It's hard to overcome mentally when you are down 3-0 and they make a run. They get comfortable when they get in a lead, and it's hard for us to come back and make a run. |
It's hard to play them when they're shooting the ball with that confidence. They did a good job running the ball and running 1,000 pick-and-rolls and they made their shots. |
It's hard to tell what happened with coach Brown, |
It's really painful for the team to lose Damon. He's been a great leader for us and we'll miss his great finishes down the stretch. |
It's the usual thing with him. He likes to run his mouth. I said something back and he went crazy. That's fine. |
Most of the guys were watching the NCAA Tournament (with Connecticut losing to George Mason). It was weird for a while. We didn't know what would happen. |
Navarro had a difficult start to the game, but he slowly recovered and scored 35 points. But I have to say, Croatia were a great team and you have to feel for them because they lost their cool at the end. It was down to frustration. |
Nobody here is thinking about the past and losing again. Everybody is very positive. We've got to stick together here to be more successful in Game Two and get rid of that so people will stop talking about it and bringing it up. |
Obviously, I didn't think I traveled. I watched the play again in here, and I only took two steps, but those things happen. |
That was the play we wanted to run. I took it hard to the rim and I knew I had enough time to make a move. |
That was the play we wanted to run. It's worked out well in the past and it worked out perfectly again. |
The confidence level that he gives me out there is huge. He puts the ball in my hands a lot and trusts that I'll make the right decisions. Playing 39 minutes a night puts a lot of confidence in me. I don't feel any pressure when I make mistakes and that's important for any player. ... He's told us sometimes that this team goes as I go. |
The environment, the chemistry, the atmosphere is great. We're together. We're not ready to throw in the towel. But we can play much better, and our mindset is just to win. We want to play Game 2 like there's no Game 3. |
The last couple of years we thought we had a better chance going against San Antonio and going against Phoenix because we were 3-1 against them (in the regular season). We lost to both teams 4-0. The playoffs are different. |
The last few games were tough because I didn't produce in the last five minutes. Tonight it was time to step up, be a little more aggressive and produce. Luckily I was aggressive and things worked out well. |