You don't want to come across a scenario going into the end of March or beginning of April when you have to win eight out of 10. This is a great opportunity for us to create some distance and climb up in the standings now. You don't want to continue to be around .500, one or two games above, one or two games below, and then in the last month or so you really have to turn it on. |
You hear it every week: 'This is the most important stretch of the season. But, in reality, this is definitely the most important stretch. |
You just hope that it doesn't come to any type of tiebreaker situation or anything like that. |
You've got to get them how you can get them. We wanted to end the month with at least a .500 record. We knew this game was the toughest one of their road trip. They wanted it just as badly as we did. Everybody knows that playing at home is a lot easier when you get that win. |
You've just got to find a way to win with the situation. [Dealing with the injuries] has been hard because it's late, we're playing well together and we finally have some good chemistry down. |