uh I mean that's you know kind of the message um of who we need to be and I thought our guys responded um in Spades to you know start the game the way we started it wasn't our best um you know their offense obviously is good it took us a second to kind of catch up with their Tempo and their Pace um but I thought as the game progressed we did a phenomenal job uh of figuring them out um but you know it took toughness um it took resilience it took togetherness to make sure that we never spit Leonar
d you know even adversity ups and downs uh our guys found a way to compete compete together and ultimately win the game when you look at the defter uh it was winning time um again you know they're an elite offensive team they've got guys U that can take over games and beat you from all over the floor uh but what I thought we did a great job was individuals taking challenges uh but guys never were on their own uh they were never on an island by themselves uh guys were communicating they were prot
ecting one another they were rotating uh making the extra effort um you know I loved our physicality I think we started to put our bodies on people um you know and take those challenges keep them out of the paint then down the stretch of the game I think we overcame a lot um there's a lot of things um you know injuries uh opportunities things like that that we overcame did you expect to be close to tonight's game with uh I mean at this point in time we'll try anything uh but no he's I mean he's
a pro you know and we were you know laughing uh you know you come out and play the way that he played you know basically from the couch to the court uh in a competitive game like that um just speaks to you know his professionalism uh he took care of himself he's obviously been working out he's in great shape um and I thought he gave us a huge lift last game asked about asked about trist last game and you said it would take one going you kind of see theist effecton yeah I mean I think he was huge
for us especially in that first half uh he was with that group and his energy you know his toughness turn the tide for us especially on the defensive end of the floor uh and then you know I mean like his ability on the offensive end of the floor just to draw fouls because people don't want him to get offensive rebounds uh that's something that goes a little unnoticed sometimes but you know you keep ticking those fouls you get extra opportunities uh to score I don't know you about did you like u
h I thought you know Isaac initially did a great job taking a challenge uh Carris had a piece of it but uh to slow a guy like that down takes team defense um and you know we had multiple guys switch on him uh you know there were different coverages that we put on him to see if we could keep him off balance a little bit and I thought our guys did a great job of executing the game plan anything else you're on the road you're missing your top SC uh it's a tracking of our mental toughness uh and tha
t's something that you know we've been talking about and we feel like it's a skill that's developed over time uh so for our guys to be in this type of situation uh it's an exercise of that muscle and um you know it's it's everything doesn't come overnight it takes time but I thought our guys were phenomenal down the stretch um you know at just figuring out a way to keep themselves in the moment and whatever the job was that was in front of them they just executed that job um and again that's a c
redit to their togetherness and their mental toughness anything else back JB just along those lines Caris is a guy who role may change night to night you know depending on who's available for you guys what does it say about him that he can have a game like he did ton where he it all yeah I mean that's again one of the things that I'm most appreciative of Caris is car's willingness to sacrifice for the team um we know you know if car Caris was a primary uh offensive player on a team he could aver
age 20 plus points a night um but he's accepted a position with this team you know coming off the bench most nights to just fit and help this team win basketball games um you know not only is he able to score and you see the 11 assists his ability to playmake he goes gets eight rebounds then he takes tough defensive assignments as well so he's a complete basketball player who I am like so appreciative of his character his willingness to sacrifice for things that are greater than himself have you
seen that kind of grown maybe when you guys first got him now a couple years later no this he's been the same person um you know he's obviously had to figure out different lineups where he fits playing with different players and I think sometimes that takes a little bit of time a little you know getting used to uh but as far as his willingness uh from day one he was willing to do whatever we needed him to do uh to become a better basketball team
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