George Karl
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"George Matthew Karl" is a former American professional basketball player who has served as the head coach of five National Basketball Association teams, most recently the Denver Nuggets. On December 10, 2010, he became the seventh coach in NBA history to record 1,000 wins.

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It will be fun to be back in Milwaukee. But the first game is kind of your revenge. Getting the win now allows you be free of ghosts of the past.

I didn't think that we could outscore them. I thought we needed defensive mentality.

People don't understand it's a special trait to want the ball in that situation, and then to make the shot.

We're seeing a team in the fourth quarter that doesn't have the confidence to finish up a game. Last year, we were a great fourth-quarter defensive team.

If we make that extra pass, we'll find the 3-pointer and hit them. At times, we don't trust that extra pass. But you can say the same thing about 25 of the other 30 teams in the league.

Ray was in his zone. I've been on the good side of that and tonight I was on the bad side. He had a special rhythm going and I know many shots he just shot over the top of us.

Ray was in the zone. I've been on the good side of that. Tonight I was on the bad side.

What you're seeing in the fourth quarter is a team that doesn't have confidence to finish up the game. Last year we were a great fourth-quarter defensive team and I think that was our confidence. This year we don't have that.

Pat Riley has lost three of four in the first round. I guess [Rivers has] got to study history a little more.