I knew there'd be a big crowd tonight and a lot of noise. I just told the kids to focus on the game.

279

We have to put this game behind us. We have to concentrate on our (divisional) games.

223

Every time we come up here they shoot lights out. Our statistics guy said we missed 17 shots from inside 3 feet in the first half. We just missed too many easy shots.

211

We ran the floor well, passed well, and did all the things we need to do to win.

192

We just ran into a buzz saw. We couldn't get the ball inside, couldn't hit from the outside and were getting just one shot.

149

They were clearly the better team. They ran the floor well and turnovers hurt us.

144

I knew it would be a track meet, but I thought it would be a close game.

137

We just got deflated after he left. I tried to use his absence as a rallying point, but it didn't work.

116

I called a couple timeouts but that didn't seem to help. What can you do when they were shooting around 90 percent?

85