We've faced a lot of teams that have had that sense of urgency, so what has happened, teams have kind of jumped on us early. We've had to fight our butts off to get back in games.

You saw both teams as basically who they are - both meat-and-potato teams.

We still only had 10 turnovers for the game. They were magnified as far as when they happened a little bit. When you're playing well, they try to throw everything at you. From that standpoint, as I say, the more things that are thrown at you, the better prepared you are come playoff time.

It's an old coaching adage, something the old-timers used to tell all the young coaches. Do what teams do to you … press a pressing team … zone a zone team … run on a running team. If you take what is their strength and make it your own, you can get into their heads a little bit.

You saw both teams as basically who they are -- meat-and-potato teams. Maybe this is why the game wasn't hyped as much. This is what basketball was meant to be like -- play defense, play team basketball.

You saw both teams as basically who they are - meat-and-potato teams. Maybe this is why the game wasn't hyped as much. This is what basketball was meant to be like - play defense, play team basketball.