Rick Barnes Ball Quotations

Some of our passes were ridiculous, ... To turn the ball over as many times as we did and win, we were fortunate. They're an older, veteran team in midseason form.

Some of our passes were ridiculous. To turn the ball over as many times as we did and win, we were fortunate. They're an older, veteran team in midseason form.

Our man defense was good, but we used a lot more zone than I thought we would. Both teams were throwing the ball around because of the intensity of the game.

J.J. was terrific. He got comfortable and whether we allowed him to or not, he got going and they understand to get the ball in his hands.

I thought the first 20 minutes we were outstanding defensively. I thought we played smarter defensively, and I thought we did a good job of corralling to the ball and rotation was pretty good for the most part.

We just didn't want (Law) to drive the ball to the basket or get a foul.

Consistency. I've said to this team, 'If we've got to get a basket, what would we do?' There's no question that at some point we'll put the ball in his hands.

Daniel will be fine. There's going to be nights you're not going to shoot the ball well. We still shot 50 percent for the game and scored 90 points.

Their guys are quick. If you don?t handle the ball well, they do a tremendous job of taking it away and capitalizing on it.

I didn't think we were aggressive enough. I didn't think we were attacking the ball like we needed to. We knew they were going to come with pressure.

The bottom line is we shot the ball well. We played well. We really did.

I told them that we were going to switch everything. And if they score, we've got to get the ball back out in transition as quickly as they can and push it right on top of them. We got as good a look as we could probably get.

They do a great job of creating offense with their defense. Out front, if you don't handle the ball well, those turnovers usually result in easy baskets at the other end.