Opening statement …
“This team, the whole point of this is them learning about themselves. And I said it at halftime, ‘They made eight 3s, guys. And we missed five one-foot shots. This is going to be what the score is.’ I said, ‘We’re going through Nick (Richards) and this is what we’re doing and let’s play off of him and see how it works because you guys are missing.’
“And the best thing that happened is for the first time this year, Tyrese Maxey played with a toughness to win vs. just play basketball.