I love that time of the game. That's where players make their money, so to speak, and where you win or lose. Playing in crunch time is something I've always enjoyed since I was seven years old.

It was good to win some silverware and give game time to some of the players who are likely to be on the bench at Twickenham. We possibly had one eye on the Daily Mail final, but it was good to have the match before going to Twickenham.

I was sure we were good enough to win the game and I spoke to the players about how I felt it was there for the taking.

Me and Mike (James) were talking the other day about it. This is very rare, to find a team that pulls together, all 12 guys. At some point, especially since we're having a rough season, you tend to have cliques that develop or people point fingers. And we don't have that on this team. That's very rare in the NBA.

He's got a quiet fire about him.

Coach (Sam Mitchell) made adjustments and we executed well. It's a matter of us playing how we know how to play.