They (the Hawks) are playing hard and we've been in every game we've played this year. |
They are our two best players, and these young guys look up to them. They've got to lead by example, and they've been doing that. And I think when they do that, the young guys see that and get excited about the things that are going on around them. |
They beat us every way you can beat a team. I don't know if that was because of the back to back, but we haven't had a game like this in a long time. |
They beat us in every way you can beat a team. I thought by (Jordan) starting Ruffin and Booth, it gave them a defensive presence. Ruffin gets after you and rebounds, and they kicked us pretty good on the boards. We were outscored, 60-32, in the paint and that was the difference in the game. |
They got the job done, and that's the nice thing about our team now. They're playing, they get down, and they don't think they're down. They're playing to win and that's what it's all about. |
They wanted it a little bit more down the stretch. I thought we kind of took control in the early part of the fourth quarter. And then, at the seven or eight minute mark, we let it get away. |
This morning at our breakfast meeting we put on the tape and here's Jason running up and down the floor. I told them to shut it off. I didn't want to show the guys that tape. We just had to prepare in other ways. |
This thing of sitting here watching it on TV is not fun for me. |
Times like these teach us to cherish every moment we have and be more appreciative of the people in our lives. That's why I think it's important for our team to stay close together right now. We need to huddle around each other a little more than usual right now. |
To me, that's it in a nutshell. He doesn't get any calls . When he's driving to the basket, guys have their hands all over him, and there's nothing called. It doesn't make sense. |
Until we figure out that we're not going to outscore teams all the time and that we'll have to defend and rebound before we think about scoring, we're going to be a mediocre team. That's something we're going to have to improve on this summer. |
We can't get a reputation for being a team that can't get to the free throw line and can't finish games. |
We defended it right up until the end. I think we made proper switches on their last sets and we were able to get the stop when we needed it. |
We fought back and exhausted ourselves trying to get back in the game. We've got to figure out how to play back-to-back (games). We've struggled with that all year. |
We fought hard. Their zone hurt us early, and we struggled a little bit, but we were still able to maintain and stay within striking distance. |