Alonzo had a huge impact on the game defensively. I think he gave us the defensive lift when we needed it. |
and that I would probably love it. |
Antoine is capable of having an outrageous night. I was going to sub for him but I just wanted to get him one more possession. We allowed Antoine to bring it up a couple of times. He hit a three and I kept him in the game. |
Antoine is somebody that I definitely haven't handled well from an offensive standpoint. 'Catch as catch can' isn't good enough. You have to go to him more. |
Any time he gets in foul trouble and sits down, that sets him back and sets us back. You have to try to keep him on the floor for normal minutes. But when he gets that third and fourth foul, we get out of rhythm. |
Anybody who's got the kind of energy to try to hoist up (nearly) 70 shots is going to score a lot of points. It's remarkable, the execution and the efficiency, but we've got a lot of guys in this league, if they took 70 shots, they'd score a lot of points. |
As (the game) got worse, we started getting stronger and stronger and Antoine made big plays for us, big shots for us. That's what he's capable of doing. He's very explosive. |
As soon as we began to struggle offensively, we stopped playing defense. We have to stay the course defensively because we're going to have droughts. |
As soon as we begin to struggle offensively or get a little bit discouraged, two or three things happen to us and we stop playing defense. |
Basically, one guy beat us. ... Vince was unbelievable. |
Being a part of success is more important than being personally indispensable. |
Being ready isn't enough; you have to be prepared for a promotion or any other significant change. |
Being ready isn't enough; you have to be prepared for a promotion or any other significant change. |
Brent hit the big one to sort of put the nail in the coffin. |
But it's up to Shaquille, too. I mean, it's up to him. And this is where the old coach came out of Stu. He started using some coaching terminology. He said, 'Well, you've got to get him to make a V-cut every now and then. If he makes a V-cut, then they impede his progress, they'll call it. |