I think they shot the ball as well as I have seen a team shoot in a long time. |
I thought he (Miles) brought something we desperately needed. |
I thought he [Randolph] was being aggressive. He was getting some double teams early, and missed some shots. He didn't have the lift and was attacking the rim. In the second half he got more aggressive, and when he did went to the basket with aggressive moves. |
I thought I could do it. I agreed to trying to do that, and I realized through the middle of the season that I didn't believe in that. I was teaching something and coaching something I didn't believe in. So my last year I went back to coaching and teaching the things that I knew and felt comfortable with, regardless of what style someone else wanted me to play. |
I thought our energy level wasn't there. They came out sharp and we didn't respond to their intensity and the energy they brought. |
I thought our guys scrapped all 48 minutes. Our second unit especially has been good lately. They've developed a great rhythm and seem really comfortable playing with one another. |
I thought the energy, the effort and the togetherness that we've been asking from these guys on the court was there. Our guys came out and played hard. |
I thought the guys responded to what we worked on (Sunday) and what we talked about in shoot-around. Seattle is a good team. The record may not show it but there is a lot of talent over there. |
I thought they were playing this game, once the game got started, for me. I couldn't really tell in the locker room how they felt ... at the end they started to celebrate for me and with me and that's special. That means a lot. |
I thought those were the shots that we dropped our heads. That's the first thing I said in the locker room, that those were two big threes. |
I thought we fought and played really hard. They beat us tonight because they made a few more plays than we did and got a few more breaks. In the past, we would have fallen apart in some situations and pouted and lowered our heads. But tonight we didn't let it bother us. |
I thought we got caught ball-watching. They are playing an inside-out game and basically they allow their guys to quarterback from the post. I thought Jarrett Jack played hard, Viktor, (Steve) Blake. The guys played hard, but are we talented enough to win the game? |
I thought we looked a little fatigued early in the first half. I thought we scrapped and fought to keep ourselves in the game, but early, they were just quicker to the ball. |
I thought we were a different group last night. I thought both groups played good, played hard. There was a focus there. |
I thought we were aggressive. We made them work for the most part. |