Zabian Dowdell
Zabian Dowdell
Zabian Dowdellis an American professional basketball player who currently plays for Zenit Saint Petersburg of the VTB United League. Born in Pahokee, Florida, he played basketball for his hometown's high school. He played college basketball for the Virginia Tech Hokies from 2003 to 2007. In his senior season he was named in the First-team All-ACC and the ACC All-Defensive team. Following his graduation from college, Dowdell played professionally mainly in Europe, also having brief stints in the NBA and the...
beat close defensive effort gave good looks ourselves
We beat ourselves tonight. We didn't give a good enough effort on the defensive end. We gave them too many good looks at the 3. ... We just didn't close out the game.
close crucial definitely focused learn lose possession stay surprise
It's definitely a surprise (to lose so many close games), but one of the encouraging things is that we've been in every game, so all we have to do is learn how to stay focused for every crucial possession of the game. I think we'll be alright.
close definitely experience felt hurts indicate record year
I felt like we had the experience this year to be able to close out close games, but unfortunately the record doesn't indicate that. It definitely hurts to go out like this.
looks trouble
We had trouble getting the looks we wanted.
bring laugh mind rarely thinking
You just try to make him laugh or just try to do things to take his mind away from it, because you know that he's thinking about it, and we're thinking about. We rarely bring it up. We just try to take his mind off it and keep him happy.
bunch
We had a bunch of wide-open opportunities that we couldn't make.
couple definitely great key number options scoring teams
We definitely don't have a great number of scoring options on this team, and teams can kind of key in on a couple of guys.
defensive gave intense needed
We gave them too many wide-open opportunities. I don't think we were as intense as we needed to be on the defensive end.
face hand somebody
We want to have somebody in his face at all times, have a hand up.
definitely
He's definitely a big part of our team, and for us to be successful, we need him out there.
angle behind call good
(Hamilton) tipped it, but like I said, the ref was kind of behind the call and didn't really get a good angle at it.
bit feels five good owed ride won
I feel like we were owed at least five of these. But it always feels good to know we won on the way back home. It makes the ride a little bit easier.
felt good happen kept
We just kept fighting. I was real optimistic. I just felt like something good was going to happen to our team.
broken care chance continue eventually game hard sound work
We've had a chance game after game after game. I know I sound like a broken record, but it's true. As long as we continue to work hard in practice, everything will eventually take care of itself.