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Coach Scott Skiles
On Missed Opportunities:
“Well obviously you know we can’t let them shoot over fifty, shoot over fifty from the three, but we had so many opportunities, we had so many open floor fast-break opportunities that we kind of kicked away. We took some wide shots and had a couple three-on-ones and two-on-ones and then came up empty handed. It’s been one of our problems through most the year, we just weren’t able to take advantage of them.”
On the High Number of Turnovers:
“It’s not even that we were turning it over. We would just take a bad shot, or just lose the ball, or take a shot in traffic when other people were open. It hurt us, we turned it over 17 times and we knew going into the game that was one of our points of emphasis. We needed to try and turn them over. They’re a relatively high turnover team and we just didn’t convert enough.”
On Tonight’s Defense:
“We played hard, there is no doubt about that, but we were a little slow a couple times getting out to their shooters. Those guys are good shooters, that’s their game. In the first quarter we got them off the three-point line, but as the game wore on we had a little trouble in the second half.”
Corey Maggette
On Tonight’s Result:
“Reggie (Williams) and Vlad (Radmanovic) came in and made some really big shots to put us in a bind. We had our opportunity to win this game and fell short, but we had an opportunity late on, we made some big plays at the end. It just wasn’t enough.”
On Positives from Tonight’s Loss:
“We did do a lot of good things [tonight]; Luc (Mbah a Moute) playing at the five tonight had 19 rebounds, that was a big lift for our team and kept us in the game, Ersan (Ilyasova) and Los (Carlos Delfino) with five steals. It was just a few plays in transition where we should have scored and we didn’t capitalize on it. They kept getting ahead; two points turned to four, four turned to six, and we were just trying to battle back.”
On Stephen Curry and Monta Ellis:
“He’s (Stephen Curry) really maturing into a really good ball player. He plays the pick-and-roll game as good as anyone, makes big shots, and knows where guys are. You wouldn’t believe that this is only his second year in the league the way the guy is playing and maturing as a player. But he also has Monta (Ellis) there, who has also matured as a player, and is really growing, and actually taking Steph (Curry) under his wing to become a better player. Those guys, I just root for the best for them and that they continue to achieve what they’re doing.”
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute:
On His Career High Rebounding Night:
“I’m just trying to hustle and make things happen for the team. We knew they (Warriors) are a very good team at home, and we knew we needed everything we had to make it through [this game], especially without (Andrew) Bogut, somebody had to go in there and stop the opposition from getting rebounds.”
On Not Being Able to Close Out Tonight’s Game:
“We just had a couple breakdowns defensively, especially at the end, where we couldn’t get a stop. It seemed like every time they came down (Stephen) Curry hit a shot or Monta (Ellis) hit a shot. That didn’t work out for us tonight and we just need to make sure we close out games better, and seize the moment when we have opportunities.”
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