Post Game Quotes -- Oct. 24, 2006

George Karl - Denver Nuggets Head Coach
"We played well early in the game, but then the flow became sticky and muddy. We didn't get enough defensive plays to keep us in the game. J.R. Smith seemed to find the flow tonight on this court, and that would be great if he continued that. But I would still like to see him work on his defense. Good basketball teams figure out the whistle, we just couldn't get a flow together. We aren't going to win too many games missing 20 free throws. That is usually a sign of laziness."

Joe Smith - Nuggets Forward
"I felt pretty good. I felt like my legs were under me tonight. With training camp in Durango and a couple preseason games behind me, I'm feeling good. We started started out well but then the pace slowed down. The second half we picked it up, but we were too far down. Good thing to learn from, it's still the preseason and we can make it up in practice. I look at it as a regular season game. Even though it's preseason, I hate losing. I want to go out and win."

JAZZ QUOTES

Jerry Sloan - Utah Jazz Head Coach
"Well, they didn't play a lot of their players, and I've got to play as many players as I can. I got a lot of young guys who have to learn what we want to do. And to some extent, i think they did a pretty good job. I like the way they adjusted to the Nuggets pace, at times they ran it right down our throat. In the second half, our guards got after their guards a little bit more so they couldn't bring it up quite as quick. They made the three-point shots, but we've got to guard them. I told our guys just to face guard tme and make somebody else shoot. It's a hard lesson and a terrible teacher.”

Dee Brown - Jazz Guard
"As a team we came out and played real good basketball. To come in here and play against a real talented team and play the way we did was real good."

Earl Boykins is one of my favorite players in the NBA. I came out here and worked out with him. It is always a pleasure to play against one of your favorite players."

"The league rules have changed so much, you can't even touch them. I think it's gonna be like that. People are so much stronger, and it's gonna be interesting to see. With the way we play and the way Denver likes to run, you have to be in good shape. I've got to learn to do the little things that coach wants me to do, but I feel pretty good.”

Andrei Kirilenko - Jazz Forward
“I wouldn't say we are in the greatest shape right now. But we understand wach other a little better and we understand what coach wants. Tonight's game, we executed good. Denver scored lost of points, especially in the fast break and three-point shots. Everytime we got open baskets, we executed.”