Memo did hang in there, |
Milt got us in the open floor, they found him [with outlet passes] and he made some good decisions. |
Nelson did a great job keeping us off balance. I thought his play was terrific. He's strong ... he can score, he was able to get people the basketball and help them get the kinds of shots they wanted. That's one of the big things that hurt us. |
None of this has any bearing on who will start the season. I told them that today. I've got to move a lot of people around. I've got to see how different guys play off the bench, see how they play with other people. |
Our guys kept thinking, 'We have a chance. We have a chance.' That is so huge in this business. I hope we learned something from that tonight. |
Our guys looked like they had their bags packed at halftime. |
Our three best players . . . were like 8-for-22. |
People think it's pretty easy, but it's pretty difficult. A year ago, this team just kept going farther and farther down. They didn't step up and try to make a change. We were 11-21, I think, a year ago and the next game didn't matter probably. |
Right from the beginning of the game, |
Size doesn't make any difference. Heart is what makes a difference. These guys over there want to make the playoffs more than we do. That's indicated by the way they play, how hard they play. |
Somebody should have knocked the hell out of him and got him off the floor. First of all, if you're a player, you should never let him get that far to begin with. You never know what's going to happen. . . knock him on his (butt) and get him off the floor. If I'm a player, that's what I've got to do. I don't care if they put me in jail. |
That is one of those most disappointing games that I've been involved in. And for a game with this much significance. |
That keeps us alive. Otherwise, we're probably dead. It's pretty simple. It's just like anybody. We'd like to stay alive a little longer. |
That was pretty big for us. It took away their momentum. |
That will figure itself out at the end of the year. |