{"id":5161,"date":"2013-03-04T03:33:44","date_gmt":"2013-03-04T08:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=5161"},"modified":"2013-03-04T03:33:44","modified_gmt":"2013-03-04T08:33:44","slug":"gottfrieds-comments-following-state-win-at-georgia-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=5161","title":{"rendered":"Gottfried’s comments following State win at Georgia Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mark Gottfried’s post-game press conference<\/strong><\/p>\n

Opening Statement<\/em>
\n\u201cThe first thing that jumps out at me was that our defensive effort was as good as it has been in a while. I thought that was the key to the game. We had a game where we went 1-for-11 from the three. Scott Wood seemed to struggle to get in a groove, but I thought the difference was how we defended. We had active hands, we really pressured the ball well, disrupted the post\u2013feed pass to go inside, so I thought that was the key for us tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Something you saw on defending the post<\/em>
\n\u201cWe just talked the last couple days about being sound fundamentally. But again, being in a better stance, having active hands. Instead of getting our hands by our sides, we\u2019ve got to be more active with everything that we do. We spent some time on that this week and I thought our guys carried that into the game.For us to become a good basketball team, that has to get better for us. Tonight was a good step in that direction.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the play of Richard Howell<\/em>
\n\u201cI thought Richard was great. You run out of adjectives for that guy. He plays so hard, he had a big-time first half and I wasn\u2019t sure that he could have a second half like the first half, but he was really good offensively and at rebounding the basketball. He did everything he always does.\u201d<\/p>\n

On how big C.J. Leslie\u2019s layup was with the score 51-49<\/em>
\n\u201cI thought it was a big shot. I\u2019ll tell you another shot that I thought was big for us was Tyler Lewis\u2019 three (10:52 mark of second half). There was a stretch where we had a couple empty possessions, were a little out of sync and Tyler\u2019s three was huge for our team as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the early 28-14 lead<\/em>
\n\u201cWe\u2019re on the road and they\u2019re going to respond. I felt they would be really competitive and come back like they did. I thought (in the first half) we played 17 minutes of great defense. Then we had three in there right towards the end where we didn\u2019t get a rebound, they hit a three pointer, got another three pointer. But out side of that stretch I thought our defense was awfully good.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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