We did have pretty good spacing.

He told us before that regardless of what happened, he would come back and finish out the year with us. We said OK. J.J. is one of us, one of our own.

We knew we were going to have to run the offense more and move the ball quickly around the perimeter to create shots. We were patient and took good shots.

The guys off the bench really gave us the effort we have been looking for.

We sit down in that zone and guard the perimeter, and kept our feet and quit reaching. That's why we went to the zone, because we were reaching too much. I think we did a good job of shadowing them and kept them from penetrating. And it prevented us from getting deeper in foul trouble.

It was great to see Jermaine there. He had been telling me all week he was going to be here.

That's what we wanted to do, get it to him as much as we could.

It's been tough this year, it's been tough. I'm not gonna sit here and tell you a story. It's been tough, and our kids struggled. But it's a tribute to them how they hung together.

I'd like to think it's how we play, not just because of who we play.