It entered into our guys minds who we were playing.

We're not the deepest team or the most experienced team, so we've tried to implement an understanding of playing defense and rebounding the basketball. We're trying to be as tough as we can and thus far they have bought in to that. We're starting to believe that's the way we need to play in order to get some wins.

The guys are determined to put the first half behind them and are playing up to their capabilities in the second half.

He's a one-dimensional player who has an excellent one dimension. He's the end result of their ball movement ... he was the beneficiary.

The biggest, most glaring thing that we thought we could teach was getting off to a good start. We didn't in those two games, and it obviously cost us. We have to do that to give us a chance to win.

When the game started, we gave him two open jump shots and he probably felt like he could conquer the world. We didn't defend him and that's what good players do.