Jesse Nakanishi
Jesse Nakanishi
difference gonna winning
That's gonna be the difference between winning and losing.
ball credit defense fall free gave good group kids played special
Give credit to them, they played good defense and made their free throws. This is a special group of kids that never gave up and were in every game. The ball just didn't fall our way.
couple knock missed shots slow starts
We've had a couple of slow starts and it is something that we need to remedy. We had the opportunities, but we just missed a lot of shots -- we need to knock more of those down.
energy rebounds
It's one of his strengths. But at the start, it was the energy he brought, the rebounds and deflections.
boys finding personnel roles team took
It took us a little while. We had to get the right personnel out there. Our boys keep finding a way to win. They play well in their roles and they know the team philosophy.
best focus game good needs peaked star testament understand
Our focus will be every game is just one game. It's a testament to the kids. It's good that we don't have a quote-unquote star player, so they understand everyone needs to do what they do best that night. But we're not there yet. We haven't peaked yet.
close game
For us, every game has been close like this. We haven't had a blowout all season.
fight kids sign
These kids always fight back, they have resiliency, and that's a sign of their character.