A lot of times as players, you just try to play. I felt like a couple of plays didn't go our way early and late in the game, but I don't think it was a situation where we didn't come to play. |
A lot of times teams are better when they're a little hurt or banged up, because they all come together. |
As long as we compete like we're on the outside looking in, we'll be fine; no team in this league can be taken lightly. I'm going to continue to guarantee it. My mind's not going to change. |
At first it was kind of tough because we've been together about it all. |
Because on the West Coast, you face a lot of firepower. We're going to need all the guys on their defensive game every night. |
Coach pretty much addressed us and told us we needed to step it up. We kind of took that to heart. A lot of it we've been getting in extra on our own. It's really been great. |
Coach was trying to shake it up. He needed some guys to shake things up, and the last couple of games we've been able to provide that. It doesn't really matter where you're at as long as your finishing games. |
Exactly. It's definitely a lot better. We put ourselves in a tough spot coming into this game. We needed this game really bad, and we stepped up to the challenge. Now it's about getting these next two games before the All-Star break [the Sacramento Kings tonight and the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday]. |
He told me he was going to make me swallow my mouthpiece. |
He's a great -- I hate to say 'great, young point guard,' because he's playing beyond his years. We made our runs, and we went up a couple times. And we had our chances to control the game. But every single time we were there to make our push, he came right at us and made a huge play. He either scored or made something happen for somebody else. |
I definitely knew he was who they were going to. The game dictates when you have to step up and make a big play. It was great team effort. That's what we need to win games. |
I didn't know who the hell that was out there, but I'm glad he's gone. It feels good -- not the loss -- but to be contributing to my team. Eventually, I'll get out of this slump. Now it's just about us coming together as a whole team so we can get some wins. |
I don't really know right now. |
I don't really know right now. Right now, it's kind of sore. I'll just have to see how it feels tomorrow. |
I feel like we can go in there loose and play our game. But with the intention of going in there and winning basketball games. |