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Risacher felt uncomfortable with his shooting but stayed confident and kept working through the frustration.

“I felt like I was a little frustrated by my shooting this season. I didn't feel as comfortable as I used to be. And I feel like just not losing confidence and keep working made that possible.”

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Dallas lacked connectivity and didn't execute the game plan.

“I don't think we're connected tonight. I don't think we followed the game plan well tonight. Coach put a very good game plan together for us. I think we let that slip.”

CLETyrese Proctor · Meleek ThomasRole & RotationPresser13h

Proctor and Thomas are both playing now rather than competing for one spot.

“in the beginning it was like, oh, it's going to be a competition between both of them. But really, they're both playing now and they both, I don't know, they have a respect for each other.”

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Cavs moved their big higher against Miami's short roll and pocket passes.

“We made an adjustment. We tried to, you know, bring our big up higher to take away the pocket. I thought that was a little better.”

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Bam's short-roll pocket game hurt them so they pushed the big higher.

“They were killing us in the short roll. I felt like Bam had that stretch there in the third quarter where they're getting that two in the pocket... We tried to bring our big up higher to take away the pocket.”