MOrgil wrote:This will be a trap game for the Wizards. Over confidence and showboating on the home court will result in a loss. They cannot lose focus.
Not going to happen.
Pierce's effect on Wizards' youngsters being felt in playoffshttp://espn.go.com/blog/nba/post/_/id/1732/pierces-effect-on-wizards-youngsters-being-felt-in-playoffs“I saw their focus before the game, even at halftime those guys were very vocal, very intense,” Pierce said. “I saw it in their eyes.”
“I think a lot of the stuff that y’all see coming out I think has always been there,” he added when asked specifically about Beal’s edgy play. “I just think I kind of manifest it to another level.”
Paul on OttoMagic
“He’s getting confident,” Pierce said. “He’s growing. I think at the end of the year, he finally got the opportunity to play more minutes and his confidence has just been growing going into the playoffs.
“I am steadily trying to feed it every day in the game and practice. He has a lot of potential, man. He can be
the X factor for us and he’s proving that right now in this series.”
What does Otto have to say ?
“He’s unbelievable as far as mentoring,” Porter said. “[He] really doesn’t have to say much. It’s just what he does.
“And for me, a young guy, I am willing to see that and I am going to soak as much up as I can by just watching him, how he comes in and prepares, how focused he is, his routines, things like that.”