No, because I've heard similar things throughout the course of the year. It's something he's going to have to get over. He needs to face the personal responsibility of what he needs to get done. I just look at it as an opportunity to learn a good lesson at this time of year. |
No, I wouldn't have. I had Luc in Phoenix. Sorry, Luc. |
Normally, I can watch a bunch of 9-year-olds play Little League baseball and spot the leader right away. It's not that hard to spot. People pretty much are who they are. But I've seen people make inroads in that regard, too, so I really don't know the answer to that. |
Normally, you run away with a game like that. Obviously, it's a big problem. |
Nothing I can share here. I don't think anything was called for. |
Nothing. I told 'O' the other day we certainly have not lost confidence in him. I wanted to make sure he hasn't lost confidence in himself, and he assured me he hadn't. Tonight he got some good looks, and he was able to knock them down. |
Now it's a little bit different. Without Ben making some shots during periods of the game, we wouldn't even have had a chance. All I can say is he is aware of it, and he's trying to work on it. |
Occasionally, I may say something to see if I can get a response. Certainly, they responded, not that I want to take any credit for a comment like that. Each time they could have faded away, they found a way to come back and get after it again. |
Our ball movement came to a screeching halt. Ben got hot for us early, and after that our ball movement just kind of stopped. |
Our defense hasn't been good enough to win. We haven't been physical enough, and they've taken it to us. |
Our defense kept us in the game. It was reminiscent of the way we won so many games last year. There are always points in the game when you struggle a little offensively. You hope it doesn't come at the end of the game. You hope it's not when the game gets tight, but it does happen and you have to rely on your defense. |
Our defense was good again tonight and we needed it. We sort of went cold in the second half. We went 12-for-42 in the second half. To win a game when you only make 12 field goals in the second half, obviously our defense was good. |
Our defense was very good. We needed it. |
Our focus early in this game was unacceptable for a game this big. Not all across the board, but a couple of our starters just weren't ready tonight. |
Our guys always come back. But it was the second game in a row we weren't ready to play when the ball went up. We're still learning on the fly. We don't have guys with 30, 40, 60 games of playoff experience. |