It's more or less us not executing well and not getting good looks at the basket, something we could have did better. |
Oh, my goodness, this is crazy. This time last year, I wouldn't have bet a dollar that I'd be sitting in the place I'm sitting in now. I'm just so thankful and appreciative to city of Seattle, the organization and the players on this team. |
That was not us [last week]. I don't know who that team was. That was a horrible game. We can't play that way and beat anyone. To come back and get a win like we did tonight does a lot for our confidence. |
The more help the better because I don't want to get in there against him. I will if I have to, but I'd rather not. |
The proof is in the numbers. The numbers don't lie. I wouldn't say we're the worst defensive team of all time, but who would? We haven't performed well defensively and that's something we need to get better at. We've got to get stops. We've got to make a commitment to defense. |
They had every right to boo us. You pay your money and see something like that, I'd boo, too. All I can say — and I think I pretty much speak for the entire team on this one — is this is one of those games that you put behind you as soon as possible and move on. |
They pretty much controlled the game from top to bottom. For the most part, they made us take tough shots tonight. Everything we tried to do defensively, they had a counter for it. We couldn't get anything going. |
Thirteen points is a lot to come back from, but we got their lead down to two points. That's four possessions we can't give away. |
Tracy's arguably one of the best perimeter players in the game right now. As long as he's on the floor, he's a threat. He understands how to create space. You just have to hope to get a hand in his face and miss. And tonight, he hit some tough shots. |
We had a turnover, missed shots and Wally hits a 3. I don't know exactly how it went, but we were right there and then 60 seconds later we weren't. |
We just didn't match their intensity, and you can't do that in this league. You know that it's going to be tough on a back-to-back, but we have to be better than that. We've had plenty of back-to-back and understand how tough they are. |