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HEAD COACH TERRY STOTTS
“Well we let that one get away from us. A 13 point lead in the fourth quarter at home, you feel like you’re in a position to win the game. Memphis did a good job of pressuring us. I certainly thought we could have played better in the fourth quarter to get a win, but we didn’t do the things we needed to do in the fourth quarter and in the second half defensively and offensively, we struggled in the fourth quarter.”
Do you attribute losing lead to struggles offensively or Memphis defense?
“Usually it’s a little bit of both. I thought they played good defense. We had a nice run, got up 13, had the momentum, but they brought their guys back in, tightened up the defense – they’re an excellent defensive team. I thought we had some opportunities. I was surprised we only turned the ball over three times in the quarter, so we were getting shots, but it was a little bit of both.”
On difficulty playing without Aldridge:
“Well, LA is the guy we go to when we’re struggling. The fact that we didn’t have him in the fourth quarter, that’s pretty obvious. When he’s not there, we’ve got to be able to create some offense for each other. I thought we moved the ball well when we got our lead and it came off good ball movement and good shot making. I thought that wasn’t quite the same, but you have to hand it to them. They played good defense but we didn’t necessarily play the same way.”
What did you see from Afflalo in his first game?
He had good energy. I think you saw him play good defense, good activity, made some shots. It was good. We’ve got to kind of get his minutes up a little bit but I thought for the first night, it was good to see him out there.”
On pace of game changing from third to fourth quarter:
“We didn’t get as many stops as we needed to and they got in the bonus early. In the fourth quarter, they got in bonus with two and a half minutes into the quarter, so that slowed it down. It’s easier when you’re getting stops, not at the free throw line, getting stops and play in flow and get out in transition or if nothing else, not play against set defense.”
WESLEY MATTHEWS
Thoughts on losing lead:
“We’ll look at it again, I’m still kind of in awe of what happened. I don’t know, we were up 13 or something like that, kind of bogged down and obviously missing LA is a huge thing, but we’ve played without him before, so no real excuse tonight. Memphis stepped their game up but it’s that time where we can’t be having situations like that.”
On offensive struggles after good games against Memphis previously:
“Just missed shots. Missed shots and didn’t really have a rhythm. That’s really it. There’s nights like that.”
On standings in Western Conference and losing two in a row:
“We need every win. Every game is important. Every game is even more so important when we’re playing teams that are above us or next to us. We can’t do anything about this one. We played a great game for a lot of it. The first half, defensively we were extremely good and we moved the ball a lot in the start of the second half. We got ourselves a nice lead, we just blew it. Now we’ve got to go back and look at exactly what happened, but we have to get to the point where if we turn the ball over or we put up a bad shot and they score, we make sure that our next possession is a great one, make or miss.
What happened to lose lead?
“We missed shots. They turned their defense up, they missed shots – everything that you could say to attribute a comeback for them. We didn’t make shots, we didn’t get the greatest shots, they played hard defense, they became the aggressors.”
“Well we let that one get away from us. A 13 point lead in the fourth quarter at home, you feel like you’re in a position to win the game. Memphis did a good job of pressuring us. I certainly thought we could have played better in the fourth quarter to get a win, but we didn’t do the things we needed to do in the fourth quarter and in the second half defensively and offensively, we struggled in the fourth quarter.”
Do you attribute losing lead to struggles offensively or Memphis defense?
“Usually it’s a little bit of both. I thought they played good defense. We had a nice run, got up 13, had the momentum, but they brought their guys back in, tightened up the defense – they’re an excellent defensive team. I thought we had some opportunities. I was surprised we only turned the ball over three times in the quarter, so we were getting shots, but it was a little bit of both.”
On difficulty playing without Aldridge:
“Well, LA is the guy we go to when we’re struggling. The fact that we didn’t have him in the fourth quarter, that’s pretty obvious. When he’s not there, we’ve got to be able to create some offense for each other. I thought we moved the ball well when we got our lead and it came off good ball movement and good shot making. I thought that wasn’t quite the same, but you have to hand it to them. They played good defense but we didn’t necessarily play the same way.”
What did you see from Afflalo in his first game?
He had good energy. I think you saw him play good defense, good activity, made some shots. It was good. We’ve got to kind of get his minutes up a little bit but I thought for the first night, it was good to see him out there.”
On pace of game changing from third to fourth quarter:
“We didn’t get as many stops as we needed to and they got in the bonus early. In the fourth quarter, they got in bonus with two and a half minutes into the quarter, so that slowed it down. It’s easier when you’re getting stops, not at the free throw line, getting stops and play in flow and get out in transition or if nothing else, not play against set defense.”
WESLEY MATTHEWS
Thoughts on losing lead:
“We’ll look at it again, I’m still kind of in awe of what happened. I don’t know, we were up 13 or something like that, kind of bogged down and obviously missing LA is a huge thing, but we’ve played without him before, so no real excuse tonight. Memphis stepped their game up but it’s that time where we can’t be having situations like that.”
On offensive struggles after good games against Memphis previously:
“Just missed shots. Missed shots and didn’t really have a rhythm. That’s really it. There’s nights like that.”
On standings in Western Conference and losing two in a row:
“We need every win. Every game is important. Every game is even more so important when we’re playing teams that are above us or next to us. We can’t do anything about this one. We played a great game for a lot of it. The first half, defensively we were extremely good and we moved the ball a lot in the start of the second half. We got ourselves a nice lead, we just blew it. Now we’ve got to go back and look at exactly what happened, but we have to get to the point where if we turn the ball over or we put up a bad shot and they score, we make sure that our next possession is a great one, make or miss.
What happened to lose lead?
“We missed shots. They turned their defense up, they missed shots – everything that you could say to attribute a comeback for them. We didn’t make shots, we didn’t get the greatest shots, they played hard defense, they became the aggressors.”
