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...
close definitely experience felt hurts indicate record year
I felt like we had the experience this year to be able to close out close games, but unfortunately the record doesn't indicate that. It definitely hurts to go out like this.
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.
bottom compete job late line waited
We just waited too late to compete today. The bottom line is we're not getting the job done. We're not winning.
extra gave offensive
We just gave them too many extra possessions. Once again, we let them get offensive rebounds. ... That's been the story all season.
lost urgency
We lost a sense of urgency while guarding him.
looks trouble
We had trouble getting the looks we wanted.
bring laugh mind rarely thinking
You just try to make him laugh or just try to do things to take his mind away from it, because you know that he's thinking about it, and we're thinking about. We rarely bring it up. We just try to take his mind off it and keep him happy.
against aggressive game played
We were very aggressive in every game that we played against them.
advantage aggressive establish gives inside players reason tonight took
If we can?t establish anything inside that gives perimeter players a reason to be more aggressive on the outside. I think they took advantage of that tonight they were all up in us the whole night.
mentally strong surprised
I was surprised that he played. He's a strong kid, mentally and physically.
angels bad ball definitely
When they were tipping the ball around, I definitely thought something bad was going to happen. The angels were on our side.
bit feels five good owed ride won
I feel like we were owed at least five of these. But it always feels good to know we won on the way back home. It makes the ride a little bit easier.
felt good happen kept
We just kept fighting. I was real optimistic. I just felt like something good was going to happen to our team.