Certainly when I got the Portland job, there wasn't as much hoopla as there is here, ... I've spent time here. I've lived here. I grew up basically here. There's going to be a little bit more hoopla than there would be someplace else.
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Kyles in better shape than a lot of these guys here and thats what I pointed out to them. A guy who doesnt have to be here and is here, and in better shape than some of the other players, is a credit to him. I think some of those guys have to look at him and see a player whos here who doesnt have to be here and in the shape that hes in now.Maurice Cheeks
You won't win games by going 0-for-19, but you will never, ever win a game going 0-for-19 and 24 turnovers. It's amazing we were that close in the game.
Maurice Cheeks
When you have a bad season and things don't go the way you want, I think you have to look at it overall. All things are possible when you fail. As a team, we failed. We didn't accomplish what we looked to do. When those things happen you have to look and see if you make changes. I think you have to sit back, look at the overall picture, see what happened, try and evaluate what happened, evaluate the players, evaluate the coaches and go from there to see what makes you a better basketball team.
Maurice Cheeks
We were more aggressive in our defense and the fact that we played more zone than we normally have. We were active in our zone, we were talking in our zone and we played a little more full-court defense.
Maurice Cheeks
Chris is very capable of taking our troops, as all our guys are. Chris is our veteran. He's been around certain situations a while, so he understands about guys getting hurt and how to help other players. (Sunday) night was a perfect example of Chris leading us.
Maurice Cheeks
The essence of this game is they played harder than we did. Our energy was great Wednesday night. Tonight, our energy was low. We can't use having back-to-back games as an excuse.
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