[B][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky Men’s Basketball[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]Kentucky vs. Alabama[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]Postgame Quotes[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]Rupp Arena – Lexington, Ky.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]Jan. 21, 2012[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]#20, Doron Lamb, G[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On his overall thoughts on the game … [/I][/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]“We just had to get stops. They were making a lot of shots and a lot of lucky shots. Things happen like that, always against us. It doesn’t really affect us that much. We knew they were going to come out and make shots. So we had to come out and execute and do what we do best and make shots.”[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On how much better this team is getting … [/I][/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]“We are way better. We are practicing way harder now. It’s very physical and we are getting used to it. We are getting way better at it, we just have to learn how to finish plays.”[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On the physicality of the game … [/I][/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]“It was physical, but it wasn’t that physical. We executed at the end, and we made the tough foul shots at the end to pull the game out.”[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]#23, Anthony Davis, PF[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On the physicality of the game…[/I][/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]“It was very physical. We were missing a lot of one-footers, dunks, and layups. We had looks but we just weren’t finishing. It was a rough game. We knew they were trying to make it a physical game from the jump so we had to fight through it and grind it out. And that’s what we did the last four minutes.”[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On winning a close game…[/I][/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]“We are just happy we got the win. We still have a lot to work on. We’re going to watch film to see what we did wrong and try to fix our mistakes. But we’re just happy we got the win.”[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On whether Alabama set the blueprint for other teams…[/I][/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]“Well especially on rebounding and offensive rebounds and putting them back and scoring. And not just me, but Terrence [Jones] was missing them and our whole team was missing them. Those are buckets that we usually have, guaranteed. But I think they did make a stand for other teams. We just have to get back into practice. We just have to go at each other and fight through these bumps.”[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On the home winning streak…[/I][/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]“We don’t think about it during the game. We just try to worry about winning the game. Nothing goes through our head but guarding our man, playing hard, being physical, rebounding the ball, and everything that ‘s incorporated in the basketball game. We don’t think about keeping the streak alive, it’s not in our heads when we’re playing. If you worry about that, your mind is off the game and you can make huge mistakes.”[/FONT][/COLOR]
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]#14, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, G[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On Alabama pushing UK to the limit … [/I][/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]“It was one of those games. They had a good team.”[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On Anthony Davis being focused down low … [/I][/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]“Anthony (Davis) was working really hard. It was one of those games.”[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On how physical the game was … [/I][/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]“It was real physical. Their big men were stronger than ours, but we got the win and that’s all that matters.”[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On what Darius Miller means to this team … [/I][/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]“He is everything. He is (one of) the only seniors on this team and he means a lot. He means a lot to us.”[/FONT][/COLOR]
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#3 Terrence Jones, So., F[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On whether Alabama’s physical play bothered them at all today…[/I][/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]“I think it did in the first half when it came to us making one-footers and low post shots in the paint that we should have made and we missed. That could be the only cause of it.”[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On whether this was the most physical game they had played all year…[/I][/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]“One of them, but I mean all of the SEC teams are tough and they’re going to try to play us this way. But as long as we’re coming out with the win, it’s only going to make us better as a team later on in the season.”[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On what he did differently in the 2[/I][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow][I]nd[/I][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow][I] half which resulted in his 12 points…[/I][/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]“Just being aggressive and just not listening to anything besides my teammates.”[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow][I]On how hard it is to erase missed free throws from the mind when getting off to such a slow start from the line….[/I][/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Narrow]“It’s just something you have to do mentally, and when it gets closer down the stretch, we just say, as a team, that we’re going to make them. I think that’s what happened.”[/FONT][/COLOR]
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