Obviously with each win our guys are beginning to believe more and more. We want teams to know if they come into our place they are going to have their hands full. |
Obviously, (CMGI) stock should be up with Lycos, |
Obviously, (CMGI) stock should be up with Lycos. |
Other than Carlos, our guards just got tentative in the second half. |
Personally I derived a lot of satisfaction from the way we finished up, but still it's disappointing to not make the playoffs. Of course, I didn't realize that we'd have to change our team in the middle of the season. What would make this year more satisfying is if we pick up where we left off next year. |
Pierce had a phenomenal game. But other than that, we did a real good job defensively. |
Since we made the changes, this group just really enjoys playing together. They're sharing the ball and pulling for each other. No one cares who gets the credit. |
Sixty-two points combined out of their backcourt -- that's who they are. |
Some of it was Chicago's defense and some of it was us being careless with the ball. They deserved to win. It was not one of our better efforts. |
Sometimes big guys just take longer to progress. Not everybody comes in as Shaquille O'Neal and dominates the league right away. Sometimes big guys don't develop until the third, fourth or fifth year. And you certainly don't develop in this league without an opportunity to play. |
Sometimes the light goes on a little bit later. Maybe this is one of those situations where we just realize if we play together and share the basketball and play good defense and force some turnovers and get out and run, we can be pretty good. |
Steve has played under control and yet at the same time has been aggressive at driving the basketball and creating opportunities. He's really played well lately. |
Steve looked like, I think, the Steve Francis that you guys were used to watching last year and that we anticipate. He was aggressive, he was attacking, he did a good job defensively. |
Sure they were disappointed, but I don't think it was reflected in our play. I thought the guys came out and gave us an honest effort. I don't think we played as well as we'd been playing but let's give Chicago some credit for that. |
That ball was about four feet behind him and I think it was actually deflected a little bit. That was a very, very special play by a heck of an athlete. |