We didn't look right. Right from the jump ball we weren't aggressive defensively. Tonight we were a step slow and they made us pay for it. |
We didn't play as smart as we needed to in some instances. But we put it all out there. ... We took it down to the end. We had our opportunities. We just weren't able to make the big plays when it was necessary to make them. |
We do this a lot. It's bothersome. When you don't get to the line very much, and then you get there and can't make them, that's a bad combination. We have to be able to step up there and knock them down because we're trending up in our attempts a little bit. |
We don't have the record in this building that we should have. We have talked about it many times. It is hard to figure. |
We don't want to get into a fouling-type game, which has been our trend throughout the year. |
We dug a 20-point hole against a good team at home. It's very difficult at that point to come back and win. |
We feel fortunate that Shaq played 24 minutes. |
We feel like they are all must games now. We have to put together a string of wins, but that will be tough to do. |
We fouled a lot tonight, we had a night where we were just flat not into it right from the beginning of the game. And really a pretty pitiful effort. |
We gave them 29 points off our turnovers, 27 second-chance points and 25 free throws. When they made a run at us and pressured us, we didn't have much poise. |
We got back in the game and then short-circuited a little bit with some offensive fouls. We battled them all the way to the end. We just couldn't make the plays. |
We got it close and they just turned it on, and we didn't have an answer for it. |
We got it tight there a couple times, kind of left our feet, got a little out of control. But having said that, we got a decent look at a 3-point shot to tie the game with 18 seconds to go. We had our chances. |
We had a better-than-average NBA effort. But that's not normally good enough for us to win. |
We had a decent shot to win the game with 18 seconds to go. |