We needed a split on this trip. It would have been difficult not to do it, just so that kids get some confidence in themselves. The effort was there and now we got some results. There were a lot of positives tonight. |
We needed this win very badly. It was probably a little surprising that it came in Miami as compared to some other places. |
We play our butts off in the third quarter, get back in it, and can't sustain. Yao was a problem for us. I thought Adonal did a good job on him but he was in foul trouble. |
We scored nine points. We just started shooting threes. We got stagnant and the ball wasn't going down and we didn't guard Ray Allen and it was just a stretch where it was worse than that. |
We shot 56 percent. It wasn't a matter of us being able to score. It was a matter of us being able to defend. They are quick at the point and they spread the floor with four guys. It is hard to get help. |
We still missed some free throws, but not at the end. It helps to make baskets in the fourth quarter. In this league, you got to make plays in the end. |
We want to establish some sense of normalcy, if we can use that word, in these peoples' lives. |
We wanted to go early. Baron elected to hold and put us in an awkward situation. |
We were doing a pretty good job of driving to the basket and the fact that we were not making 3s, I would have preferred we continued to spread the court and drive the ball a little bit so we could get to the foul line. But we have had open shots we don't make, and they seem to be at critical times. |
We were having a tough time with Garnett. They did a good job of moving him around in the fourth quarter. But if you're going to foul, you've got to foul hard rather than give up the easy one with a tough foul. |
We were in the lead and all of a sudden you give up five straight points and it takes some of the steam out of you. We just got killed on the boards in the second half. It seems like we lost our confidence again. |
We were in the lead, and all of a sudden you give up five straight points and I'm sure it takes the steam out of you. We should have been up a bunch, but we weren't. |
We were lucky to be only down seven at the half. Garnett was great on the boards. He's so long. We battled back but he made some big plays down the stretch. Nineteen offensive rebounds is too much to give up. |
We were really pleased with the way Adonal responded. |
We weren't ready to play and they obviously were, so, basically, end of story, really. We just weren't ready to play and there's just no other issue. They just drilled their shots early. We didn't defend them and then off they went. |