We know how these games are. We've been on the other side. We had games we thought we won, and the other team came back. San Antonio had the game won. |
We missed easy shots and they got opportunities on the other end. |
We need one. We're entitled to one, I think. We've been going down to the wire a lot of games. Sometimes it feels good for the players and myself to play a game where you don't have to worry about somebody getting an offensive rebound or making a last-second shot to win a basketball game. For us, we needed that. |
We needed guys to make plays down the stretch. We needed guys to pass the ball. (Webber) is our veteran leader, and that's why I was so reluctant to take him out in the second half. |
We needed this one badly. We knew coming in here we were just playing a team that beat us on our home court. |
We see zone from time to time, but we certainly don?t see it for a whole quarter. If you make shots, if you make some dribble penetration against the zone, they come out of it. We never did. We never made a shot and they had no reason to come out of it. |
We shot more jump shots than I would like, that?s for sure. |
We started out so poorly. You can't do that against a team like Dallas. We were climbing uphill the whole game. |
We still have a long way to go and we're still working toward that. |
We talked about how we've been playing good basketball since the [All-Star] break. But we haven't been playing the full 48 minutes. Playing good for 3 1/2 quarters isn't enough to win the game. |
We tried to put the ball in Chris' hands a lot more, especially down the stretch. |
We walked out of the gate looking like we were the ones in the mud and they were a lot quicker than us, faster than us, and kept us on our heels. |
We want him to get offensive opportunities - no question. I think that he can get more opportunities in running the floor, getting early post up which he did. Tonight was a little unusual where he had more than a number of attempts at dunking the basketball going to the rim so I think that's a little bit unusual. |
We want to funnel the ball to him on defense, |
We want to funnel the ball to him on defense. And you know what? He's a much better offensive player than people give him credit for. We're going to give him a chance to show it. |