(Briggs) and (Papp) both do a great job. They are two guys you don't see a lot of who stepped right in, and that is where we get our balance and depth. Those guys were ready when they were called upon. Those are the qualities we need to see. |
Gabor shot it well - again - and was aggressive with it. Personally, I don't think we do a good enough job of getting the ball to him - especially after he hits two or three. |
Go figure. We did what we were supposed to do, and we won. |
Hopefully, we can maintain our focus. We've been making some progress as of late, and we certainly saw some of that tonight. Hopefully, we'll continue to maintain that focus, keep working and continue to get better. |
I also thought we did a good job of finding him. He really got going, and we did a good job of recognizing that. |
I guess the good thing we take from that start was, after getting down by that much, we executed better and got back into it. |
I was a little disappointed that we couldn't close them out. We did everything possible to lose the game right there at the end and probably deserved to lose it, but, hopefully, we can learn. |
I was pretty disappointed with our defensive effort right at the start. Our starters didn't play any defense at the beginning. |
I was really pleased with the play we got off the bench. When we've got two guys in Ervin and Gabor that didn't play particularly well, it's nice to have two guys (Dunlap and Whitfield) help us out. It keeps us well-balanced. |
If teams want to play us one-on-one outside, we'll score. If you want to double down, we'll still score and be fine. |
If we don't turn it over and just execute, I don't know how people are going to stop us. We have multiple guys who can score. It's just a matter of our getting to the point in trusting one another and trusting in ourselves that we can make a play when we need to. |
In the first half, I thought we were playing well defensively, but we just weren't making any shots. For once this season, it was our defense that held us up. |
It comes back to the fact that we practiced well Thursday, Friday, and we practiced well today. We're doing what we're supposed to do, and that is paying attention to detail. And - go figure - you win. |
It was one of those things we wanted to do tonight, so we could get some reps with it. |
It's obviously a very good win because we won a slow-paced game. That was very good because the times when we've lost, we've been in that type of situation. It was a good thing for us to see and, hopefully, our guys can generate a little bit of confidence from that. |