He was incredible. We had a hand in his face all night, and he goes 5-for-5 on threes in the first half. Some of those shots were unbelievable. |
He was shaking on the bench. It made me cold looking at him. |
He was somewhat emotional. It's a tough situation, and that's one of the reasons I played him a lot. I thought it was better for him to be occupied than to just sit and think. |
He was trying to miss it. He was trying to hit it off the back of the pin to no avail. |
He's a barometer a lot for us. ... I was not as concerned about him not scoring or shooting or not being aggressive, but his rebounding totals were way down. He had some games in the first half where he'd come in with zero or one. |
He's a different presence. There's no question that without him, they didn't go inside as much. He gives them a low-block presence. He's more of a go-to guy as far as inside down the stretch. Defensively, he's a shot blocker. It just gives them more bodies up front. |
He's a flat-out great shooter. You can never have enough of those guys. |
He's been a solid player in all 29 games we've played. |
He's been good, ... He's a wide-bodied guy. He's undersized, but he plays bigger than he is. |
He's been good. He's a wide-bodied guy. He's undersized, but he plays bigger than he is. |
He's been like that the last few games. I like when he's a bit more aggressive. A part of it is he tries to conserve energy when he thinks he has to and gets other guys going. |
He's been so barraged by things right now. I want to wait a little bit until things all are done and then I'll reach out to him. |
He's better than I thought he would be. And I thought he'd be pretty good. |
He's better today than he was Tuesday, and you don't want to sit him out and have the ankle get weaker. |
He's fearless. He puts so much pressure on you. I am amazed at the punishment he takes. I'm amazed he's not hurt more (because of) how high he plays off the ground and the falls he takes. |