What they're going to try to do is do what they did during the season, try to get more off open-floor, transition-type opportunities, and try to attack that way and not have to go against our half-court defense as much. That will probably be their biggest adjustment. |
What we have been trying to do more recently is keep Ben where he can roam more. It's not been a coincidence that our domination in games has been when Ben started dominating games on the defensive end. |
When Ben struggles, sometimes that motivates him at the defensive end. He gets the attitude that if I'm not going to score, then you aren't going to score. |
When he's got his legs, what he can do, he can defend in the post with his feet. He can use his quickness and play different angles in the post and not have to rely on totally fronting and totally just playing behind. He gives you an added dimension defensively to do some things. |
When I came here, a lot of the players told me it'd be like that. We float under the radar a lot. So I think that's fine with us. |
When I watch film, they played zone, ... They just didn't call it zone. |
When people say they want something usually they really don't want it. If you really want something you're usually going to keep your mouth shut. |
When they announced his name, I was the most surprised person in the building. |
When we needed to make plays down the stretch, we made plays. When we needed to make shots, we made shots. |
When we play as a whole, how we're supposed to play, we're very efficient, and everyone plays extremely well. |
When we play zone and those guys put their arms out, you don't see anything, |
When we're taking shots from the corners and we did a lot tonight, that shows we are playing a lot of ball movement, a lot of player movement and making the extra pass. That's pretty much how you'd want to play offensively. |
When we've lost, they've taken it hard, and they get set in their minds to bounce back. Not get into a slide type situation. |
When you get 30 assists, it shows you are playing team basketball, ... This league is about finding where the mismatches are and exploit the weaknesses. |
When you get in these games, it's very interesting. The games start out being very fun and everything else and then all of a sudden, it gets very serious and very competitive. |