Mosley highlights selfless play and communication fueled the dominant performance, leading to a crucial win and demonstrating significant team growth.
On the team's response and how Dallas played:
"They did a great job of communicating with each other. Their talk, their ability to share the basketball. You talk about 35 assists, moving it, sharing it, trusting the pass, playing with the right style and pace of basketball, and just really their trust in each other. That was great to see. The way we played defensively at moments we were very good and then we had some lapses. You got to give Dallas credit and Cooper for what he did tonight. But at the end of the day, our guys did an unbelievable job of responding back and playing for one another."
On having six guys in double figures with 35 assists and how dangerous the offense becomes when the ball is moving unselfishly:
"Hard to guard. That to me was selfless basketball. The biggest thing for me is if you go back and watch any of the tape you just see the lines of communication amongst the guys, them talking about what they saw, where they can be on the floor. The ownership in that was just really big time and that's why you have 35 assists. You're sharing it, trusting it, not worried about anything other than how do we find a way to make the right play. The right play is always going to be the right play."
On Wendell Carter Jr.'s aggressiveness and how it helps the group:
"It's big time. His presence at the rim is great for us. Our coach Randy Gregory challenged him today to be the presence in that paint, to attack the glass, to touch the paint, to spray out, to make the right decisions. He's one of the most selfless guys we have because he's just trying to do the right thing by this team. When he does that, the guys celebrate him to make sure that he's getting touches on the back end as well."
On how Franz Wagner is rounding into form:
"It's good to see his rhythm. It's good to see him finding a rhythm. The fact that we can not burn him all the way out in a game like this is big time. I'm just so proud of these guys' communication, the way that they were talking on the floor, communicating to each other the things that we needed to have done, and with the coaches as well. I think that's just such a big growth from where we were and the direction we're heading."
On Orlando's continued success and advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals:
"That's big time. That's so good for them. They've done an unbelievable job all year. The team that they've put together, the coaching staff over there. They've done an incredible job year after year of getting the job done. Just making sure those guys are in the right position. Credit to them, credit to the group, Jeff and his group and Kevin and that group that puts those guys together. It says a lot. They've still got more to do."
On Cooper Flagg's aggressiveness and performance:
"He's tough. He's very tough. He attacks the basket, gets to that left hand, left side of the floor quickly, bounces, gets to his shot. You try to do as much as you can to defend him without fouling. He wasn't shooting the ball great from three before we got to him and he comes out and gets himself going. You got to give him a ton of credit for just continuing to stay aggressive. Having him earlier on at USA, you could see his fire, his fight, his toughness. Hell of a player."
On how Cooper Flagg has evolved since the last time they faced Dallas:
"I think he was just really coming off an injury the last time we played him, so it wasn't as explosive early on, but he still has that. There was more explosion tonight. Obviously you see him popping up for jump shots, the three, getting coming down in transition aggressively. His handling and then some of the playmaking, just doing things on both sides of the ball. That's a lot for a young kid and he's doing a heck of a job."
On Luka Dončić's season before his injury:
"I think he was in that MVP race heavy, top four for me, leading it in a lot of ways. There's a battle between those guys for that race and you hate to see that happen. My heart goes out to him and who he is and what he's done and the body of work that he's been putting in. He's going to always bounce back and I think that's the character of that kid. That's the toughness of the kid, finding a way. I don't know exactly what it was, so just making sure that hopefully he's okay, but he's put in a body of work this year."
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