A lot of good things have to happen, and a lot of good things did happen. |
Basketball is a game of runs, and whoever has the last one usually wins. |
Defense doesn't demand a lot of schemes, it demands a lot of heart. You've got to want to stop somebody as much as you want to score yourself. |
I can tell you what I saw a look in my boys' eyes. They weren't going to let it happen. |
I don't care if they have six losses or whatever, they still are the three-time defending champion. So we respected that. |
If this is the worst thing that happens in your life, then you're doing pretty good. |
That's why we're difficult to defend. It can be a different guy every time. |
There's a lot more important things in life and a lot more things happen in life. You just have to keep them smiling. |
They run him off all kinds of screens and picks to get him open. He's a great player. |
We came out strong on the defensive end and took them out of any offense. |
We defend. We're not going to be beating people by scoring 70 points a game. I think, for the most part, that's been our strength. |
We did all kinds of things to to take their minds off shooting. |
We didn't move. We didn't set picks. We kind of got complacent. |
We got some unbelievable contributions. I think that's one of the reasons we're difficult to defend because it's going to be a different guy every night. |
We had no business being there. We couldn't shoot it, we couldn't score. |