Greg Smith Giving Quotations

It was important to get going early on. Last time, we started slow and we didn't shoot the ball well. The difference tonight was defense, not giving them open shots and containing Johann (Jones) as best we could.

We were sluggish the first half, especially defensively. We were giving them too many open looks. We challenged the guys at halftime to play harder, and we did play with better energy.

We were getting frustrated offensively, and it felt to us from a coach's perspective that we were giving in on the defensive end.

Rodney was really active inside. He was keeping balls alive and giving us second and third chances.