He was the bell-ringer tonight. You could have gone a few places and thought there were some candidates that should warrant consideration, but I thought that Ben’s intensity, defensive intensity, was as good as it’s been. Him and his leadership, controlling the game and giving him the freedom to make play calls after the free throws, is a great example of what that looked like. I thought that he was outstanding with his presence and I really thought that he changed the whole landscape, especially in the second half.
On what he got from his bench…
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