is a game of sacrificing yourself for the next guy, being a team that takes good shots, and taking the right shots

— David Blatt

That's one of the reasons I was drafted because I blocked three shots a game in college so I got to continue doing that…

— Tristan Thompson

We were in the NBA Finals. Two games away from winning it. I think we did pretty well.

— David Blatt

You have games when you miss shots and when you make shots. But knowing you're here for a reason and you're an NBA basketballer…

— Patty Mills

We're still getting better as a team. We're still learning how to play basketball as a team and how to win tough games.

— Carmelo Anthony