Hollis improvement -- 0m0s
I think, just because we've been with him and he understands the terminology, he understands the offense, he understands the rules, he's just a year in, that it enables him, even when he was sick, to jump back in a little bit quicker. He was out for so long, and really out of my mind even for a while when he came back, it took him a while. We have these young athletes flying around, and I think now clearly he has his feet settled, and he's playing with confidence.

On the team evolving while he was out -- 0m57s
I think that. And I think that he's looking around and he's seeing all of these young guys and wondering where he fits in, and at times I didn't play him. To his credit, he continued to put in the work, and came out with a huge first half. We needed every one of those.

On what he expected out of Hollis when the season started -- 1m22s
I thought that he was going to have more of a veteran, if you will, with us, presence. Knowing the offense, knowing more about what we're looking for in general. I can see the rapid improvement in all of our young guys, even with the limited time that we've had them since October. So you fast forward that out to the few that we've had for, now, a season and a half, and so you're expecting him to know things a little bit better, be a little bit sharper, and because he was out for so long you didn't get a chance to see him on a regular basis. and now that he's back, he comes in, I think that the rotations that I"m tripping on right now, how we're subbing it, where you can at times have Robert and Hollis on the floor, two shooters. We've had more three's in the last 3 games, double digits, and it's a difference maker. Our defense, more than it isn't, has been great. The last period I thought was disappionting, but for the most part, our defense throughout the game, and our three point shooting, and Hollis is a big part of that.

On Hollis' quiet personality -- 2m45s
But he's mentally tough. There's a quiet toughness in him that would surprise people, because he's soft spoken, he's a gentleman, but there is a competitor in there, and there's a toughness that you wouldn't think. He doesn't really go away. He puts in the time, he really works. He's a fantastic teammate. And to see him come out and do what he did and get rewarded for all of that, is just fantastic for him, and I think also a good statement to make in front of the other young guys. They see him in gyms working and he hasn't been rewarded, yet he doesn't go away. He doesn't complain and he's a great teammate.

On Jameer never quitting -- 3m38s
For sure. And I give the team credit. We were up big, and I'd be lying if I said I didn't have an element of disappointment sitting here talking to everybody. I get greedy, and I want our players to get greedy. We want to close games out. We don't want the peaks and valleys. Every coach in all of sports would say the same thing, and so I'm saying it to our team. I want Michael Carter-Williams to finish that game better than he did, and close that game out better than he did, and go get a triple double, because he was having a hell of a game. And as a group, we want more. It's just part of all of it. So Jameer comes out and he does what he does, and Denver does what they did with small ball, and they were hard to guard and they could guard us. So we found ourselves in a funny situation as that game played out. It was uncomfortable seeing that scoring margin shrink./

On that being what the Sixers do to opponents -- 4m48s
It is. And I don't like it. I don't like it. It's a great lesson for us, because we were up I think 26, 28, and it got to 5. For the most part, even in the 4th period, it's 12, 10, 12, 10, then it really gets down, and I had used timeouts, and Michael used one of our timeouts, I only had one left, on the baseline. And if you looked at how it played out, they made some three's, Gallinari got going, we foul too much, it stopped the clock, it stretched the game out, it made it longer, we missed shots. It's that perfect storm of how do you lose that lead. Those were the things that I remember, the tape will tell me more, but it is a lesson for us, and yes we have been doing that to others, and I bet those other coaches didn't like it either.

On playing well in the 1st quarter despite playing 4 games in 5 nights -- 5m57s
It's good for our guys. We had 3 undrafted guys go for 51 points. And so you're looking at the team balance, and how we're subbing, and who's playing, and so on, and to come back here at home, like we reminded our guys, there's a mental toughness on how you back up back-to-back. We got in at 3 in the morning or whatever, we had problems with the plane, and how do you get out of bed, and how do you get rejoiced to go compete again, and our guys did that. So to come here at home and have that margin, and have that lead, and watch different people contribute to that lead, full credit to them. And I think it's a great thing for the city to be able to watch our young guys grow before their eyes. They're seeing the development right before us. I'm so proud of our development staff, and our attention to development, and we're seeing the byproduct of all of that with some of the names that we've just mentioned.