00:00That one felt good.
00:01I mean, for obvious reasons we won.
00:04But last time we were in this building,
00:07I had a shot to tie it in the corner in the playoffs
00:10with game four and missed.
00:14Let me tell you, that feeling sucks.
00:17And we had a comfortable lead in the fourth.
00:20I wouldn't say comfortable.
00:21Nothing's comfortable in the NBA anymore.
00:23But we had a lead in the fourth.
00:25And they did a good job getting back into it.
00:29You know, take the lead with 10 seconds to go.
00:31And it's easy not to, it's easy to be, you know,
00:36down on yourself and frustrated.
00:38There were some plays in the fourth that I wish, you know,
00:40I didn't make and that I made, a couple turnovers.
00:42And just to have that opportunity to get us a big road win,
00:49obviously with a lot of people hurt, it's special, I know.
00:53But like I said out there, you know,
00:55we wouldn't have been in that position if it wasn't for,
00:57you know, everybody that, you know, chipped in tonight.
01:01You know, Jake was monstrous.
01:04I think that's the best basketball game I've seen him play
01:06since he's been in the league.
01:08But you could go down the list, it wasn't just him.
01:10And even though I struggled offensively, you know,
01:14putting the ball in the basket, you know,
01:17we didn't let that frustrate us.
01:18They kept hooping and they kept encouraging me to go do what I do.
01:23Even when they're playing, I put a big responsibility on myself.
01:26You know, there's, it's different responsibilities, obviously,
01:32because, you know, they do so much for our team.
01:34But when we don't have them, the responsibility changes.
01:37But it's not, I wouldn't say it's, physically it's a little more.
01:43But, you know, I'm always mentally trying to figure out how I can help
01:47with them, too, and without them, too.
01:50So it's definitely different in the sense of, you know,
01:54how I have to play and how I have to, you know, conduct myself.
01:57I can't get frustrated because, you know, at that time, you know,
02:01everybody's looking at me.
02:02And in those situations, you know, you have to, you know, be calm,
02:05be confident, and, you know, lead your guys through.
02:09Like I said, you know, they had a – we were up, I think, 10 or so,
02:13and they went on a run, and it's not hard to, you know, kind of crumble
02:17in those situations.
02:18But you've got to keep the energy high.
02:19You've got to keep the spirit high.
02:20But saying all that, everybody, not just them, too, please come back.
02:28I'll be honest with you, it wasn't much of an emotional roller coaster for me.
02:32I don't think it was for our guys, either.
02:35We executed against the zone.
02:36We got good shots.
02:37Had a couple, you know, offensive rebound, drop-off passes
02:42that we just bobbled around the rim.
02:44But we actually did a good job executing and missed some really good threes.
02:53There was no break in composure.
02:57There was no break in competitive spirit.
02:59There was no break in belief of whether or not we could win the game.
03:04You know, I thought – I thought the guys, those last two plays, because we – you know,
03:14they ran zone for four and a half minutes.
03:17So those last two plays, we – to drop two plays, one versus man, one versus zone,
03:22they ended up running man both times for us to get that execution, get it to the right guy,
03:27and create an advantage both times, really.
03:30You know, they – we had an advantage.
03:32Austin was easily going to race that and create a five-on-four or a four-on-three.
03:36So I thought that was huge from our guys.
03:39You know, we're – this is – I'm so proud of this group right now.
03:45Honestly, it's – from where we were, like, three weeks ago, where we're discombobulated
03:51and guys are missing training camp and guys are modified participants, we're starting to come together.
04:00And I've asked a lot.
04:03I've asked a lot of these guys.
04:05And I'm asking a lot of them while we're undermanned.
04:08And they're delivering.
04:10They're delivering.
04:11They earned this victory.
04:14That guy is going to show up in the big moments.
04:17I'm not surprised.
04:19He's done that many times in his career.
04:21He's done that many times since I've been his coach.
04:23I feel very comfortable with him making decisions at late game.
