[This summer, Allen told the P-I the two] didn't have a bad relationship ... never let us in. |
And I told him 'Don't you bite your tongue, you say it.' You only got a few more games anyway, you say it. I don't give a (rip) if you (tick) someone off, you say it and get it off your chest. Because you are going to have to make a (free agent) decision, and if you don't say it now, you won't say it later. Say it. I don't care who it is, you say it. |
Anytime a player or coach leaves an organization, when you come back, you want to win. It was definitely strange and as the game got closer the heart started beating faster, but it was nice to see the fans and to get the game going. |
As a unit, we're not playing well enough, hard enough, long enough to give ourselves a chance to win. We almost have to play a perfect game with a lot of energy and effort to win ball games right now. |
Beat L.A.! Beat L.A.! I'm sure some people were thinking the Lakers were going to come back, but the crowd was great and they got behind us. |
Come in, come to work, whatever the assignment is -- try and make it work. |
Defensively, I just thought that we weren't aggressive. We want to get up into our man's chest. |
Defensively, they tightened up. We had a stretch of about 11 minutes where we didn't score and we were careless with the ball. |
Defensively, we executed the game plan as far as being aggressive and defending the ball. We came out, we scrapped and we won this game. |
Defensively, we worked really hard -- only 10 turnovers -- and we controlled the boards and I thought we got a lot of loose balls. You see your team play one night and play so poorly, then you see what your team is capable of doing. We just played a solid game. Steve (Blake ) ran a great game for us. |
Dixon came to my office after the game and was the first to apologize to me and to the team. He just got frustrated, thought he was fouled. He really felt badly about it. |
Dixon has been dragging his leg for at least a few games. So we may give him some time to let that calm down, and look at possibility putting Martell in the lineup. |
During free agency, you mark down a few guys that are on your radar screen. |
Everybody had had an opportunity to play and now is the time to show what you are capable of doing. |
Everything has to be shown out on the floor and off the floor, ... That's the only way to get it done. |