“Everybody tells me we don’t defend …

“Everybody tells me we don’t defend (the 3-point line), we’re just hoping they miss,” Budenholzer told reporters. “I think they’re right. I think defensively, we hopefully do a lot of things well. I give the guys a lot of credit for the way they compete. I think we protect the paint really well, protect the basket well. Ultimately, it’s hard to take away everything, so we probably give up more 3s than we’d like. I guess if the team would turn it over every time or something like that, it would be great. Ultimately, they end up taking a lot of 3s against us, which is not something we necessarily like or want, but hopefully we’re contesting them. We’re making them work for it. Maybe they’re not in rhythm, all those types of things. If we could reduce them, that would be great.”