Zabian Dowdell
Zabian Dowdell
Zabian Dowdellis an American professional basketball player who currently plays for Zenit Saint Petersburg of the VTB United League. Born in Pahokee, Florida, he played basketball for his hometown's high school. He played college basketball for the Virginia Tech Hokies from 2003 to 2007. In his senior season he was named in the First-team All-ACC and the ACC All-Defensive team. Following his graduation from college, Dowdell played professionally mainly in Europe, also having brief stints in the NBA and the...
deal miss
It's one of those things, you make some and you miss some. You've got to be able to deal with it, man.
broken record sounds
It sounds like a broken record right now.
couple focus game intensity maybe prepared situation
It's very slim. It can come down to one or two possessions or maybe even a couple of seconds. You just have to be prepared for every situation in the game and right now, and I don't think we have that focus or that intensity that we need.
defend eric somebody step tough williams
It's going to be very tough. They've got (post player) Eric Williams down there, so we need somebody to step up and defend him. That's going to be a very tough game.
deeper took
They were the deeper team. That took its toll.
close crucial definitely focused learn lose possession stay surprise
It's definitely a surprise (to lose so many close games), but one of the encouraging things is that we've been in every game, so all we have to do is learn how to stay focused for every crucial possession of the game. I think we'll be alright.
beat close defensive effort gave good looks ourselves
We beat ourselves tonight. We didn't give a good enough effort on the defensive end. We gave them too many good looks at the 3. ... We just didn't close out the game.
couple definitely great key number options scoring teams
We definitely don't have a great number of scoring options on this team, and teams can kind of key in on a couple of guys.
advantage court definitely game games hardest home ready takes whatever win
We definitely want to win all our home ACC games because our home court advantage is very important in the ACC. We've just got to be ready to play our hardest every game and do whatever it takes to win.
defensive gave intense needed
We gave them too many wide-open opportunities. I don't think we were as intense as we needed to be on the defensive end.
face hand somebody
We want to have somebody in his face at all times, have a hand up.
advantage beat easy size
They got a lot of easy second-chance opportunities. They had a size advantage on us. ... They kind of beat us around in the post.
ended guys tall
They had some tall guys on me and it ended up I didn't see the basket. I had a better look the first time. It was much different this time.
builds chance games season turn
At first, it was like we still have a chance to turn the season around. I still feel that way, but we just don't have as many games to do that. The frustration builds every game.