I could give you a million excuses, but we just had to play better. We made some adjustments in the second half and our guys did a great job of executing.

If you see me play, that's the way I am all year,

I've said from the beginning that I would not play and I haven't changed my original plan.

He rebounded well, made some nice passes to create things for other guys, and made some big shots, too.

I thought the 3s [we made] loosened them up. We've got some guys who can shoot them, but for some reason we seemed hesitant.

We play in a very tough league and although we have come a long way, can't afford this type of performance against teams in our league. So now we'll really see just how much we have progressed and who we can count on against much better competition.