Jack Armstrong

But I personally think the last notch for this group, that if they're going to win some games in the playoffs...

If they're going to be the fifth or sixth seed, they have got to get better in their half court offense when the chips are down and you've got guys holding you and beating you up and they're letting them play because we know that happens.

You know, you play the Celtics.

They're going to be there in you and too bad.

You better figure it out.

I'll tell you what, Raptors this year, when they played Charlotte, they struggled against them.

I mean, Charlotte, you know, Coach Lee worked as a Celtic assistant, done a great job with those guys.

Those dudes get into you, man.

And you got to be able to run your stuff through all that.

And to me, that's ultimately what it's all about, these final 21 games and postseason.

Can they figure that out?

I work for a guy.

When I was an assistant at Fordham, a guy named Tom Penders was in the College Basketball Hall of Fame, University of Texas.

You know who he is.

He was a great coach and one of my mentors.

He used to talk all the time about offensive toughness.

In the final five minutes of a game, you know, and the game slows down, are we going to be able to generate a high percentage shot?

you know, against a defense that's into you.

And he used to do some really cool... We'd go three on four in practice, four on five in practice, five on six.

It's like a quarterback and you're sending...