Cavaliers 114, Wizards 90
Q. Numbers on the board weren't so different, but it did have a little different feel to the game. How do you judge your guys' effort and physicality?
WES UNSELD JR.: Yeah, I thought it was much better. That was the challenge for the last day and a half was regardless of whether we put the ball in the hole or not, but defensively, particularly in the first half, I thought we were really good, and that was very promising.
Just some of the things not only schematically, but just the energy, the effort, the purpose, I thought we took more pride in what we were trying to do across the board. I was pleased with that.
Q. Tyus got going in the first quarter, cooled off a little bit after that, but so did everyone in the second quarter?
WES UNSELD JR.: Give Cleveland credit. They really guard, and some nights you're not going to make shots. We generated some, but they put you under duress. They speed you up. They're very physical. We got a little stagnant. But just more focusing on the defensive end, I thought that was great, particularly first half. Second half they got going a little bit, but our hand activity, forced that team into 24 turnovers for 29 points, that's something we can walk away with.
Q. Could you evaluate Bilal's game? He spent a lot of time on Mitchell.
WES UNSELD JR.: Yeah, I think he did a decent job. Once again, that's a tough cover. But just trying to guard him without fouling. I thought he did a great job staying down on the multiple shot fakes, pivots. I thought he was locked into some of the coverage things that we changed from last game to this game. Just tried to make things tough. They did that, I thought, with LeVert, as well.
Q. Gallo (indiscernible) doing well or what's the thought process?
WES UNSELD JR.: Yeah, just wanted to give Mike a little stretch. Obviously in a game like this, give some of the other guys a chance. I'm not going to throw Gallo out there with four or five minutes, but Musky has done some good things, and just want to see him kind of get a rhythm with that group.
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