Opening statement…
COACH TURGEON: “We played a great team today, played a team with a lot of confidence, great environment. Tom’s done a terrific job with his team. They have a great point guard, who’s a great all around basketball player in Yogi (Ferrell). He’s had an unbelievable career and we lost to a good team. We started out well and then we couldn’t score the last 10 minutes of the first half and we let our offense affect our defense to finish the half. Defensively when we got our defense set we were good enough but our transition defense wasn’t good enough. Second chance points weren’t good enough even though we rebounded better. They were good, we kept battling by cutting it to nine there, we just didn’t finish the first half right and we didn’t finish the second half right. They are a heck of a team, very fast and their speed gave us problems.”
On the fatigue of his players…
COACH TURGEON: “They are able to sub a little more than I am able to, they have great speed. We have to be a little tougher in those situations.”
On the offensive struggles down the stretch…
COACH TURGEON: “It was very physical, we couldn’t even cut, it was a physical game and we shot eight free-throws, to their 25. It was physical and that’s what happens in games on the road. They’ve got much better defensively, they got above us. We were executing at a high level, we missed some open looks, missed layups, missed some open shots. When you’re not getting to the foul line, you feel like you are trying to get there, it hurts you if you are not making jump shots. They had a stretch there for three or four minutes in the first half they were terrific on defense.”
On where the offense went wrong…
COACH TURGEON: “It was a combination of a few things, we got a little fatigued, we weren’t tough enough mentality I think. We were missing layups and we couldn’t get to the foul line but we kept guarding. Then the last few minutes of the half we stopped guarding, it could have been a four-point game at half but it was different. They made some shots down the stretch. The start of the second half, I thought we were focused but we just couldn’t get back on defense after makes. Playing a team like Indiana is really good for us because it prepares us for a lot of things.”
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