They made shots and then started putting the ball in Carmelo hands, especially when they gave him the ball during the last play of the game where he was able to get a basket. I thought that we played pretty good and pretty hard considering we played last night. Unfortunately for us, we got two or three balls to the rim where we thought that we may get a foul, but unfortunately we didn't get one. |
They obviously rebounded the ball, controlled the paint and covered for each other. Those two guys had a lot to do with our defense. |
They opened the game up with some threes. I think it was a five-point game, we had two foul shots, we had a missed dunk, and it opened up after that. |
They shot almost 59 percent. We always talk about giving up jump shots and that's really what they beat us at; a jump shot game. That's their game, pushing the ball up the floor, taking advantage of mismatches, and doing the things they do. |
They tried to run us from the beginning knowing that we played last night. They did a good job. We did get back into it late, but were never really a threat. |
They're better at their game than we are at stopping it. Our defense was not great, but I thought our rotations were good. They continued to pass the ball, and [consequently] we had to guard them for 24 seconds [per possession], and that can beat you down. |
They're just fighting to get a second seed. We're trying to get a seed so it means a lot more to us to go out there and play the way we've been playing the last few games. |
This game was a quality game for us because Memphis is a quality team. The other night I challenged our team on the defensive end and our defense was great tonight. |
This was a delicate situation. My communication with Chris and Allen should have been better. I take responsibility, I'm the coach. |
This was a heck of a win. Everyone fought hard for us all game. This game was a prime example of a team effort to not lose a game. |
Us coming off back to backs and playing a team that gets out and runs was going to be a challenge for us. I'm not totally upset about this game. We knew it was going to be a tough game just based on the way they play. |
We all think that Andre is this veteran player, because he has played so many games in his first two seasons. We take for granted that he should be at another level, but he has to grow a little more. |
We can?t rely on going home. We have to start building ourselves a little momentum -- take it one step at a time and take it one game at a time. |
We can't have games like San Antonio and Chicago anymore. That's not going to cut it. We have to be on the floor competing night in and night out. |
We didn't drive the ball like we did in the first half. We shot all jump shots and that allowed them back in the game and eventually win the game because we didn't continue doing the things we were doing. |