I think we didn't have much defensive intensity at all in the third quarter. The third quarter was not what we expected, so I wanted to put the young kids in and they brought us back into the game. I didn't think it would be fair if I took them out. |
I think we got discouraged. |
I think we have to figure out ways to stop people first. I always figure if you can guard people you don't have to score as much. I was hopeful we would value the ball a little better. My thing is, who is going to grind it out, defend and have a chance to guard people, and then we'll move on. |
I think we just sometimes don't understand how we get leads, and time and score. We're just young and this is the process you've got to live with. |
I think what you've got to do is keep simplifying it and demanding it, |
I think when your older guys are your leaders and don't play, sometimes it's hard for young kids to really, truly listen, even though they all have so much respect for him. Now that he is playing, I think his role probably has changed. I think (he leads) more by example. |
I think you need somebody in the middle [who] corrects mistakes, |
I thought early on they were both tight. I think right now they're trying too hard to please me. I told them to take quality shots, as many as they can get, and by doing that you'll help everybody. |
I thought he did a lot better. He rebounded much better the other night; last night he got his first defensive rebound with a minute to go. But I thought he fought them both on the post. |
I thought he tried. He was active, but we still got beat the same way. |
I thought in the first quarter (Parker) dominated the game. Then after that, it was their whole team. |
I thought Nate played fine. But I never saw Allen once pump his chest or do anything but go down the other end after he scored. I told Nate [Iverson] has almost 30,000 points. So I want [Robinson] to act like he's done it before. |
I thought the first half we really struggled offensively and turned the ball over a lot, but we just managed to hang in defensively and that was critical. |
I thought they were a little tired, ... and then I thought down the stretch, I don't want to put the rookies in a tough situation like that. |
I thought we missed a lot of good shots. |