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...
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.
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.
came contagious energy final game gave great guys passion player practice took
When I took him out of the game (in the final minute), I told him he was a great player and an even better person. He's been such a great leader. He came to practice every day and gave everything he had. He's very dedicated, very passionate, and that passion and energy was very contagious for the other guys on this team.
allow goal press
Our goal was not to allow the press to get to us; we accomplished that goal.
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.
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.
defensive offensive simply
We simply could not get enough defensive stops. They have a lot of offensive weapons.