It took people out of position. We couldn't run our sets.
It's been nothing short of magical for us. But, to be honest, I think we can play with them. We're going to have to step up our level of play, and we're going to have to play awfully, awfully mistake-free basketball.
That really helped us. If they would have just attacked, we couldn't stop them. They gave us a chance.
This is new for us. It's pretty simple at this point. You either win or you go home.
It's something that we've been addressing, but until our kids learn to execute exactly the way we want them to, it's going to continue to happen. It's happened all year, and it's not the first time.
I thought that we got just what we wanted. We were controlling the tempo of the game.
We needed this one. I told my athletic coordinator (Orlando Garcia) before the game that this was probably the most time I've spent preparing a team for a game.
We had everything we wanted. Griffin was in foul trouble, (Phillip) Wilson was off, we had the lead. We just broke down.
I saw plenty of film on them and I knew they don't make a lot of mistakes. We just broke down at the wrong time.
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