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Thanks to the good folks in the Phoenix Suns' communications department, I was courtside for the team's pre-season opener against the Hawks. Being the first game of the pre-season, it was mostly just local media in attendance, who apparently had no interest in Hawks' coach Mike Woodson's post-game remarks. When he came out of the locker room, it was just me, esteemed writer for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Sekou Smith, and a media rep for the Suns that were waiting for him. Needless to say, it was the perfect opportunity to ask the coach a few questions about the game (and frankly, it would have been weird if I didn't.) Here are coach Woodson's (very brief) post-game comments:Brett Edwards: You left Marvin [Williams] out there longer than usual, were you just trying to get him more work?
Mike Woodson: I was trying to get him more work, and I knew I wasn't going to play Joe [Johnson] and [Mike] Bibby many minutes, so, you gotta have one of those guys on the floor, Marvin, or Josh Smith to go along with the new guys. But Mo [Maurice Evans], Mo would have taken up seven or eight minute that Marvin got coming down the stretch probably, if he hadn't gotten hurt.
BE: What happened to Mo?
MW: He got an elbow (points to above his eye), he needed to get some stitches.
BE: The first half it seemed like you guys took a lot of outside shots, which maybe lead to the low field goal percentage?
MW: Which I don't like.
BE: Yeah, did you talk to them about that at halftime?
MW: Sure I did. You know, my thing is, when you're struggling to make your shots, then you gotta figure out a way to get to the free throw line. You know this time last year in exhibition season, we were leading in free throws attempted. And, a lot of that was because we were aggressive at the rim. We gotta get back to mixing that up a little bit when jump shots are not falling. And get to the line to shoot our fair share of free throws.
BE: How about Acie Law, do you see him getting more minutes this season? He looked pretty good out there.
MW: Yeah, the thing is, everybody thinks we took Acie's minutes away from him. Last year, Acie was hurt so much, you know, it was hard to even find some kind of rhythm with him, and I didn't have the luxury of waiting. So, he's healthy, and we'll continue to push him and Bibby at the one [point guard spot], and then fill in with Flip [Ronald Murray] somewhat. The luxury is, we got some luxury this year, being able to shuffle guys around, we're a little bit deeper than we were last season.
BE: Mo Evans took that elbow, do you know how long he's going to be ... is he going to miss any time?
MW: No, he'll be ready to go for practice I'm sure in the morning.
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