It was a game of small breaks and we didn't get any of them. |
It was a good fourth quarter. A good learning tool. |
It was a hard-fought game. They made some timely shots, late clock shots did us in. I thought the third quarter, the one stretch, just really, really hurt us. I thought we really lost our intensity. We started watching them play for a while. And I thought that really hurt us. And our bench has to do something for us. |
It was about time one of those went for us. We've lost a bunch of games on shots like that. Now, of late, we are winning them and things like that are going our way. |
It was an interesting game, I'll say that. I was really happy besides the ending. I was just really proud of our young guys. They just kept fighting. I obviously thought we had a chance to win the game. I just wanted to teach execution to the young guys. |
It was just an awful game for us. They came prepared and we didn't, and that's the coach's fault. |
It was one of those human games. We can adjust the effort and we can adjust the execution. |
It wasn't designed for me, ... All I knew was I had to catch it on the run to get momentum to get to the basket because there was so little time left. When the ball left my hand I knew it was good, but I thought it was a swish. I was not trying to use the glass. But it happened and luck was with me. |
It wasn't until he moved (to off-guard) that people realized he was an All-Star. |
It's a great lesson for us. We can play with this team. We've proved that. But they've been through so much in the past three years, they can't be shaken. We've been together for one month and things shake us. |
It's a tough loss. The game felt like the team who had the ball last was going to score. Nobody was playing defense on either team. I guess that's what people want to watch. I don't. |
It's been the story of our season that we're close enough but we just can't close games out. I told the guys they are playing hard and they just have to live with it. |
It's not about who we play, but about keeping up the tradition, about maintaining the streak. |
It's our job to support him, increase the talent, so he can be on a better team and become a better player. And the better we get, the better he is going to be. |
It's rare when you can get a playoff intensity in the regular season. |