They did a good job of denying us and they closed out the game. Guys did their best to get open. |
They got on me real good about that. Real good. |
They played this game like it was their championship game, and rightfully so. Those guys are hungry for NBA jobs. |
They played this game like it was their championship game, and rightfully so. Those guys are hungry for NBA jobs. You don't just go to Europe because you're turning down the NBA, you're going to Europe because you want to be in the NBA so when you're standing up against a guy in front of you that's is in the NBA, you want to prove to anybody that's watching that you're NBA-worthy. |
This is one of the only gyms I get a chance to run up and down the court where I contributed some blood and some sweat to the banners that are hanging up. So it does feel good to get back here. |
We are not getting it down. It's an embarrassment. We lost by 30 points at home. |
We don't know what's going to happen this summer or who's going to be here next year. We have no control over any of that. So, we're going to play our [22 remaining] games and do the best we can and show up for the New York Knick fans. That's the most important thing. |
We gave them way too many fast-break points and that was the difference in the game. The bottom line is we just didn't get it done. |
We got some good looks at some shots, but they just didn't go down. Had they, we would have put some pressure on their team. |
We had a lot of positive moments from a lot of guys, that's why I take this loss upon myself. ... I feel like if I dealt with what I was supposed to deal with down the stretch, we would be in a victorious locker-room. |
We just didn't get it done. We shot a horrible percentage, and we didn't have confidence. . . it just showed in our overall effort. |
We're not talking about just anybody. We're talking about Kobe. He's had 40, 50, 60 and 80 this year. So it's not the first time he's gone off on a team. |
We've got a lot of guys in here that are learning how to win. And when you're learning that on the fly over an 82-game schedule, you're going to have some tough times. |
We've got to learn to communicate better on offense and play better on defense. That's what winning teams do. |
What can you say about the Raptors' all-time guy in games played? We joke with him about: 'Perseverance. Persistence. Passion. Pride . . . ' and Peterson. |