Quotes about defense
defense quicker
We wanted to go to a smaller, quicker lineup to play man-to-man on defense and that got us back in the game.
defense everybody game great leave looking
We wanted to go out there and tell everybody that we have this great offense, but the defense can play, too. We went into the game looking for a 'W.' We'll leave the gauging to you guys.
defense gotten hard match people strength throw
We've gotten here with defense and the strength of our bench. It's hard for people to match up with us because we can throw a lot of different lineups at them.
defense good kids mentally number positive ready rebound score seniors seven several sharp stay team tournament
We've got several kids who can score in a number of different ways. Once the tournament begins, we've got to stay sharp mentally and come ready to play good defense and rebound every night. We've got seven seniors on this team and we want them to go out on a positive note.
defense line offensive savage secondary
We've got Savage and our receivers should be good. The offensive line will take a little time. I think our defense is pretty solid. Our secondary is good. Jack Johnson
defense good helped importance team tonight understand
We've got a lot of upperclassmen, and they understand the importance of that end. Tonight was as good we've helped all year, and that's what good team defense does. Steve Alford
defense early easy offense second skills slow stretch waiting year
We have been waiting all year long for that to happen. Our defense was our offense early in the game. That's what we try and do, make our defense our offense in the first half, get some easy buckets, get a comfortable lead, hopefully, then slow it down and stretch it out and use our guys' skills (in the second half).
defense easy
We have to play better defense. They got a lot of easy buckets because we didn't get back on breaks. It will have to be better than it was then.
defense percentage rest since worst
We have to play better defense. Our field-goal percentage defense is the worst it's been since I've been here. We've got to play better the rest of the way. There's still a lot of time. A lot can happen. Jim Boeheim
defense games guys night offense relying teaching three win
We have too many breakdowns. I think that we have to go back to the one, two, three of defense rotations, and getting guys in different positions. The only way that you can win games if you are relying on your offense night in and night out, is you have to outscore teams. We're not going to outscore teams, so our defense has to go back to the fundamentals of teaching positions. Maurice Cheeks
defense fights-and-fighting games second shoot team trying ways win
We have to keep fighting, trying to find ways to win the game. As a team we know we can win games if we shoot in the 30s -- if we play defense like we did in the second half.
defense hit improve stay tough
We have to improve our pick-and-roll defense and stay up on their shooters. Then again, even when we did stay up on them, they hit tough shots.
defense good playing team trying
We're not a young team anymore. Our defense has really matured. We're just all playing together. We're trying to get where want to go and we want play good every week.
defense enormous expanding understand unified value within
We're unified as an administration on this, ... We're unified within the Defense Department. We all understand the enormous value of expanding this coalition. Paul Wolfowitz
defense efforts integrity last means peaceful prove resort secession stop using
Using non-peaceful means to stop secession in defense of our sovereignty and territorial integrity would be our last resort when all our efforts for a peaceful reunification should prove futile.
defense defensive effort keys needed next
Usually, our defense keys up our offense. It's not that our effort wasn't there on the defensive end. We just needed to go up to the next level.
defense game offense shot together year
We haven't shot well all year long. We put a game together where our offense and our defense were pretty stout.
defense next playing quit thinking
We just can't quit playing defense thinking we'll get it next time. There may not be a next time.
defense early fourth good led played quarter quarters second third until
We jumped out early in the first quarter and led 14-3. We played pretty good defense early, but then it was pretty even until the fourth when we out scored them 23-16. The second and third quarters were evenly matched.
defense
We just couldn't make a shot. We had to buckle down and play some defense. Rasheed Wallace
defense definitely hit offense
We just couldn't hit the ball. Defense wasn't there either. If you don't have defense or offense you definitely aren't going to come out ahead.
defense hit played pulled shot super
We just couldn't hit a shot and they pulled away. We played super defense but couldn't score.
defense dominating few key offense time turned wrong
We just couldn't get the offense rolling. We were dominating on defense in the first half, but we made a few a key turnovers at the wrong time and they turned it around.
defense easy extended gave
We just couldn't get anything doing offensively in the first half. When we extended our defense to try to make something happen, we gave up some easy buckets. David Schneider
defense fight flow point
We couldn't get in a flow of things offensively. Their defense was just a little too much for us, a little too physical. We had to fight for every point we could get.
defense
We couldn't get a stop. We could never get that lead. Our defense let us down and we just couldn't get over the hump.
defense good reason roll
We couldn't get anything to fall. Their defense was a good part of the reason we didn't make any shots, but we had some roll off. Paul Hewitt
defense good last level maturity wish
We were very good last year, but we went out and got what was on our wish list. The maturity level on our defense is huge. Brent Johnson
defense good heck holding job pad points tying
We were tying to go down and get points and pad that lead, but they did a good job getting back into the game. But our defense did a heck of a job holding them. Drew Brees
defense patient standing thinking tonight
We were more patient on defense tonight. We have a new system, and (Wednesday) night, we were still standing around, thinking about what to do. Tonight we had it down. Chris Chelios
defense good looking shut spark team
We were looking for our defense to spark our offense, we shut a good team down tonight.
defense half proud score transition
We can score from the inside, the outside, in transition or in the half court. Then we can play some lock-down defense too. I am just really proud right now. Dave Cook
defense good minimize teams
We can play as well as any of the teams in the league, we just have to play good defense and minimize mistakes.