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...
against aggressive game played
We were very aggressive in every game that we played against them.
broken care chance continue eventually game hard sound work
We've had a chance game after game after game. I know I sound like a broken record, but it's true. As long as we continue to work hard in practice, everything will eventually take care of itself.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.