I never, ever looked at him as a loser in any sense of the word. |
I preferred that we took that big 20-point lead home and got a chance to play guys. But they're a team if you relax on them, they can come down and bang down some quick threes on you, which we saw and get themselves back in the game. So, you can't relax with that team. |
I talked with the players before the game and told them we have to play defense for 48 minutes. I thought our guys did a great job tonight. |
I think 'Q' deserves it. He's done a good job, and worked hard for us all preseason, |
I think I'm coming along well, ... I got off to a rocky start early on. There were a lot of expectations, and they already had a bunch of players at my position. Through that, I've persevered, and I'm well on my way. I'm pleased with where I'm at and where I'm headed. |
I think it's a great opportunity for both players. We were looking for another dimension, a guy who could go out and stroke the ball. And this will give us an opportunity to play a different style, or change it up in certain games and match up better against certain teams. |
I think what it comes down to for us is we've got to guard against their fast break. For them, obviously, Carmelo is a great focal point. He was the best in the league at making game-winning shots. |
I thought he did pretty well. Coverage-wise, he knew what he was supposed to do. |
I thought I could bring something different to the table. Having that firepower off the bench is great. We're starting to get our fire back and getting a little bit of an identity. |
I thought I got it in. But when nobody else was reacting, I figured something must be wrong. |
I thought our guys came out and gave a good effort defensively tonight. These guys were playing great coming in and to hold them to 36 percent (shooting) is a good thing. |
I thought we just played a bad game. Physically we were there, mentally we weren't. We had 22 turnovers for 27 points and gave up seven offensive boards. We have 10 games to figure it out. |
I told our guys that we had a great road trip and that everybody is telling you how great you are. The reality is, we have 35 games left and we have to take care of business. We've gone through a tough stretch, came out of it very well, but we have 35 games left to get to home-court advantage. We've got 35 games left to catch Phoenix. There are all kinds of things out there left for us to do. Right now, our goal shouldn't be to make the playoffs. Our goal should be to get home-court advantage. |
I want to be here, I think they want me here, so we should work something out. |
I was disappointed in our focus tonight. We didn't start the game the way we needed to. At least our energy was there. |