I think we just wanted to come out and compete. Detroit is a very good basketball team. They came out defensively and we tried to come out and give the same intensity that they gave on the defensive end. They're just a great basketball team. We played against a great team tonight. They were just better than us tonight. |
It was fun, like being back in high school. |
It's definitely a big deal that I had a good game against the team that traded me. But we had a 13-game losing streak. I just wanted to get a win. That means more to me than anything. |
That was the most important thing we needed was a rebound. We had struggled all game. They killed us on the glass. We got a rebound that we needed. |
They came out with a lot of energy. They're still fighting for a playoff spot. We just came out slow. |
We came out ready to play. Melvin came in and established an inside presence for us. Once they went down and trapped him, it opened up the perimeter for our shooters. |
We got two games in a row but we're still hungry. I was telling the guys that we were on a 13-game losing streak, so why can't we go on a 10-game winning streak. We've got a lot of guys that are really anxious to win, and we'll see how many we can put together. |
We just came out slow and couldn't dig ourselves out of that hole and get over the hump that we needed to. |
We knew that wasn't our team in the first half. We've been known for going out and competing and that was something that we weren't doing in the first half. |
You're going to get that extra energy boost playing against a team that traded you. But I'm just happy we got a win. We had to stop that 13-game losing streak. |
You're going to get that extra energy boost playing against the team that traded you. I was anxious to get out and play. |