John Brady
John Brady
five happened matter needed win
We all thought we were going to win the game. It didn't matter what happened to that point. All we needed was five minutes.
awful element guess
When you do back away and look at it, we are awful young. I guess there is a little element of surprise.
determination five goes maybe might minutes opposed playing rest short week
We might just have to play Tyrus in short stretches. As opposed to playing him 12 or 14 minutes straight, maybe he can just go five and we'll take him out, let him rest and put him back in. The more he plays, the better he'll feel and the more comfortable he'll feel. We'll make more of a determination of that as the week goes on.
man playing stop
We were playing man and couldn't really stop them.
deal jump soon
We want to deal with this as soon as we can but without undue haste. We can't jump to conclusions.
guys produced respond sit thoughts
We've produced some of our thoughts on where some of the payments sit and said 'you guys go away and respond to that'.
basket blocking defensive gift guy player protect teams timing wonderful
When you have a player like Tyrus, a guy who can just roam around a basket and protect you from defensive mistakes, it allows you to do things other teams can't. He has a wonderful gift for timing when blocking shots.
basket defensive errors player protect teams thomas
When you have a player like Tyrus Thomas to roam around a basket and protect some defensive errors that you may make in the perimeter, it allows you to do some things that other teams may not be able to do.
book certainly couple games goes record seasons win
When you have seasons like we're having, you have to win a couple of games like that. You don't win them all by the book, and this one wasn't certainly by the book that we would've liked. It certainly goes down in the record book as a win. That's the important thing.
athlete athletics tremendous
Tyrus is a tremendous athlete who we need back.
ankle
Tyrus rolled his ankle at the end of the first half. X-rays were negative.
block close difference gets helps shot thomas time
Tyrus Thomas really makes a difference around the goal. Every time he gets close to somebody, they think he's going to be there to block the shot it seems. So, Tyrus helps us around the goal.
coming double follow screens team
We were going to double team him, follow him around the double screens that they set for him coming to the lane.
ball bump comfort coming defense double good screens team time tried unique zone
We were going to double team him on ball screens and not let him get a comfort zone of coming off the screen with the ball. We were going to bump him every time he tried to go through the lane. The unique thing about it, you can play good defense, but when you can play good defense aggressively as we did without fouling, I think that's a key.