Selected quotes following the Hawks’ 114-99 win over the Wizards Saturday:
“We learned that being able to change up the looks. The interesting thing, first of all Bradley Beal is one of the toughest covers in the league, but we can put Dennis on him at times, Baze on him at times, Thabo on him at times. We also can switch the look up on John Wall. There is some familiarity between these two teams. Being able to change up the defensive look on those guys (is key).”
- Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer on defending Wizards’ backcourt
“The whole team defense was great. We were shifting a lot. I think we did a great job on Bradley Beal and John Wall.”
- Dennis Schroder on defending Wall and Beal
“To be honest, I think both teams were a little fatigued. Both of us were a little sloppy turning the ball over. But at the same time, we had good activity with the hands. We were good at that. We forced some but some had to do with fatigue.”
- Al Horford of forcing 26 Wizards’ turnovers
“We tried to hang our hat on the defensive end tonight because we were tired. We played a lot of games in a short amount of time. … I was cooked. Coach did a good job of managing minutes and guys gave what they could give.”
- Jeff Teague on playing tired
“This was a grind it out game. Every huddle we’d look at each other and say ‘Let’s just push through it.’ We kept doing that. We kept fighting. It says a lot about us winning the fourth game in a week – against a good team, a team we respect.”
- Kent Bazemore on win
“We have 50 turnovers in the last two games. A lot of them self-inflicted. A lot of them I’ve never seen at this level. When you give them 26 extra shots, and they don’t turn the ball over a lot, you’re putting a lot of pressure on your defense because we can’t take care of the ball. It’s hard to overcome that.”
- Wizards coach Randy Wittman on team’s 26 turnovers
About the Author
