Jeff Bzdelik
Jeff Bzdelik
Jeffrey Joseph Bzdelikis an American basketball coach who is associate head coach of the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association. He was head coach of the Denver Nuggets in the NBA for slightly over two seasons, from 2002 until he was fired near the end of 2004...
allow goal press
Our goal was not to allow the press to get to us; we accomplished that goal.
allow pushing
When we allow them to have a day off, they get sluggish. It's interesting. You need to keep pushing them.
allowed break came discussion finish half knew minutes reverse second team
There was about 3 1/2 to go in the half and we were up 16, and I told the team I wanted to finish the half strong. And the reverse happened. We allowed No. 21 (Utah's Shaun Green) to break loose. He was 1-for-1. We had a little discussion about that at the half. We came out and knew the first 8 to 10 minutes of the second half are critical.
allowed ball carter catch good hand hurt knew shooter shots smith surprise
We knew what kind of shooter Smith was. That was no surprise to us. He made some unbelievable long-range shots with a hand in his face. And Carter hurt us in the first half. We allowed him to catch the ball in good position. We didn't play him properly.
denied relentless team wonderful
Jake was relentless and not to be denied on the boards. Everyone contributed, and everyone was in the fray. It's just a wonderful team to coach.
brought fact good players
The players know this system, and they feel good about the fact that it's brought them success,
easy kept players
We kept them from getting the easy baskets, and I can't say enough about the intangibles these players have.
encouraged heck john miss shoot
We thought they would sag off of John and really try to clog the middle. We encouraged John to just shoot the basketball. If you miss it, shoot it again. He did a heck of a job.
fine line open winning
We had open looks, we just didn't make them. It's a fine line between winning and losing.
blocks came energy good win
We came out of the blocks with good energy and it was a wire-to-wire win over a good team.
basketball fall prey thinking
I don't want them to fall prey to thinking so much about consequences. I just want them to play basketball.
talented
I don't know that it was anything (SDSU) did that really factored into that. But they are just so much more talented than they have been in the past.
left selection teams
We all know there are going to be teams left out and there are going to be discussions, and that's just part of the selection process. That's just part of sports.
bench hurt simply
We simply couldn't get enough stops. Simply put, they had some firepower off the bench that hurt us.