I think we're getting a little better on the defensive end. If we're going to make some hay, we're going to have to do it on defense. |
I thought before we attempted to trade Steven, he had started grasping the way we want him to play. Rebounding, giving us energy, I thought he was doing that. |
I thought Chicago had more energy, that's for sure. |
I thought down the stretch of the game, when we needed those two guys to score the points, that?s what they did. That?s what they have to do. We got to the penalty at a certain point, Allen continued to drive the ball, and Chris had wide open jump shots because of it. |
I thought he was more aggressive than normal, for whatever reason. |
I thought Kevin played well. I think he had our offense going a little bit, but on the flip side I think sometimes you want to bring Kyle in to stretch the defense and give Allen Iverson and Chris (Webber) a little more room to operate. |
I thought our defense stayed pat the whole game, ... Kobe's a great player, but some nights the ball doesn't go in the basket. He just had an off night. |
I thought our focus the last couple of days was rebounding and defense, and it showed, |
I thought our focus the last couple of days was rebounding and defense, and it showed. |
I thought our guys played well. It was a young group. When you throw a young group against a veteran group, you may be able to win a game like that. A veteran group is going to use their brain a little bit, and that's what they did. |
I thought the second half was the reason why we won the game, because it was just the will that helped us win the game. We were down, we were a step slow in the first half, and I thought our will got us back in the game. |
I was hoping it went double or triple overtime. |
I was very impressed with Johnny Salmons, his ability to get to the basket, to penetrate, make baskets and find people. |
I wouldn't say I'm worried about it, but that's what training camp is going to lend itself to. It's going to allow me to see where it's going to come from. |
I'm always thinking that something good is going to happen. I think if you go in there thinking, 'Yeah, you're going to get beat by 20,' there's no sense of us going. There's no sense of us getting on the plane and going to Chicago and giving us a chance. |