They made three's but the free throw disparity we could not overcome. We had a lot of head-hanging and guys feeling sorry for themselves. There are points in the game where there is a simple choice: you fight or you bleed. We did not fight our way out of it. |
They made threes, but the free-throw disparity we just couldn't overcome. I think this is my 19th or 20th year in the NBA -- I'm not sure. I don't think I've ever seen a stat sheet where two [different] players shot and made more free throws than our whole team. We made 10 more field goals than them and got beat by eight points. |
They obviously still have the advantage. They have two games left in their building. |
They put together that team for this time of year. |
They still haven't proved they can play well in a big game at home. |
They were able to make big plays at the end and we weren't. |
They were more active. They came to win. I'm not sure what we came to do. |
They were very physical with us most of the night. Their defense was active. Even though our shooting percentage was good [52.5 percent], we were not able to smoothly run our offense. |
They're a different team than when we saw them last time. |
They're on a level we're not even near yet, although we can play with them on a given night. What are they, 49-11? I guess 'aspire' would be the right word. |
This is a different team than last season. It's obvious that it is. I mean, we haven't had the same amount of fight that we had before. Unfortunately, too many times, when things have gotten a little bit tough, we've rolled over. It happened again tonight. |
This is a game where, if you're going to get serious about what you're going to do this season, you've got to lay it all on the line in the third quarter when we have a chance to win. We just looked out of it. We looked out of it most of the night. |
This is a win we are grateful to have. It was a great comeback. |
This is almost my 20th year [as coach and player] and I've never seen it. |
This is kind of a team that's been getting geared up for this time of year. Our guys have been able to hang with them, but this is going to be a different animal. |