147 ordspråk av Mike Fratello
Mike Fratello
Their bench had a huge impact in the first half, but we came back in the third quarter and defended well and made some shots. In the fourth quarter, David West beat us on the boards and that turned the game around.
|
Their defense tightened up down the stretch. They have great players that step up, and they really play well together. They play well at times that they need to and get stops when they need them.
|
There's a lot of good things that happened in the game for us that I think we can build on. Our playoff experience is growing, and we're getting a better understanding of what it takes to play in these games and how hard it is to get a win in the playoffs.
|
They clear their heads, come back tomorrow, get a good day of practice and then go on from there.
|
They make a commitment and go out and get a guy like Joe Johnson, who's just one hell of a basketball player, and now they're going to let Joe lead a lot of these young guys.
|
They obviously controlled the entire game. They just executed better. They just beat us, bottom line.
|
They put together a big third quarter because we did not defend the way we had.
|
They won 60 games for a reason. It just didn't happen by happenstance.
|
They won two here at home, so we go back to our place now. We have a couple of days to get things back in order, regroup and play better at our place.
|
They'll leave (the cast) on for about a week, take it off, look at it, and evaluate based on how much swelling there is.
|
They're a deep team, a very talented team. It's nice to have that kind of personnel.
|
They're missing three starters, and they played a great game. They played bigger than we did. They worked harder than we did. They deserved to win. They executed better.
|
Things started to fall apart at the seam. It happened at both ends. It was mostly self-inflicted. The more possessions you give them, the more they are going to score.
|
This is a very complete team. When you statistically break them down into what they do well and what they don't do well, it's a very lopsided scale.
|
This is a very important game for us when you look at the big picture, the playoff picture. I still think it's going to take 44 or 45 wins to make it.
|