The difference between a good defensive team and a bad defensive team is as little as three possessions
Big league defense is going to get outs most times.
I'm still going to have to go out and score, but defensively hopefully I can make them a little bit better.
We're not hitting on all cylinders, defensively. When we're playing good, I'll let you know.
Everyone sees me as a defensive-minded guy, but both sides of the court are important. If you want to win, you have to be good on both sides.
The deeper you get into the playoffs, obviously the better the opponent is. Which means they'll be better defensively, they'll rebound better, they don't turn the ball over.
Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points they almost always win.
When you're in the playoffs, you have to get easy baskets and you have to limit their easy baskets.
I think when you're a very good defensive team - it's very rare a team wins a championship when you're not a very good defensive team.
Defense usually doesn't make many headlines, but it goes a long way towards winning baseball games. There are a number of ways to make an impact during the course of a game, and playing solid, sound defense is one of them.
My stats speak for themselves; I've got a good touch for a big man, I know I can find the back of the net.
Running in transition and scoring in transition, prevents you from setting your defense up on the other side.
The NBA has never drafted a player for defense. At any position, even at center.
Draymond Green is one of the best in the league at grabbing a defensive rebound and starting the break.
You can be a great defensive player, and if you don't put up splash statistics, then you're not going to get noticed.
It's always great when a defense is able to create turnovers and score. That's something we missed last year. We'd get some turnovers, but we never scored points.
You look at stats for a guy who is a pretty good linebacker, he'll make 100 tackles. You make 100, you're averaging seven or eight tackles a game. If you play every down, that's a good number.
They scored 26 points in three quarters. That's solid defense.
What counts aren't the number of double plays, but the ones you should have had and missed.
