Jim Roffler
Jim Roffler
emotion focus game good offensive team
We have to come out and focus on team defense. We need to play with a lot of emotion and intensity. We're a good offensive team with good balance, but we need to have our 'A' game defensively.
backside ball close exploit focus guys help inside letting lost ready stay whether
When we lost any focus at all, they made us pay. They were ready to exploit our breakdowns, whether it was inside by letting their guys get the ball where they wanted, or when we didn't get backside help and stay close off their screens.
answered best coming focused game guys half knew talked tough
We knew it was going to be a really tough game. It's always a tough game coming up here. Especially this year. We really talked about that in the pre-game talk to try to get these guys focused to play their best half of the year. I think we answered the bell.
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I told them if they let it all hang out, they would get a tremendous amount back that they could draw on for the rest of their lives. Very seldom did we play a solid 40 minutes during the season. Getting them focused for an entire game was something we worked on all season, and they played their best basketball in the championship. We finally realized our potential in that game.
best focused good guys time
This is a big time for us. I'm doing my best to get these guys ready, but we need to get focused when we get to Kennewick and have some good practices.
closing foul minutes played second until
We could've gambled and played Germain more in the first half, but we were right in there until the closing minutes without him. He was fatigued, and I didn't want to have him get another foul and then play tentatively in the second half.
campbell played second
E.J. got us going with that three-ball. We played a lot better in the second half. And Campbell played well, too.
grabbed half hang job late offensive poor rebounds second
We did a poor job rebounding. They (the Titans) grabbed 14 offensive rebounds in the second half that enabled them to hang in there and get a late lead.
defense hit nice played second solid streak
We played solid defense and we hit a nice (scoring) streak in the second half.
forced front hard helping job mickey realized stay throw trying worked
We realized what they were trying to do with the mismatches. Mickey worked hard to stay in front and forced them to throw lob passes. We did a better job of thinking, communicating and helping each other out.
break few guards rebounds stepped
We rebounded a lot better. Jermaine stepped it up and our guards got in there and got a few rebounds to get our break going, which is a big part of our scheme.
both defense defensive execution good guys half matched offense played post second
That was a well-played first half by both teams. There was a lot of good offense and good execution. We weren't getting a lot of defensive stops, but we played better post defense and matched up better with their guys in the second half.
earlier found hit stopped
If we could've stopped a little earlier on the break, found our shooters and hit the shots, we could've been right in the game.
becoming bigger both continue court ends games gets improvement nick transition
Nick is getting better as he gets more games under his belt. We continue to see his improvement at both ends of the court in the transition game. He's becoming a bigger part of our team.