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The Brisbane Bullets face another daunting test on Tuesday night as they attempt to slow down the hottest team in the league, the Sydney Kings.<\/p>\n
Despite coming off a loss to Melbourne United, there has been a clear shift in the Bullets\u2019 energy and intent, with their renewed play style offering genuine signs of momentum. According to Chris Anstey, the reason behind it is simple.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think they\u2019re playing for Darryl McDonald,\u201d Anstey said on NBL Now.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re competing and that\u2019s the one thing D-Mac will demand. It\u2019s not so much about what they see on video or on the film, it\u2019s about how hard they play and how they execute.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Bullets returned to the winners’ list last round with a dominant performance over the Breakers, and Anstey believes the answers are not as complicated as they may seem.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re competing \u2013 and we live in an age of analytics and statistics,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI loved Brian Goorjian\u2019s press conference a couple of weeks ago at the start of this the Sydney Kings form, he said he\u2019d been caught up on the computer too much and he\u2019d forgotten to spend time around the group.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe way players play for you, is for you to be around the group and engage in them as human beings.<\/p>\n
\u201cKeep the system simple but execute as hard as possible eery time and I think we\u2019ve seen a much-improved level of consistency of efforts across the three games D-Mac\u2019s been in charge.\u201d<\/p>\n