Nightcap Hour 1: De’Aaron Fox's EXCUSE for GAME 1 STINKER + Jaron “Boots” Ennis JOINS Nightcap

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But first, De'Aaron Fox says he sacrificed his game for the betterment of the team. Obviously, I'm not shooting the ball as much, but coming here, I knew that was the way it was going to be. As a player, you sacrifice for the betterment of the team. There are times where I need to take shots or times where I don't take as many shots, but at the end of the day, you need to make shots that you take, Joe. Should De'Aaron Fox be sacrificing more or less of his game, or should he become more aggressive in order to take the pressure off? I don't think he should be sacrificing, fellas. I think he has to be aggressive, you know, to take some pressure off these other guys. I mean, he's the quickest, fastest guy on the court who can get to any spot he wants to. I'm not worried about, obviously, his shooting percentage, but he has to still be aggressive, just to put pressure on the defense and make him loosen up a little bit and say, hey man, they're in the finals, bro. It's, you know, he, we can't make excuses now. We just got to get the job done. I think he has to be aggressive. He has to have some big games in the series for them to win.