MBB attribute slow start to pressure of hosting BAL playoffs
'We play City Thunder on Tuesday. We have got better from game one and now we have to improve and get our first victory, and we can progress from there.
'We are not trying to look too far at the moment, we need to get better day by day and face the mistakes we have made.
'We understand that the playoffs are in SA and obviously it is a big thing for us to qualify and get through.
'Our first two games, we understand the mistakes we have made.
'In game two, there are a lot of things we did better and we see that when we play our basketball.
'APR, we were able to beat them in the first half when we played the right way, but obviously you have to play 40 minutes of basketball to be complete,' he said.
Vincent again bemoaned his team ' s inability to close out games, but agreed that APR ' s experience had played a key role in the second half.
'I think our guys played better,' he said.
'This is a new team, we haven ' t played a lot together.
'Every time we get onto the court, we want to see improvement.
'I think in the first half we played really well because we focused on moving the ball.
'We swung it from side to side.
'We were patient with our shots. In the second half, we were not as patient.'
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