They tried to box-and-1 (defend) Alex right off the start, and we ran him off some screens and gave him some looks. Some stuff he did on his own. It was a total team effort. I have to credit Gladstone for hanging in there and fighting. I honestly feel it was our guys being able to counter-measure everything that they came back with that ultimately kept us ahead.
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