It was a lack of focus, a lack of effort on our part. And they exploited that.
"Patrick Joseph "Pat" Garrity" is a retired American professional basketball player who played for ten years in the NBA, nine for the Orlando Magic. He was a member of the National Basketball Players Association Executive Committee from 2000 to 2008 where he served as Secretary and Treasurer.
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It's a bad loss, especially since we've been playing well. We need to be consistent and we thought we were building toward that. It's OK if you lose a hard-fought game to team that makes shots, but not when there's a lack of focus on our part. They exploited us, played harder and deserved to win.
I was happy with the look. I thought it was in, but it was short. I'll take that look any day.
People were going through a lot of drama.
I think the key to the win streak is people going through a lot of drama like we were and then just finally saying, 'Let's just push that all aside. Sometimes a little adversity brings people closer together and maybe that's the case here.
I think we had good spacing on the floor, and I was able to get some open looks. In the fourth quarter, they tightened up defensively on me. In overtime, I had some good looks.
It's tough when you give yourself that big of a hole to come back from. Anytime a team gets a big lead early, it can go two ways. It becomes even more of a blowout or it came down to the wire. It's just a matter of sticking with it.
There's three possessions where we didn't get a shot.
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