They dominated us right from the beginning of the ballgame. We didn't really seem to have any life. ... They beat us all four quarters. |
They executed, they got on top of the basket. If you made a mistake defensively, they took care of it. They made us turn the ball over if we messed up our spacing on the floor. They used us on the pin down. Guys couldn't get up and get over screens. It was kind of a revealing experience for our players. You see those things and talk about those things, but we aren't able to get to that point where we can stop that sort of thing. |
They finally played a little in the third quarter but we weren't able to come all the way back. We turned it over 23 times and gave them 28 points. |
They just kept pecking away at us. We got casual and the shots we took are the shots you don't really like. That's what happens in this league so often, you lose your focus for a second or two and the other team picks it up and gets it back. |
They just waxed our ears back pretty good. In the first half, we looked like we were pretty casual about it. |
They know what they're doing defensively. They pushed us around and didn't let us do anything. When people put pressure on us, it seems like we just don't believe in an offense. |
They played back-to-back games and four games in five days and, for them, there wasn't going to be any difference between the fourth game (and the first). You just don't get tired if you're in good shape. |
They pretty much manhandled us all the way around. We didn't have much of any kind of effort to stop them. |
They probably did get a little bit intimidated, but they have to learn how to play at this level if they are going to be in this league. |
They ran us off the floor. |
They showed a little bit of an attitude about what's going on out there. When you play that way, it kind of gets back at you sometimes. It's kind of upsetting that those things crop up when we still have a chance to get to the playoffs. |
They were the tougher team mentally all the way around tonight. |
They're a good team. They sort of destroy your will to want to play. But we did fight back and I think that's tremendous on our part. |
They're happy just being close. But it doesn't make me very happy. |
They're playing harder, but they have to learn to play even harder. This is not a casual business. When we play casual you see how ineffective we are. |