\u201cWe were in this game to win this game, but we didn\u2019t have a chance to do that,\u201d Wells said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey [the Kings] only had four fouls the entire second half \u2026 let that sink in now.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
But Kings\u2019 counterpart Brian Goorjian rebutted Wells\u2019 claims and backed his side\u2019s League-best defence, spearheaded by Matthew Dellavedova, Makuach Maluach, Jaylin Galloway and Torrey Craig.<\/p>\n
\u201cA big focus for us is Bryce, keeping our hands off him and defending him without fouling,\u201d Goorjian said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have history with guarding players like this, as we had to do similar with Andrew Gaze.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously, there are some penalties [you live with defending him this way], but fouling him on top of that would be a travesty for us.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re constantly talking about it [containing Cotton] and moving bodies.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know I\u2019m the opposition coach, but I think we\u2019ve done a good job in all three games in what we\u2019re trying to do there [defend Cotton].<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re trying to make it as hard as we can without making it dirty and controlling what we can control.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt [limiting Cotton\u2019s impact] is a focus point for us, and we have the personnel on the roster to do the best job possible there.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe’s a tremendous player. You’re not going to stop him all the time, but we’re not talking one game now, we’re talking the seven times we’ve played them [this season].<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are no secrets in what we’re doing, and I think, like them with us, when you’re in a series, you get better at it, and we’re better at it Game 3 than we were Game 1.\u201d<\/p>\n