We talked at halftime that this was a dangerous team if you let them get back in it in the third quarter, and that's exactly what we did. We just couldn't stop them in the second half. They shot over 70 percent. You're not going to win very many games giving that up. |
We waited too long to get into this game. In the first half, we just never got anything going. I don't know why we didn't come ready to play in this game. |
We were a team without a personality. With Ron, we have one. |
We were trying to make the spectacular play, and all we talked about at halftime was trying to make the simple play. I thought the first half we really forced a lot of things, and during the second half, we calmed down the ball pretty well. |
We'll have a day to see what we're going to do. How he mixes with everyone, I guess we'll find out. This changes our team dramatically. |
We're a different team than we were before. There's no reason we can't go out and compete in this series. |
We're a group that hasn't been together that long. I think if we move the ball and trust each other, we're going to be okay. |
We're challenging shots, getting hands on passes, helping teammates and seeing what the other team is doing. It's nice to see the activity. |
We're going to have to win some games on the road if we're going to get in the playoffs. |
We're just mentally different than we were two years ago or even last season. |
We're just trying to get one of those eight (playoff) spots, we don't care where it is. It's going to be a fight right down to the end. |
We're just trying to make sure somebody's on him all the time. |
We're not going to sit back and let this continue. We're not happy about what's going on, and I know Mr. Geoff Petrie (the general manager) is not happy either. We have too much talent for this. |
We've been together since Day 1. So when you trade a guy like that, that was tough. |
We've certainly put ourselves in position to have a great trip. Now we have to do it in Milwaukee on Wednesday. It's a big win for us. |