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...
definitely feed knows sure
I know his tendencies, and I'm sure he knows my tendencies. We definitely play off of each other and feed off of each other's energy.
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.
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.
deeper took
They were the deeper team. That took its toll.
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.
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.
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.
hang hat
That's what we hang our hat on. As long as we keep doing that well, we'll be all right.
best coach emotional emotions guy lets
Coach is an emotional guy and he lets emotions get the best of him at times.
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.
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.