Well, we're still alive and that's the important thing, the games mean something. It's not like you just throw it out there and you don't care whether you win or lose.
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Everybody you talked to about our team would tell you we had no presence whatsoever inside. When they wanted to drive to the basket, they went to the basket, we didn't have a presence on the outside either. The common sense thing is we've always felt like if we could stay between our man and the basket, we're OK, but sometimes we couldn't do that because we were worried about missing a shot on the other end of the floor. There has to be a commitment to do that.Jerry Sloan
Andrei was terrific in helping our people. His seven blocked shots were lifesaving coming down the stretch. Their momentum picked up there at the end and we looked a little tired, but he kept us out of trouble.
Jerry Sloan
I just thought it was an opportune time to do that because maybe he had something in his head, or something was going on that I wasn't aware of.
Jerry Sloan
None of this has any bearing on who will start the season. I told them that today. I've got to move a lot of people around. I've got to see how different guys play off the bench, see how they play with other people.
Jerry Sloan
We were so confused at the start of the ball game, and made some terrible mistakes defensively and couldn't get into our offense. We decided to play a soft game early and we had a difficult time.
Jerry Sloan
(Palacio is) a veteran player, he's been around the league and he's seen some things. He's a very knowledgeable guy. Those things help you understand what's going on in the game.
Jerry Sloan
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