Quote from Kevin Garnett after the Celtics beat the Cavs last night in Cleveland. KG was asked how the Celtics gelled together so well two years ago when they won the championship and how Cleveland can get there:
"The secret is that we came in with no egos, no agendas. One goal and we stuck to that. There wasn't something for your guys' morning papers, there wasn't something for headline news. That was what we was living. I think that's been the onus since we've been here. You've got to leave the ego at the door. Whatever swagger you've got, you bring it in here and you make sure it ain't cockiness. You do your job, you get the shooters open, you play defense, you talk, you give yourself up to get better as a team. ... That's the reason we work. I don't know what they have over here in Cleveland and what their beliefs are and what their studies are. But that's the formula for the Boston Celtics and why we were so successful our first year.''
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1.17.2010
BOSTON CELTICS - '85 BEARS
"I think night in and night out, we want to come in and defend more than anything," said Perkins. "Obviously, you've got to put points up to win the game, but I just think we want to defend."
But coach Doc Rivers identified something special in this year's team and challenged them to be remembered like the 1985 Bears: one of the greatest defenses of all time.
"Doc brought it to our attention in the preseason," said Perkins. "We just kind of built from there. Doc asked if we wanted to be the best defensive team in history, like the '85 Bears. I think we've bought into it. We're playing intimate team defense and we just need to continue to do that."
"It's one thing to talk about it and another thing to actually do it," said Williams. "We're striving to be the best defense, but we've got work to do. That's the mindset we have to have day in and day out. We're stressing defense every single play, ever single minute."
Asked what he prefers, shutting the opposition down or shining on the offensive end, Garnett didn't hesitate. "Shutting people down," he said. "Because we work so hard in practice, man. Y'all have no idea what our drills are like. Every day, it's the same thing, same repetitive stuff, if not more. You know, when you shut a team down, that's hard work and effort."
But coach Doc Rivers identified something special in this year's team and challenged them to be remembered like the 1985 Bears: one of the greatest defenses of all time.
"Doc brought it to our attention in the preseason," said Perkins. "We just kind of built from there. Doc asked if we wanted to be the best defensive team in history, like the '85 Bears. I think we've bought into it. We're playing intimate team defense and we just need to continue to do that."
"It's one thing to talk about it and another thing to actually do it," said Williams. "We're striving to be the best defense, but we've got work to do. That's the mindset we have to have day in and day out. We're stressing defense every single play, ever single minute."
Asked what he prefers, shutting the opposition down or shining on the offensive end, Garnett didn't hesitate. "Shutting people down," he said. "Because we work so hard in practice, man. Y'all have no idea what our drills are like. Every day, it's the same thing, same repetitive stuff, if not more. You know, when you shut a team down, that's hard work and effort."
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