I thought we came out with a good focus, especially after a back-to-back. We came out methodically offensively and defensively went into a swarming defense and controlled things right from the beginning.
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The bottom line is, he's going to score. What you can't let him do is get into that 40-point range. You have to make him a volume scorer -- what he's done now is score without taking a lot of shots. We've got to make him work more, offensively and defensively.
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We know what we have in Dale. He's a guy that could step in and be a starter and you would feel good about it I have a lot of confidence in him, and the players have a lot of confidence in him. He'll step in, and we'll keep rolling.
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I don't always judge things by wins and losses. I just go by how you play and the opportunities to win. We played 51 games, and out of those 51 we had nine losses and probably only three of those games where we basically didn't have opportunities to win in the fourth quarter.
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You talk about a point guard that can do everything -- that's Chauncey. He can make the 3, he can pass, he can defend, he makes free throws and he scores.
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No. 1, the starters have always been a fan vote, and Vince has probably gotten more votes in the last seven years than maybe anyone that's ever played the game. He's a veteran guy, and I just didn't want to pick another 6-11 guy and put him in there.
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