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HEAD COACH TERRY STOTTS
“Certainly that was a game that we could have, should have won. We played some very good basketball. Give the Clippers credit, they made a lot of shots in the second half, shot the ball well from the three, shot the midrange well, we kept them away from the rim and we scored more points in the paint than they did, but ultimately they made a lot of shots. We probably could have defended a little bit better, but we kept them out of the paint and Chris Paul had a terrific game. Both halves – 16 and 10 in the first half and 25 and 7 in the second half – he had two games in one.”
How did you feel the team handled the game after flagrant foul was called on Kaman?
“Well, it’s easy to say we didn’t handle it very well, but I would probably say more that the Clippers really picked up their aggressiveness. Again, they made a lot of shots, a lot of shots outside the paint. Part of our defense is to force contested midrange shots, which we did, and they had a lot of guys shoot the three very well. Blake Griffin had 8 threes on the season and he made 2 tonight. Sometimes those things happen.”
On tough loss:
“Look, you hate losing game. You hate losing at home and you hate losing to a team that you might see in the playoffs. There’s a lot of things not to be happy about tonight. But, we were very competitive as were they. All four games with the Clippers have come down to the last couple minutes. That’s part of the NBA. You don’t like dropping games at home, but sometimes you do.”
LAMARCUS ALDRIDGE
On what changed to lose lead:
“We started out aggressive and making them react to us. I thought the second half, they turned it up and we really didn’t turn up our intensity too. Second half, I thought they were the aggressive team and we were trying to find our rhythm. So it’s a learning process and you live and you learn, but we know we played better in the first half and they outplayed us in the second half.”
On Clippers changing defense on you and making it more difficult:
“They were digging and I couldn’t get to the middle on my jump hook. They tried to force me out and just try to keep guys in my lap the whole second half, so I really didn’t feel comfortable trying to go to the rim.”
On losing after having 19 point lead:
“Of course it’s awlays hard to lose one that you had control of, but I think at this point of the season you try to live and learn from it, watch film and see the things that we could have done better in the second half.”
On potentially facing Clippers in the playoffs:
“Playoffs is different. This is the regular season. I think everybody goes to a different level in the playoffs, so you can’t compare what happens now to the playoffs.”
ARRON AFFLALO
“I just thought they played with a lot of intensity in the third quarter. They made a run, we made another run back, but then they made another one in the fourth quarter. They did what they had to do to win.”
On defense:
“Chris Paul played well obviously and JJ made shots. They didn’t do anything out of the ordinary.”
On losing game after being 19:
“We were up whatever we were up, but you have to be able to maintain that.”
“Certainly that was a game that we could have, should have won. We played some very good basketball. Give the Clippers credit, they made a lot of shots in the second half, shot the ball well from the three, shot the midrange well, we kept them away from the rim and we scored more points in the paint than they did, but ultimately they made a lot of shots. We probably could have defended a little bit better, but we kept them out of the paint and Chris Paul had a terrific game. Both halves – 16 and 10 in the first half and 25 and 7 in the second half – he had two games in one.”
How did you feel the team handled the game after flagrant foul was called on Kaman?
“Well, it’s easy to say we didn’t handle it very well, but I would probably say more that the Clippers really picked up their aggressiveness. Again, they made a lot of shots, a lot of shots outside the paint. Part of our defense is to force contested midrange shots, which we did, and they had a lot of guys shoot the three very well. Blake Griffin had 8 threes on the season and he made 2 tonight. Sometimes those things happen.”
On tough loss:
“Look, you hate losing game. You hate losing at home and you hate losing to a team that you might see in the playoffs. There’s a lot of things not to be happy about tonight. But, we were very competitive as were they. All four games with the Clippers have come down to the last couple minutes. That’s part of the NBA. You don’t like dropping games at home, but sometimes you do.”
LAMARCUS ALDRIDGE
On what changed to lose lead:
“We started out aggressive and making them react to us. I thought the second half, they turned it up and we really didn’t turn up our intensity too. Second half, I thought they were the aggressive team and we were trying to find our rhythm. So it’s a learning process and you live and you learn, but we know we played better in the first half and they outplayed us in the second half.”
On Clippers changing defense on you and making it more difficult:
“They were digging and I couldn’t get to the middle on my jump hook. They tried to force me out and just try to keep guys in my lap the whole second half, so I really didn’t feel comfortable trying to go to the rim.”
On losing after having 19 point lead:
“Of course it’s awlays hard to lose one that you had control of, but I think at this point of the season you try to live and learn from it, watch film and see the things that we could have done better in the second half.”
On potentially facing Clippers in the playoffs:
“Playoffs is different. This is the regular season. I think everybody goes to a different level in the playoffs, so you can’t compare what happens now to the playoffs.”
ARRON AFFLALO
“I just thought they played with a lot of intensity in the third quarter. They made a run, we made another run back, but then they made another one in the fourth quarter. They did what they had to do to win.”
On defense:
“Chris Paul played well obviously and JJ made shots. They didn’t do anything out of the ordinary.”
On losing game after being 19:
“We were up whatever we were up, but you have to be able to maintain that.”
