We wanted to let them know that's where we're going to win games, is on the defensive end. I think that's where you go. You don't try and put too much on them, but they know the drills that they're doing on the floor is the way we're going to play. |
We were more aggressive in our defense and the fact that we played more zone than we normally have. We were active in our zone, we were talking in our zone and we played a little more full-court defense. |
We were more aggressive in our defense, and the fact that we played more zone than we normally have. We were active in our zone, we were talking in our zone and we played a little more full-court defense. ... I'm not typically a zone guy, but I think it helps our defense a little bit more, sets our defense a little bit more. |
We were paying so much attention to Shaq. He ... was cleaning up after we doubled Shaq. He was the one standing there, either making a jump shot or cleaning an offensive rebound up. |
We'll see how he feels on Saturday. |
We'll work out a way to make it work, |
We're going to spread it around a little bit. We're not going to be a one-man, two-man team. |
We're in that phase. It's been 50 games. We should have some consistency by now. But we're not there. We just haven't put it together. That's why we have the record we have. |
We're not out of the hunt, we're out of the eighth spot and that's a difference. I think we'll come out ready to play on Friday night. |
We're one of those bad teams right now. |
We're out of the eighth spot, we're not out of the hunt. It's how you respond. |
We're working. Everything we do is not going to be perfect. We just have to keep fighting. |
We've been there, where we've been up 18 or 19 points. We've been there, where we've been up seven or eight points with two minutes to go in the game. So we've been in a lot of situations where we know the game could turn around. We had plays that turned the game around for us. |
We've got some young players that played well last year and I want to see if they've improved this year, |
We've got to work a little harder, do the things that we did last night in terms of working and putting the effort out there and we'll be fine. |