Two cents really isn't a big deal, it's the principle of it. |
Two great players had spectacular nights and we competed at a high level with a limited group. |
Unfortunately, sometimes how you look is how people judge you. |
Until I coached Detroit I never inherited a winning team, ... This is a work in progress but I do think some of the changes that have been made are really positive ones. |
We all went to him. We all talked to him ... What are you going to say? |
We can talk all we want, but if the team is shooting 65% and we're turning the ball over and we get in early foul trouble you can't make it a high-possession game. The second half, we didn't make it a high-possession game. We don't have the interior defense right now if we do get beat. We can't play like them. |
We can't give up. If you don't take care of the basketball, it's going to be almost impossible to have any success at all. |
We can't guard anybody. We don't do a good job of getting back. We have trouble keeping people in front and it's almost like people script plays against us. |
We cut it to seven at the beginning of the third quarter, and then I don't remember us making a pass, except to them. |
We cut it to seven, and Nate had hit [four] in a row. Then we penetrated and could have pitched to him. We had three horrible turnovers. |
We did a great job in the second half. There were a couple tough calls down the stretch, but when you are down 25, you have to be perfect. We got close, but did not get it done. |
We didn't get a win, but we had a chance to win. |
We didn't have Steve Francis with us in practice, and that's going to impact us. We missed a lot of good shots. We had a bad beginning and a horrible third quarter. |
We didn't make any passes except to them. |
We don't have them all, but they're starting to care about each other and understand the importance of representing our country the right way, |