Asked afterward if it was something of …

Asked afterward if it was something of a “poetic moment” for those two to connect on what proved to be the game-winning play, coach Quin Snyder wouldn’t go that far, but acknowledged that there has been and continues to be growth between them. “I don’t think either one of those guys are writing poetry, but they certainly had some synergy on the court. I’d love ‘em to write poetry! But just to see them connected like that was really good,” Snyder said. “We’ve moved on from all that stuff — we’ve been here practicing and working and we’ve talked about using this experience to get better. And I think those two guys have done that, too. Sometimes, it’s just what you do on the court, even if just from an execution standpoint, and that’s one of the things we’re seeing.”