The first half was a carry-over from last night. ... We've got to get over that and regroup. We're fragile right now. |
The guys had lost confidence a little bit. I thought we got it back today. |
The guys were having fun with it. For what we've been through this season, I thought the guys deserved it. I hope what we did didn't make a mockery of the game. |
The incident happened. It's history. As far as I'm concerned, it's a dead issue. Our whole thoughts as a team are going to be, from here on out, the Chicago Bulls. |
The key is his health, above basketball, above anything else. He's a competitive guy. Don't let that innocent look fool you. He has to weigh those things in the decision. |
The second half, that's the way we need to play. The effort we had in the first half will get us right back into the [draft] lottery if we carry that into the regular season. |
The stat that jumps out on paper for me is the turnovers. That's huge. We took care of the basketball and that gave us more bullets on the offensive end. |
The story tonight was turnovers and free throws. We shot 67 percent from the free-throw line and had too many careless turnovers in the first half. |
There was nothing about this year that we're happy about. There's frustration for everyone. But we do have a plan. The plan is to get better in a lot of areas. |
There's a place for a guy like Marko coming off the bench behind Marcus. |
There's been so much doom and gloom around here. There is a rainbow at the end of the storm. |
These are young guys and we're trying to win. For me to build a winning environment, you have to try to win every night. These guys were scratching and diving for balls and they deserved to win. |
They are the measuring stick of the league. They have been together for what? Five years? We've been together for three games. |
They could have given up and they didn't. There was no pep talk, they just came out and fought. |
They did a great job of containing the basketball and getting guys out of their spots. |