We should have a new goal - we should win the division championship, ... I don't know if that's 50 wins, 54, 55. ... It might be more, it might be less. But basically it's a tradition of winning division championships. |
We started All-Star break (Tuesday) instead of after the game (Wednesday). |
We thought the building would be energized. It was. We just didn't play well enough to win. |
We want him to psychologically get over it. We're not going to rush him on the court. |
We were a happy team, but not a serious team. They were a playoff-serious team who knew they had to win this game. |
We were so bad offensively. Defensively they found all the answers. We simply lost confidence in our offense. |
We weren't defending in the first quarter and dug ourselves a hole. We've given up 30-plus points in the first quarter in six of our last eight games. It's not a time to get angry, it's a time to get better. |
We're a little exasperated because the playoffs have taken so long to get here. Maybe we need a fresh challenge or gig. Once we got the Northwest Division, we kind of drifted away from playing serious basketball. |
We're human beings, and of course it affects you. You don't want to be talked about as not being wanted, or that someone wants to trade you. |
We're in a stage of our season, and we've had already two or three stages like this, when we have to persevere. |
We're seeing a team in the fourth quarter that doesn't have the confidence to finish up a game. Last year, we were a great fourth-quarter defensive team. |
We're still in first place. It's not time to get angry. It's time to get better and regroup. |
We've always worked through it. We've always picked ourselves up. I trust this team is going to do the same thing on Thursday. |
We've been putting an all-star team together that has been dysfunctional and troublesome. I think now they've got a program together that I'm happy that the vast majority of players are committed to. I think they'll figure it out. |
We've got to slow them down. We've done some good things. Consistency would be good there. I would take just shooting the league average on open shots tonight. |