"Michael David "Mike" Holton" is a retired American professional basketball player, and current television studio analyst for the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA. Born in Seattle, Washington (state)/Washington, he played college basketball at University of California, Los Angeles/UCLA from 1979 to 1983, and was selected in the third round of the 1983 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors, but began his NBA career with the Phoenix Suns in 1984–85 NBA season/1984–85. Holton, a 6'4" Guard (basketball)/guard, also spent his career with the Chicago Bulls, Portland Trail Blazers, and Charlotte Hornets. He also played in the Continental Basketball Association/CBA; retrieved April 16, 2007 for four different teams in as many seasons from 1983 to 1992. He started 60 games for the expansion Charlotte Hornets. Holton briefly played for Great Taste Coffee in the Philippine Basketball Association.

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It's a tremendous environment for a home team. It's a tremendous environment for a college basketball game, period.

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Their zone had that effect on the game.

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We're certainly on the path to bigger and better things.

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We tried everything in our arsenal. We doubled him on his catch, we doubled him on his bounce. We tried to force him on the back door. I don't know that any of it had a great deal of effect.

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It's a tremendous environment for a home team, and for college basketball, period. The fans are so well-educated, and they're a team that's resilient. It also energizes the visiting team, so what you get is an electric atmosphere.

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We started to get some defense stops and that allowed us to run.

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They kept us off-balance and we never got any offensive rhythm.

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I was proud of our guys to withstand that and to scratch and claw back into the game. This is one of the top environments in college basketball for a home team.

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