My guys are pretty smart. They know exactly where they are. I kind of like that we have something to play for, playing against playoff teams. |
My point is, what's the argument? It's a no-brainer. |
My point is, what's the argument? There's no argument. It's a no-brainer. |
My relationship with the players is very important. We think that's had a positive effect, so that when I do scream every now and then, they take it the right way. |
Nick is so hungry for a championship. I remember when we lost to San Antonio in the Western Conference finals. I had never really seen Nick that emotional. All he had on his mind was trying to get back ... trying to get back. I think that's why when that trade happened he took it so hard. |
No question, this was a big win for us. I thought we showed a lot of mental toughness. |
No question, this was a big win for us. We stayed mentally and physically tough. |
Obviously, this is a very disappointing loss. We felt we had a chance to win this game, but they executed better than we did down the stretch. We battled, we fought, this was a playoff atmosphere. We wish we would have been able to match their intensity down the stretch, but we didn't. They were in the bounce-back mode and they bounced back. |
Our first quarter defensively really set the tone. We worked on a lot of stuff this morning. They (Atlanta) missed a lot of shots but the defense was better than it was in that last game (against Golden State). We just threw out that last game. |
Our team has made some progress with being proactive on defense. There's a certain mentality where I wanted us to be. ... Forget statistics, forget about how many points we're giving up, field goal percentage, all that stuff - I think our body language is moving in a way that we're trying to be a little more proactive defensively. |
Our team has made some progress with being proactive on defense. There's a certain mentality where I wanted us to be. ... Forget statistics, forget about how many points we're giving up, field goal percentage, all that stuff -- I think our body language is moving in a way that we're trying to be a little more proactive defensively. |
Our team has made some progress with being proactive on defense. There's a certain mentality where I wanted us to be. ... Forget statistics, forget about how many points we're giving up, field goal percentage, all that stuff – I think our body language is moving in a way that we're trying to be a little more proactive defensively. |
Our team has made some progress with being proactive on defense. There's a certain mentality where I wanted us to be. ... Forget statistics, forget about how many points we're giving up, field goal percentage, all that stuff — I think our body language is moving in a way that we're trying to be a little more proactive defensively. |
Our team has made some progress with being proactive on defense. There's a certain mentality where I wanted us to be. Forget statistics, forget about how many points we're giving up, field-goal percentage, all that stuff - I think our body language is moving in a way that we're trying to be a little more proactive defensively. |
Our team is not playing enough of a 48-minute game and that's the disappointing thing. We know it's tough to win road games. This was a hot team team we were playing, give them credit. But you can't play 18-20 minutes of a second half and expect to beat any NBA team. |