That's how we are. I don't think we will ever eliminate those, but we need to control them. |
The Pistons (under coach Larry Brown last season) needed to be released offensively, though, and Flip has allowed them that freedom. |
The players realized that they really weren't giving all their effort every game. They talked amongst themselves, and they came to the conclusion that now is the time to stand up and see how good we can be. |
The way the Sting used to play was very boring and it was quite painful to watch. They can push the ball and they have good athletes. With the coaching change I was expecting them to come out with a lot more energy. When you lose 10 in a row, you do everything you can to get a win. |
They came with a purpose this year. They came back with a purpose to get back to the Finals and try to win. We didn't. |
This is not a case of we didn't show. I think Connecticut played very well. They made jump shots, especially in the second half, which is going to happen. They are fine players. As far as the game plan is concerned, we wanted to keep them on the perimeter, and they happened to make them. |
This is one of the strangest seasons I've experienced, ... For whatever reason we've just been inconsistent all season long. I don't know if we can get that fixed in time [for the playoffs] but we're about to find out. This is the matchup everyone wanted to see though, so let's tip it off and see what happens. |
This is our time. We believe we are the best basketball team out there. We have a very talented group, and they have to want to go out there and just take the championship. But we have to choose to go out there and take the game, choose to take it over and prove to the world that this is best basketball club in the world. |
This was big, because both teams are fighting for playoff spots. It wasn't easy — we always make it hard on ourselves — but that's what life is like in this league. |
This was huge. If we lose this game, we're probably toast. We can't get the Charlotte game back, so we needed this one. |
Turnovers are frying my brain. It's so difficult for a coach to sit there and watch it happen, but we overcame it to our credit. |
We believe we are the best basketball team out there. We have a very talented group, but they have to want to go out there and just take the championship. |
We came with a purpose, we didn't want to go home. We accomplished our first mission, and that was to win this game. |
We can play harder and we need to play more on the edge like we did to start the second half, |
We have the guard play to match up with their guards; that's their strength. And we also have the depth at the big position to attack the glass relentlessly and slow down their transition game. We match up very well with them. |