Ilian Evtimov
Ilian Evtimov
Ilian Evtimov, is a professional basketball player for Élan Chalon of the French League. A French national, he is the youngest son of Bulgarian basketball star IlijaEvtimov and the brother of professional Euroleague player Vassil "Vasco" Evtimov. He is a 6 feet 7 inches tall, 215 pounds small forward-power forward...
best definitely easily game good knew ready supposed tried
This was definitely supposed to be a test, and I think we did pretty good on it. We knew they were a very good team. We knew if we didn't play our game we could very easily lose. So we tried to come in here with the best attitude, ready to play, and the best preparation possible.
early everybody game good playing
We were playing unselfishly early in the game and were in a really good rhythm. Everybody is comfortable with each other out there. When we don't play like that is when we get in trouble.
carolina games learned lost stretch
We lost two games down the stretch at Carolina and Duke, two games we could have won. We've learned from them and used those games for experience.
carolina games learned mentally tough
Carolina and Duke, those were two games we should have won. And you know, we've learned from them. We're very tough mentally now. We don't want to give up.
experience finished game maturity supposed
Our maturity and experience showed. We finished this game like you're supposed to.... We made plays.
game seems
That was fantastic. It seems like every game Cam is doing something spectacular.
finish free game last learned lesson missed step
We're getting better. We learned a lesson with our last game (against Duke). We missed some shots, missed some free throws. We didn't finish it. I think (Saturday) was a big step forward.
behind deserve four games good past win
Those four games we had to put behind us, and this win we have to put behind us too. We've just got to put the past behind. We had a good season, we deserve to be here.
double games instead points three winning
Instead of winning games by two or three points in double overtime, we can win those games by 10 or 15 points, you know?
game last season
This is the last game at home, sure, but there's a lot of season left.
confidence experience finding finish games giving pay putting situations ways win wins
This is giving us a lot of experience come March. It's putting us in situations where we're finding ways to win each time. Wins like this give us a lot of confidence that we can finish games when it's close. We've been ahead, we've been behind, we've been tied. So all that experience is going to pay off in March.
bad game good last move ncaa season seed time tony
I feel bad for Cam, Tony and myself, but at the same time we've got to move forward. This is the last game at home, for sure, but there's a lot of season left. There's one more season game, and we'll go into the ACC Tournament. We'll play as well as we can so we can get a good seed in the NCAA Tournament. It's sad, true, but it's not the end of the world.
add easy finding hopefully offense open order patient principles stay together
We've got to be patient, and we've got to stay together and play together. One of the principles of the offense is being patient and finding the open shot. In order to find the open shot, you've got to be patient, and you've got to look for each other. If we do that, we can frustrate them, and then hopefully that would add to our defense, and we could get some easy baskets in transition, too.
basketball create defense good offense played plays rely state team transition wins
We just have not played good defense lately. That's not our character. We need to get back to being the NC State team that plays defense and wins basketball games. We can't rely on our offense to win games. Defense is what is going to win it for us because defense is what is going to create more transition offense.