My shot wasn't going as well as it has in the past. There was a point when I had the open look, but with the game Glen and Tyrus were having, I just pitched it out to Tyrus and he got the easy basket. [Thomas and Davis] were fantastic. They basically carried us on their shoulders. |
Our strategy is to continue to pound the ball inside and ride their backs. |
Regardless of who scored the ball or who did what, he gets the game ball. It shows how important he is to this team and how special he is. |
That stayed with me all night. Then it was pretty much over. |
That's what leaders do. They step up and make big plays. |
The brotherhood and the togetherness we have brought us through tonight. |
Their team is very guard-oriented. Smart defense is going to be the key. |
They hit us quick like they did in the first half. |
This was not really redemption because it wasn't against Connecticut. But, this was a real big shot and a real big win. |
We knew coming in that was basically what his game was. He did a good job hitting some big shots for them. |
We played as well as could be expected. We been struggling. We just don't have that fight in us anymore. Seems like if we don't hit the shot we don't want to play defense. |
We pulled through it together. We fought through a little adversity in this game but our brotherhood and togetherness that we had during the season brought us through tonight. |
We're like brothers. Brotherhood and togetherness. |
When Glen hit that shot, you could see that was it. I don't think they were able to bounce back from that. From that point on, we grabbed every rebound, every loose ball, we got steals -- we just had the momentum and they couldn't get it back. It is hard to have to play against us for 40 minutes. And their big guys have to try and guard big Glen for 40 minutes, that's hard, that is a lot to ask. |
When Glen hit the 3, that was the turning point. |