Let's start with last week's win against Reyer. We needed a win and beat a very good team. Alen Omic had 19 rebounds and that was one of the keys, of course. Alen played a really good game and he also had a really good game when we played in Venice. I think between those two games, he got 40 rebounds, 21 over there and 19 here! But at the same time, I think we really changed the game with our defense. We actually played good defense and put more of our effort and mindset into that, more than just trying to start ourselves from offense. And I think it really showed, and we were able to make some good plays. Of course, we made mistakes, but I think we are a lot more committed on the defensive end, which helped us bring home the win at the end.
It was important for us to win a close game, too. Like I said, if we keep up with this defensive mentality, even if you go over there and you miss a shot, but you come back and you try and get the ball back right away. You try to get a good stop right away. I think it's definitely like a whole game-changer, mindset-wise. As for Alen, he is a great guy who created a great atmosphere, he is an unselfish player who does the things that we need to win. Like in that game against Reyer, we really needed him to step up on the rebounding end and he was able to do it. He was a big factor in our win last week.