J.J. is going to get the looks. Sure, he missed his first four 3-pointers, but we knew he'd come back and hit the shots. We expect him to hit them and we look for him all the time. |
Lee is a natural leader. He's been great to me, just telling me crowds are going to say this, or they're going to try to do this. He just makes sure you're doing your thing. |
Sometimes guys put so much emphasis on J.J. that whoever sets the screen for him is going to be wide open. That can be a very tough play for teams to stop. |
The difference in the second half was the activity that we rebounded the ball with. Everybody contributed defensively and led us to easy transition baskets. |
Up five, I thought we were in good shape, but then we stopped making shots. |
We didn't let them get back in the game by turning the ball over. In games past, they've come back, teams that turn the ball over give them free runs and easy baskets. |
We needed to get angry. We weren't playing well the last two games, and at times we were lacking enthusiasm. But we knew the truth about us and that we would could come out and play good defense and win. |
We played both sides today. |
We played so hard defensively to fight for that ball and then for us to be so careless and throw it away, we didn't value the ball. |
We thought we'd mix it up a little bit. Sometimes we throw water on him. Sometimes it's Gatorade. This time, we just let it be and gave him a hug and said congratulations. But we're very proud of what he's done. |
We took them out from what they wanted to do. |
We tried to penetrate and then we'd kick it back out, fight through their screens and try to let their zone collapse but they played well on defense. |
We want to get going here, win the next two games and get some momentum before ACC play. We're excited to get back to playing and showing everybody what we can do. |
We won the first one, |
We're going to be ready to play, no matter who we play. As you keep going along, it's going to get tougher and tougher. We understand that. |