For sometime now, Jacque Vaughn has been pressing his team to get down and dirty, complement their 3-point shooting with owning the paint and it’s starting to pay dividends,
“We’ve really been stressing trying to get the ball into the paint offensively and it was one of those nights where there was a concerted effort for us to drive the basketball,” Vaughn said after Friday night’s home win over Washington. “There really was an effort for us to crash on the offensive end of the floor and rebound the basketball, which paid huge dividends for us.
“When you can get that many points in the paint, it really just gives you a chance to gain control of the game.