At this time of the year - I know it doesn't sound very inspirational - but mostly rest. We played 27 games and guys are hurt. It's mostly just licking your wounds and deciding whether you're going to mail it in or go compete. |
David had an exceptional second half. As far as catching and shooting, this is the best he's been (since his injury). |
He's been practicing and he's in school, but I'm not sure what his status is going to be. |
I think they were just a little bit too good for us. They hit three-point shots, they scored in the post, they got rebounds. |
I thought if we could get over the hump confidence-wise, we could have a good season. I thought we could certainly have a good record. |
I'm not crying the blues. He's still an awfully effective player, and we're really glad to have him back in there. |
If you can finish in the top half, you have a chance to win the whole thing. We have a chance to do that. |
In the past they've guarded like heck and offense has been spotty. Now they're running really good offense, with inside and outside scoring. They're playing at a good pace. |
It's frustrating for him. But I think it's important for our guys' frame of mind to win a game before he gets back. And then I think they'll feel much better when he does come back. But it's been a struggle. |
It's hard for a coach to ever admit something is positive, but I think it does help because they play differently than anybody else. The fact that we're going through a lot of the things we just went through a week ago is helpful. |
That's the best he's looked offensively, no doubt, as far as catching the ball and shooting, and driving hard and pulling up. |
That's where we lost the game, on the defensive end. |
The first half was just a real ordeal, but we did guard enough to keep the game close, The best way to get over those jitters about missed free throws and missed three-pointers is we're going to go inside. |
This one is much harder to take because we had a chance to win. |
We did a poor job of finding their shooters. We were concerned about their inside game, and they hit six of nine three-pointers in the first half and really the game was over. You're just not going to win against good teams if you can't defend them. |