On how the team performed in transition:
“Obviously in the first half a lot of good things, good decisions. I think that the faster we play and stay with it, people will try to slow you down. We want to get out. We want to go. We want to get in the open court. We’ve been talking about it for a long time, and right now they’re looking to do it. When it’s not clicking the way you want it to, that’s where we’ve got to take care of the ball and whatever it is we want to get into—we’ve got different ways we can get into different things—but we have to continue to be aggressive. We have to take our shots, and I’d like to see us rebound a little bit more. I think this is the kind of game where Yves (Pons) could’ve done some damage on the boards. The more space we can give those guys before teams get collapsed the better off we’ll be.”
On how valuable a player like Josiah Jordan-James is:
“His basketball IQ is getting to where you want it to be. He’s starting to understand where he can be effective. His mid-range game – we want to see him finish more around the rim, and he did tonight. There’s nothing he won’t continue to work at getting better at. He likes passing the ball—this team likes passing the ball. They like to move it and get it going. It’s been fun watching Josiah, his hard work paying off, because he’s a worker. He knows that there’s a time that he’s going to have to be the ability and versatility to play all five positions on the court.”
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