Postgame Quotes - Nov. 15 at Air Canada Centre

NUGGETS HEAD COACH JEFF BZDELIK
"The guys played hard. They are young and they are trying and just make some mistakes. A mistake here and a mistake there, it all kind of adds up. Playing on the road against a good basketball team, you can’t do that. That’s what is a little bit frustrating. I told them to just keep working hard and correct these things. And one of these days, we’re gonna be pretty good."

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JAMES POSEY, Nuggets forward

"It’s always tough to lose. You just have to keep building. Don’t put our heads down. We have a game tomorrow in Detroit and we need to put this one behind us and come out with the same effort (and some more) for tomorrow’s game. We tried to push the ball but we’re not going to play a perfect game. Next time we have to try and not let it happen again and take better care of the ball."

On Voshon Lenard:
"He is a good shooter and made big shots. He did it for us last year at times and it did it here."

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KENNY SATTERFIELD, Nuggets point guard

"I went to the basket and tried to get some contact. But that’s how it goes sometimes. You gotta throw what you did out of the way when you come up with an ‘L.’ It isn’t a ‘W,’ So you don’t care what you do. We have to come out and try and do it for 48 minutes not 45."

What teammates said after the late turnover:
"He (Posey) told me to keep my head up and good things will happen."

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RAPTORS HEAD COACH LENNY WILKENS

On the game:
"In the second half we didn’t have the energy. The first game back at home we try not to get too comfortable, and just going out and playing with the intensity. We lost the energy but we kept the mental toughness and down the stretch if you’re going to be a good team you’ve got to make good plays. I thought Jerome’s defense really picked up, he got a couple of steals. We made some free throws and everybody seemed to get a little bit of new life going, but the most important thing is getting the win. I thought that it wasn’t a beautiful game but it was a victory."

On Antonio Davis:
"He got going a little bit, then he got into foul trouble, became a little tentative, but down to the last three or four minutes, he just played. I think that’s how you have to play, don’t make stupid fouls, you just go out and play. They foul you out, they foul you out."

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VOSHON LENARD, Raptors forward

"It is about the win, not about how many shots we missed. The main point is that we got the W at the end and that is what it is about. Sometimes you’re going to struggle from the field."

On Antonio’s return:
"I thought he helped us out tremendously tonight. He got into some foul trouble but being the veteran he is, he was able to hold on for us and help us down the stretch."

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ANTONIO DAVIS, Raptors forward

"We continue to fight and that is a good thing. If we carry that attitude with us for the remainder of the season, we will be a pretty good team."

On Denver’s play:
"I’m surprised at their team but that was one thing in the scouting report that they would continue to be aggressive for 48 minutes. You have to find ways to overcome the things that they are doing."

On his minutes and the Posey shot
"37 minutes, I did not expect it. The Posey shot, I thought was short, that is the only reason I went up there because I did not think it was going to hit the rim. It’s not my call, I’m trying to win the basketball game."