Tommy Amaker Shots Quotations

We brought our defense together where we were able to defend and not break down and not bail them out. They missed some shots and we were fortunate for that and certainly I thought we did a better job on the defensive glass.

We tried to challenge their shots and not give them any easy shots. We were able to defend and not break down.

We anticipated the post-double. When you post-double, you choose what shots to give your opponent. They chose to give us shots on the perimeter, so we thought we might have a good afternoon. It was something we were looking forward to. ... Tell me we're going to get open threes, I'll take our chances.

We panicked a little bit trying to get back with one pass or one possession. When shots weren't falling like they had earlier this season, we were pressing a little bit.

You have to be disciplined, you have to be tough, and sometimes you have to be a little lucky and hope sometimes he's going to miss a couple of those shots. We've seen him before where he's made a lot of those shots and beaten a lot of people by himself. Fortunately for us, we had that performance on our side tonight.

We certainly tried to turn it up. They missed some shots they would ordinarily make. I thought we brought our defense together where we'd be able to defend and not break down.

They missed some shots and we challenged them. We didn't break down.

They probably missed some shots they ordinarily make.

Daniel has a way to will shots in and will us to victory. His courage and his will were certainly on display tonight.

His courage, the way he put us on his back offensively, was outstanding. You saw him will his shots in. You saw him will us to a victory.

He struggled tremendously and obviously with some of the personnel that we have right now if he's not going to score well it's going to be tough for us. It started off early that he didn't make a few shots and it didn't get better from there.