I thought we executed our offense pretty well. We're still alive and that's the important thing. The games mean something ... You just keep fighting and playing until the season is over and see what happens.
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We didn't have a good effort in the first half and had a really horrendous finish. I didn't know if we were going to settle down and try to play basketball or try to beat them 1-on-1.
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(McLeod) knows how to compete. He may miss a decision or might miss a shot, but he's always going to compete. He's not going to drop his head and say, 'Can't be done.' I've never seen him do that.
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I said before the season that I think we should be a playoff team. I don't think a lot of people felt that way outside of our organization. We aren't deep enough to have people out with injuries as long as we did, but I don't like to use that as an excuse. I still think we should be a little better than what we've been.
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I didn't know who was still trying to make the playoffs. They looked like the team that wants to be in the playoffs and we looked like we don't want to be there.
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They (Jazz players) are not familiar with how to deal with the pressure, and so that's how they've always done it overpower people, and get shots off. But you have to make them. Because when we take standing shots that are not really in a rhythm or anything, we have a difficult time (defending) the other end of the floor.
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