Two disappointing losses. We can't really hang our heads. We're right there. We had our chances to beat both of them. But we have some improving to do. |
We achieved a small sensation no one believed we could do, |
We all know you just can't have energy and play well for 82 games. All the good teams have letdowns. |
We came back from 0-2 last year and ended up winning the series, so really anything is possible in sports. We expect them to come out swinging Saturday, especially at home. |
We can definitely improve, |
We can definitely improve, ... Our comeback against Russia has given us a push and confidence that we can stay here a long time. |
We didn't want to drag the series out and let the momentum change and then the next thing you know you're 3-3, so we wanted to get this out of the way. |
We don't want to sit around on a loss for a week. |
We got pounded on the [offensive] glass in the first half. That's something we have to address if we want to do something in the playoffs. It's been a problem for us all season long. It's everybody's fault. |
We got to find a way to stop Kobe at least once this year. If he's in a zone – and he always is against us for some reason – you can't really stop him. |
We had a terrible outing offensively. |
We have to attack from all angles and play together on both ends of the floor. |
We have to do something about our bad starts because it's not the first time it's happened to us all year. Maybe we should get up at 6 o'clock and run around the block. |
We have to find our sense of urgency a little bit earlier. We gave up almost 70 in the first half. It looked like we just went through the motions. |
We have to show some killer instinct, and we can't be satisfied being up 2-0. All we did was win at home. Memphis is a tough team at home, and we have to be aggressive like we were the first two games here. |