The Ups
Defense. We held the Wolfpack to 35.5% shooting (22-62) and an incredible 13.3% from three (2-15). Combine that with 4 steals and 5 blocks, and well, this was probably the best defense I’ve seen this team play as a unit...probably ever. Just fantastic stuff. I want to give a shoutout to Brandon Childress in particular, who probably plays more consistently tough defense than anybody else on the team and who fearlessly went to war with consensus lottery pick Dennis Smith Jr. for long stretches of the game.
John Collins, Bryant Crawford, and Keyshawn Woods: Probably Better Than You Yesterday.