We suck on 'D. Both individually and team-wise, we suck. We're pretty consistent that way. I don't know if I have an answer to that. If I did, we wouldn't suck quite so bad.

Good basketball teams have to do that if you want to be standing at the end of the year. You have to play through that sort of thing. ... All that matters is the end result. The character of (this) team shows when you can play through that sort of thing.

Good basketball teams have to do that if you want to be standing at the end of the year. You have to play through that sort of thing. There are several teams in the league capable of doing that. Hopefully, we're one of them.

You have to make shots to win basketball games and we didn't do that. You also have to get back on defense, so it was a double-whammy.

We did a great job defensively in a lot of ways. I'm very pleased with the defense overall, but very disappointed in the mental mistakes the last five minutes of the game.

The defense seemed to get better as the game went on. It's a progression we like to see.