They (other coaches) know that he's the ultimate point guard. He gets everyone involved throughout the game. Then, when he has an opportunity to take over, he has that capability. |
They're going to go in and clean up whatever they find. |
They're playing with a purpose. They're very aggressive and making plays to get the job done. |
This will give us a chance to step away for a day or two and get refreshed and refocused. |
We did a lot of things well in the first half but shot atrocious and we let that affect us at the other end of the floor. You can't let that happen. |
We have four or five ways to defend their pick and roll ? although none of them seemed to work the other night. We'll try to mix it up and try to make is so they don't even get into their pick and roll. |
We have to improve our pick-and-roll defense and stay up on their shooters. Then again, even when we did stay up on them, they hit tough shots. |
We need some help. At least we'll know Tuesday what we have to do. If we have an opportunity (to reach the finals), we have to capitalize. |
We need to re-establish the kind of dominance at home that we've lost. |
We only got into the bonus once, at the end of the third quarter. They called 26 fouls on us and 16 on them. We attacked the basket all night and were not rewarded. |
We'll give Brandon some minutes. I've seen him play and I have confidence he'll pick up what we're doing relatively quickly. |
We're soft. If we don't toughen up, we're in a lot of trouble. |
We're taking more individual accountability and taking more pride in stopping their man. We're getting very important stops and finishing it by grabbing rebounds. |
We've proven we can win on the road, now we have to prove we can win at home. |
You could definitely feel his energy tonight. He missed playing and you could see he enjoyed being back on the floor. |