That first half was about as crisp offensively as we could probably play. We had a feeling in the locker room before the game that our guys were excited, nervous, tight ? in a good way ? a lot of good things.
Sometimes, we don't start a game sharply offensively. It spoke to our focus before the game. We made the extra pass. We sort of probed the areas of the zone that we wanted to probe. We had quality trips the first seven or eight times down the floor.
The games are getting bigger, the stakes are getting higher, so he's hearing it as much from his peers and coaches and we're on him a lot in practice. He's just responding. It was nice to see in a huge spot, him come back like that.