We are getting there. You can't do it over one season. It takes a few seasons to get it done. He is in his prime, I am coming into mine. So it can really carry over. |
We did a good job early on Dirk. It was just a matter of trying to contain him. |
We didn't do a very good job of playing through each other or through the people we should have been. And then we got cold. They were hitting shots and mainly it was a lot of defensive problems. But sometimes your offense is a part of the problem. |
We didn't really shoot the ball very well as a team. When you attack the basket and try to get to the free-throw line, that's something that can kind of help you out. When you're not hitting shots and you continue to get to the basket and get easy buckets, that's something that we try to do. |
We don't concern ourselves with what other teams are doing. Because if you worry about who's winning, who's losing, trying to do all this math, sometimes you can get caught up in all that. |
We had plenty of good looks, especially close around the bucket. We missed some easy shots. |
We just couldn't hit a shot. It was one of those nights. |
We just couldn't hit a shot. We were driving and kicking, getting wide-open looks, but we couldn't get anything to fall. |
We knew we had the ability to beat good teams on their floor. So we knew if we could just establish some consistency (at home) we could string together some wins. |
We played against one of the top two or three teams in the league. We beat some very, very good teams during the streak. Now we have to try and continue our home dominance. |
We put ourselves in that position. We didn't do a good job early. |
We understand that this next game is going to be the hardest one of the series. |
We were a team that could turn it on and off. People say you can't do it, but we were that team. I'm not saying it was often, but something wasn't clicking. Our chemistry wasn't right. But when things got changed up, things changed a little more. |
We were the last team to beat them in the Eastern Conference. We still have confidence against this team. |
We won the division (this way). You lose a game and have a bad shooting night and people question what you were doing. This is a guy who's an All-Star and has done so many things throughout the season there's no need to question it now. |