Patrick Sparks
Patrick Sparks
anytime behind coach hit inspire jump knock saying shots smith team teammates
My whole team was behind me and saying, keep shooting. Coach Smith was saying just jump up there with confidence. We know you can hit it, so anytime your teammates and coach say that, then it's going to inspire you to knock down shots so that's what you need to do for your team.
anytime beat contest rebound shots tough
Anytime we can contest shots and rebound the way we did, it'll be tough to beat us.
closing driving extra giving hit hitting near passes quick shots trying
They were closing out on me quick and giving me driving lanes. I was able to hit some mid-range shots and make some extra passes in there. Then I started hitting some threes there near the end trying to get us back. It just wasn't enough.
ball good happened hit shots teammates tried
I hit some shots tonight, but a lot of that just had to do with, I had the ball in the right spots. My teammates set some good screens, and ... I just tried to take good shots, and they just happened to be at good times.
played separated stretch
I thought we played them tough. But I think they did some things down the stretch that separated us.
good looked played tonight
I think we played a lot better tonight together. We just looked good out there.
joe mixing
Joe was in there mixing it up. That's what we needed.
cheering means teammates
That was something between me and the team. To have your teammates cheering me on like that, it means a lot.
capable gave hard stepped tonight
When we're in the spread, it's hard to guard. Joe's a capable player, and he really stepped up tonight and gave us what we needed.
last leave tried
I didn't want it to be my last game. I just tried to leave it all out on the court.
confidence gives playing step terms
This was a big step for us, in terms of playing like a team. That's the way you have to play. You have to play for each other; you have to play together. When you do that, that's what gives you confidence in each other and in yourself. That's what we've been lacking.
figured gone good guys playing time
We've got a lot of guys playing well at the same time now. That's a good sign. As time has gone on, we've figured what we have to do to be successful.
guys playing time
We've got a lot of guys playing well at the same time now.
close free game hit ourselves prove proven rebounds throws trying win
We just got stops, rebounds and hit free throws. We've been trying to prove something every game and I think we've proven to ourselves that we can defend, rebound and hit free throws and if we keep doing that we'll win these close games.