Dirk Nowitzki Quotes (54 Quotes)

I thought they mixed it up with a zone a little bit in the second half. If you're not making shots against it, then it's effective. I also thought we relaxed a bit, and you can't do that against good teams. They started to make shots all of a sudden from anywhere. We just let them stick around.

I thought we relaxed a little bit and you can't do that against good teams. We failed to keep executing on offense and the next thing you know it turns out to be a tough ballgame. It feels tough right now, almost just like a loss, but at least it's a win.

It's two disappointing loses but we can't really hang our heads down because we were right there. We had our chances to beat both of them. We know what we need to do. We still have over 20 games left. We have to improve on both ends of the floor. We'll work harder in practice and be there hopefully be there in April, May and June.

It's about everybody being accountable on the defensive end, and I think he's trying to challenge each one of us. It's a tough time for all of us. We said all year we're capable of winning it all. But we got to prove it every night.