Alex Scales (Oregon) had a sensational game [in the game 4 exhibition versus Brazil], ... one night it might be Charlie Bell (Michigan State), the next night it might be Scales [or] somebody else. If we can find that guy and get him hot, then we have a chance to be good. I also thought our big guys played really good, they battled, it was a very physical game. |
I kept telling my guys Venezuela would start missing. But they made a liar out of me because they never did. |
I kind of feel like we won the gold medal. |
I really believed that no team in this tournament was going to go undefeated. It just shows you how balanced the whole tournament is. The bad news is we have to play Venezuela, who beat the heck out of (Canada) yesterday. We'll have to be ready. |
I was scared to death. Losing this game would have really hurt us. |
In my opinion, having these kind of officials (two refs from Brazil, the U.S. with no free throws and Brazil with nine free throws in the first quarter) in this [very hostile] environment is a wonderful experience for us. This is definitely getting us ready to go to the Dominican Republic. We're improving every game. |
Our plan was to have whoever had the ball try to drive and shoot. We were fortunate he [Greer] was fouled. |
The bottom line is Brazil is just a better team then we are. |
The way they came out is not surprising, but now we've got to get our focus back. |
This is a tournament where every game will be a fight. |
This was the first time the U.S. had to qualify for the World Championships without NBA players. I kind of feel like we won the gold medal. |
We didn't really make any defensive adjustments. They just started missing shots and we rebounded. |
We don't have one great shooter, but we get offense from various people. |
We extended a lot of energy yesterday, a lot of emotion in the Brazil game and so to come out flat and play the way we did is not surprising. |
We made some adjustments defensively and rebounded better than we did in the other three games. We finally got a break. |