It was huge because we have players, especially like Brandon, that can put the ball on the floor and drive. And if there was any contact it was a foul so it helped us tremendously.

He did what great players do. Great players take their team to great heights and he did that tonight with the help of his teammates. But the second half, he just took over.

No one can ever duplicate that. It's the first group that you spent four years with at the place where you like being at and the place you hope to coach at for a long time. You never forget that group.

When almost half your team is new faces, it's very beneficial [to get away].

It was like someone snapped their finger and the hypnosis was over, and he went back to being Jon Brockman.

Mike is the kind of guy, if he hits his first couple shots then he doesn't think he's going to miss, ever, for the rest of his life. It seems to uplift his entire game. Because of that, I think it helped him concentrate even more on the defensive end.