That's the confusing part of us. We're driving coach crazy with that. We had a chance to put that game away at a lot of points. |
That's the mindset we're coming in with, |
That's the way it is in some arenas. Some are as loud as can be. They're rocking and rolling. You have your Arco Arena, then you have your Atlanta. That's the way some arenas are. As players, we have to go out and play the game and do the things we need to do. That should be the last thing on our minds, if we have 18,000 or 8,000. |
The record is still going to look lousy. But it shows without all the injuries what the record could be, what the first half of the season could have been. |
There's no place to go but up. |
This was a big opportunity for us. |
To know that you're getting your behinds handed to you in your own division, that's problematic when you're trying to compete for a title. On this team, you think in title terms. If you want to win a title, you have to take care of your division as well. |
Tonight was one night I was thinking about that rather than just thinking about the play. Losing (six) in a row, you just want to come down and get a win. Really, mentally, I was thinking if we lose this one, that's a killer. |
We always knew he could shoot. Now he's driving to the basket, taking guys off the dribble. |
We got stops when we needed them. It wasn't always pretty, but we'll take it for sure. |
We had good shots down the stretch. We just didn't make them. |
We had injuries, yes, but there were a lot of games we still should have won. Regardless of anything and everything that happened, we should have been a playoff team. |
We had more consistent injuries than we had consistent basketball plays. We could never get that consistent feel of a starting lineup, playing with a set group of guys for a long period of time. That's hard to deal with. |
We have to find a way to shoot better at home. We have to have more intensity and more energy and less mistakes. |
We just weren't prepared to go into the battle, and I think that's one thing about, not just sports, but life. You have to prepare yourself and we just weren't prepared. |