Watch the tape again. Hey, when you're a primary scorer, there are going to be a couple shots that you're going to take and you live with. But he had so many great attacks. It didn't fall for him. Doesn't make him any less of a player, doesn't make him any less of a person. Look, this guy has helped turn the franchise around. We're going to be fine. |
We are extremely happy Vince Carter is a New Jersey Net. He is a very, very special player. Look what he has done these last five games and that is a direct correlation to how hard he works. |
We are happy we played well to beat such a good team. At the same time, we understand it's just one game. |
We are not proud of what happened. I think when you look at it, we had four games in five nights, and at this point of the year, we knew it was going to be tough. |
We are still playing for seeding and the division and then you are fighting for home-court advantage. It is still not out of the realm of possibility that you can continue to climb up. There is a lot to continue to play at a high level for. |
We competed extremely hard. They just got to the free throw line a lot for a team that doesn't usually. They were in a desperate state and played hard. We played hard but missed some things defensively. |
We didn't do a great job against their pressure. We had four empty possessions in a row. ... We had some open shots that we didn't make and we committed some turnovers because we couldn't make an open shot. Before you know it, it was a tie game. |
We don't flop. We play team defense. |
We don't want to get complacent. We want to continue to push. We have a long list of improvements to make. |
We feel good about ourselves. We're getting a lift from different guys on different nights and everyone's kind of doing their part. |
We fought hard to get back in the game. We were up two at the half, and then the last six minutes we just couldn't do it. |
We gave him a chance because of what he did in Memphis. It's a freak thing; it happened on the shot. |
We had 10 straight empty possessions. We missed a ton of open shots, and that puts a ton of pressure on the defense. It was a combination of their No. 1 scoring defense and us missing a lot of uncontested shots. |
We had numerous opportunities. The game was in the balance for either team to take, so we are not going to look at the officials for the reason we lost the game. |
We had six turnovers in the first six minutes. They score the first seven points. We shot 3-for-17 in the third quarter and just didn't really put ourselves in good position in that third quarter. |