This was as intense a game as we've had all season long. There is an intensity between these two teams as a result of the playoff series a few years ago. |
This was the best game he's (Martin) played since I've been here. |
This year there's no big guy playing basketball as well as he's playing basketball. He's such a good defensive player, and he has such pride in situations like that. |
Three games is a lot, |
To let Vince Carter flop two calls and get the whistle to end that game, I was disappointed because the effort and energy of (the Nuggets) I thought should have been stood up for. Vince Carter flopped both of them and got the call. There was a rumor out of the league office that we're trying to take flopping out of the game, but I don't think that was orchestrated in those two calls. |
We can rest guys and not play them as much. But you've still got to play with an attitude and an edge, and Utah probably had a little more of that, especially on their home court in kind of a must-win situation. Once they got the double-digit lead, we kind of gave up a little bit. |
We definitely had a breakdown on that last play. We had a foul to give and we talked about doing that. Miller and Buckner were kind of hanging out and they lost Harris. Two of our best defenders got picked. |
We didn't have much energy and life, and Andre got us going. |
We didn't lose the game with our defense, we lost the game in the fourth quarter with our seven turnovers and trouble getting shots against a zone and settling for threes. |
We didn't put a number goal on the season. We said we wanted to win the division and we did. We were probably thinking we were going to have more wins, but I just think the perseverance and mental toughness of this team has been good and bad, but it's definitely more good than bad. |
We fell behind because we were soft and let (the Nets) get into their rhythm. Mentally we gave them the first half. |
We fought hard to get close in the second half. We just dug ourselves such a big hole, we couldn't get out. |
We get two days off. Everybody's hoping he can get it rehabbed and healed and get some minutes this weekend. |
We got beat by a (heck) of a basketball team. Right now, the L.A. Clippers are better than we are. |
We had a 68-60 lead and the next eight points were gifts. We could never get the momentum back. |