Dan Boyd
Dan Boyd
brought credit early helped holiday last played ugly visions
It was ugly -- 12 turnovers in the first quarter. I don't know if we got into the holiday fudge early or what, but it brought back visions of last year. I give (Reynolds) credit -- they played well. We also helped them, though.
accustomed against helped line stay
That helped us stay in the game. That was what we were more accustomed to after going 4 of 14 from line against Dallas.
ability basketball clock control defense effective good hold keys points quarters run shoot team three
I think one of the big keys was our ability to control the basketball and get good shots. We were able to run some clock off and shoot a good percentage. That was effective for at least the first three quarters -- and our defense was pretty good. Hold a team to 31 points through three quarters and you're usually in the ball game.
absorb bit body complete few happy kids language left losses row sink spirit-and-spirituality spirits start starts
You absorb a few losses in a row and spirits start to sink a little bit. Body language starts to change, so the kids left there happy and have, I hope, a little bit better sense of how to play a complete game.
against beating bigger few game good last played shots tend worn
We've been in every game in the first have in the last few games. We've executed, made good shots and played pretty good defense. We tend to take a beating and get worn down against bigger teams, though.
couple half missed nice ran run second shots six
We made a nice run at them in the second half -- got it down to six or eight. We made it interesting, but it was too big a hole. We missed a couple shots and we ran out of clock.
check football gonna inflated kid supposed
We won't check if they're real fans. We got an inflated football we were supposed to hang, but some kid popped it. What are you gonna do?