Quotes about defense
defense good hitting involved offense outside playing pulled
They were hitting their outside shots, we weren't playing really good defense for a while and our offense comes from our defense. Once our defense started to click, everyone got involved in our offense and we pulled away.
defense leading seen shoot shot team
They were exceptional. I've never seen them shoot like that. We're the leading 3-point defense team in the Pac-10 and they shot us right out of the fight. John Jay
defense half knew needed second
They were down and they knew they had to play better defense. We didn't play defense in the first half, and we knew we needed to in the second half to make it a ballgame. If we would have done that in the first half, we would have been fine.
defense helps played smart
It really helps to have the lead. The defense played really smart tonight.
defense fall fell fit game great helps line lucky offensive running situation team
It really helps to have a (good) team around you. Having a great running game like we have, and the offensive line does a great job, and a great defense -- it just really fit me well. I was lucky to be able to fall into the situation that I fell into. Ben Roethlisberger
defense helps solid stay
It really helps our defense stay solid when we do that.
defense hoping playing sooner work
It really comes back to things we can control. Playing defense and communicating are two things we need to work on. I look at it as a challenge. It's things we can fix, and I'm hoping sooner than later. I'm the coach. I have to keep stressing this in practice.
defense ultimately win
It's all about defense. Defense is ultimately going to win the game.
defense pitching
It's all about pitching and defense in the playoffs, Brian Giles
defense halftime kids season
I told the kids at halftime that it's get after it on defense or our season is ending.
defense finished finishing floor good guys preaching proud work
I told the guys to just play good defense and no make (Riley-Smith) put it on the floor and work for a shot. They did that. I'm proud of these guys. I've been preaching to these guys about finishing off games. We finished one off tonight.
defense playing point
I told them let's get back to playing Savannah basketball. You have to play defense at this point in the season.
defense foul key needed proved shots win
I told them before the game, defense and foul shots were going to win the game, and they proved me right. They made the key foul shots when we needed them.
defense pitch pleased team three
I told the team that I was more pleased with the three (runs allowed) than the 14. If you pitch and play defense well, you can go a long way.
defense lay locker lose regular room season second worked
I told them when we went into the locker room they were going to have to play better or we could lose this game. We had to come out here after this long lay off after the regular season and put up the kind of defense we always try to. And that worked out for us in the second half.
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defense offense played starting straight strong tough year
It's tough starting the year with two straight on the road. Our defense played strong and our offense put it in the end zone. Kyle Smith
defense guy keeps mentality praise
It's not one guy getting more praise than another. That mentality keeps the defense together.
defense good left needed ready run saw shots
It's not really that I thought I needed to take the shots, it's that I thought we needed to get good possessions and score. Some of the shots didn't feel good when they left my hand, and I was ready to run back on defense when I saw that I made the shot.
defense keeps saying special spread stop
It's nothing special. Everyone keeps saying that it's a special offense. They're a five-wide spread offense. We've just got to come up with a defense to stop it. DeMeco Ryans
defense entire fed field force secret strong team tonight
It's no secret that we have a strong defense. Biddle (senior Jacob) was a force on the field tonight and the entire team fed off of the defenses energy.
defense generates next offense secret team work year
It's no secret that our defense generates a lot of offense for us. That's one of the things we're going to be working on next summer. We really concentrated this year on the team defense, but now we need to work on the team offense.
defense foreman time
Foreman pitched very well her first time out. The defense wasn't there, so she pitched even better than she looked.
defense forget incredible physical shots
Forget about 81 points. To be able to get up that many shots and still play defense at the other end of the floor, that's a pretty incredible physical accomplishment.
defense intensity
For being undersized, our intensity in man-to-man defense wasn't there like it has been. But it will get there. We're getting better.
defense disguise motion throws ways
They don't know who's going to get the ball, and then somebody's going in motion on every play, so that misdirection really throws them off. We have so many ways to disguise our plays, so the defense can never really tell what we're doing.
defense offense past players powerful skilled
They don't have as many skilled players as in the past. They don't have much of an offense and they don't have as many powerful hitters. Their defense is OK.
defense focus half plays ran scout screens stuff week
They had a whole week to scout us and scout what we do. They put in new plays and stuff we didn't know about. They ran off a lot of screens in the first half and that killed us. We didn't come out with a focus on defense like we usually do.
defense hard second time
They had a very hard time with our defense in the second half.
defense designed great jam job people sort sound
They do a great job of pressuring people defensively. And their defense is designed to just jam up everything and take you out of any sort of pattern. Under those circumstances, you've got to be sound with the dribble, sound with the pass, and sound with the catch. And for stretches we were 0-for-3 in that department. Mike Burns
defense defensive energy gave great hard huge job looks open played team tough
They didn't do a great job with the coverage, but, hey, the way Tinsley played tonight, he put the defense in a tough situation. That was a huge play because it was so hard for Jermaine to get open looks around the basket. It gave our team some energy at the defensive end. Rick Carlisle
defense difficult extended good
They extended their defense out to us. They made it difficult for us to get good looks.
defense dumped favor puck turning
They dumped the puck in religiously. They had our defense going back for the puck all night. When we had the puck, we did them a favor by turning the puck over. Lindy Ruff