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Any team we play, you might as well throw their record out of the window because they're not going to play like their record against us. But that's what makes each win for us even more special, because we really have to go out and fight each game.
DeMarcus Nelson
Play
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Losing is never an option. Every game we play, we want to win. We put everything we have into winning, and, you know, it hurts.
— DeMarcus Nelson
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We have more depth this, we're healthier and I feel like we're not drained physically and emotionally. Last year by the time we got to the Sweet 16, all games through out the year banged us up and we had two very tough games in the early rounds and it just wore on us. I felt like we had nothing left in our tanks by the time we got to the Sweet 16 last year.
— DeMarcus Nelson
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That's the kind of shot we want him to take. He makes that shot all the time in practice, so why not shoot it in the game? When he took the shot I was fairly confident the shot was going in. Any shot he takes I'll run with.
— DeMarcus Nelson
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All I wanted to do was make him take tough, contested shots.
— DeMarcus Nelson
If a team leaves me open, I almost feel it's an insult and I'm shooting that ball with confidence. All of our guards have been drilled and prepared to take those shots and we're ready for them.
— DeMarcus Nelson
Confidence