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00:00 We really love the fight of our players.

00:04 They competed, competed hard.

00:06 Unfortunate with the disqualification of Jordan, really a big blow for us.

00:13 But, you know, we can't worry about that now.

00:16 We have to focus on our next game.

00:19 Quick turnaround for us and we got to get ready for Angola.

00:22 We were fine all the way through until the last five minutes when Jordan fouled out.

00:28 But at that point, I thought it was too late to insert somebody who was ice cold from the

00:33 bench.

00:34 So, you know, when the situation calls for it, and I'm pretty sure in the next game,

00:44 CJ and even Kai should be ready.

00:48 Such a downer, a letdown that we, you know, we could have pulled it out, would have been

00:54 a great gift to the record number of people who came out.

00:58 The players fought hard, they fought really, really hard.

01:01 But in the end, you know, without our guy, you know, their guy, you know, went to work

01:07 and just kept going to the basket and kept getting fouled after foul after foul.

01:12 They shot 34 free throws and it's too much for us.

01:18 Kai picked up two quick fouls.

01:20 So we had to get him out right away.

01:22 And then we couldn't get him back in because this guy to my left was playing a great game.

01:27 That's I think that's the reason why he's here, right?

01:30 He was playing really, really well.

01:32 And if we get him in, then the other guy I have to sit is a guy named Junmar Fajardo,

01:37 who had what 16, 18 points in 28 minutes.

01:42 So you know, I'm sure a lot of people are going to wonder why, but between sitting AJ

01:50 and Kai and Junmar, there was just no opportunity and the matchups just didn't favor Kai.

02:00 But again, in the next game and in the game after, you should be able to see more of him.

02:07 Can't complain about the effort and the game of Junmar and AJ, Ed was well just defending

02:14 and trying to stop Kat as much as he can.

02:18 Very efficient player, 28 minutes, 16 points, didn't miss a shot.

02:25 So we wanted that was just if there was something I was disappointed about towards the end,

02:30 we wanted to get go to him a lot more.

02:34 Unfortunately, he was guarded by a seven footer by the name of Carl Anthony Towns as well.

02:40 And I thought Kat did a good job of denying him, forcing him to step outside and not giving

02:45 him good low post position.

02:47 That's an all star.

02:48 I think that's the reason there's a reason why Carl Anthony Towns is an NBA all star.

02:53 Yeah, I really just love the opportunity.

02:56 I love every minute of playing against him.

02:59 And ultimately, you know, that's the level I want to aim for for one day.

03:02 So yeah, it was a great experience.

03:05 We're not worried about high scoring or low scoring.

03:09 We play our pace.

03:10 Our game is really predicated on pace and space.

03:14 And I think it's important for us to be able to play at our pace and credit Dominican.

03:22 They really made it difficult for us, especially in the second part in the second half.

03:27 They really got up and pressured, pressured hard, made it difficult for us to get into

03:33 our flow.

03:34 And like I said, this is going to be the same story for Nola tomorrow.

03:44 But you know, high scoring, low scoring for me doesn't really matter.

03:50 We can we can walk it up the floor every single time and make sure that it's a low scoring

03:54 ballgame.

03:55 But that's that's not the way we we play the game.

03:58 So the big thing for us is to play our pace, you know, fast pace, accelerated pace, but

04:11 under control.

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