We had no energy in the first half. We were flat and there was no emotion, no rhythm. |
We had the game on the road and the ball with 12 seconds left with one of the best players in the league. He did the thing, just didn't hit the shot. |
We have a long ways to go. We didn't play any defense. Again, it's no gray area with us. If we don't play any defense, we're not going to win. Chalk this one under no defense. |
We have to understand that if we don't play defense, we don't have a chance to win. |
We haven't had a good time in Atlanta. We played one of our worst games in the (winning) streak. But our defense got stops when we had to. |
We hit the break five games over .500. Once everybody gets rested, hopefully we'll hit the stretch run trying to make the playoffs. |
We just laid an egg. We've still got a long way to go. We still have a lot to work on and get better at. |
We learned from the last game that we've got to defend if we want to have any chance to win in this league, |
We missed free throws and we missed a box-out on a free throw on the other end. We made some mistakes and they capitalized on it and they came out with a big win. |
We must be doing something right. |
We play through (Carter). He can make tough shots and create his own shot but he was playing with injuries. |
We played one of our worst games of the streak. On defense, we got some stops when we had to. |
We probably will be looking at tape of our defense, ... When we play defense, we can compete with anybody. Unfortunately, we weren't all on the same page. By that I mean we had guys on the ball who normally aren't on the ball. Or maybe he's not hearing the call (on the pick) from the big guy. But there's no better way to learn than to go through it and solve it before it's too late. |
We put ourselves in a big hole in the second quarter. We gave them a cushion and we were playing uphill from that point. We got it down to within five points and we had a few shots that went in and out and they came down and hit the 3. |
We thought coming out it was going to be a winnable trip. It's not frustrating. It's just disappointing we haven't played our best basketball on this road trip. |