Postgame Quotes: Pacers 121, Grizzlies 111
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(On the win) “I think our guys are difficult to guard whether we go big or small. I think our guys are pretty resilient. I think they wanted to wake up in Indianapolis…they wanted to leave here 3-0, I think they wanted to wake up in Indianapolis as one of the three teams as winners in Indianapolis.”
“We did get good defense but it really didn’t matter the tempo. We are coming off three games and it was to our advantage. ..We played well as a team I thought that was our advantage.”
“I think a lot of guys are playing well. I think a Mike Dunleavy is playing at a very high level, Jermaine is great defensively, I think Jamaal’s assist ratio is off the chart at 25 to 6. We are getting a lot of really good contributions from the team.”
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“I think Memphis did a really good job tonight on ….they definitely got 12 to 13 points at once, some good runs. We have become a strong minded team early in the season and I think that is the reason we are 3-0 right now. “
“We are playing some really good basketball right now but we still have a lot of growth.”
(On defense) “I think we each take it as an individual challenge. So, when you take it as an individual challenge you play great team defense. “
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“We played at the right tempo, the kind of tempo we wanted to play. We played well defensively. I have already seen Memphis twice this season and the offense looks great. “
“We have some guys that can make some guys that can make plays and make shots. So go out there and let it flow. That is what we are trying to get done.”
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“We made it hard on ourselves tonight. The defense in the first half was not good enough.”
“We came out and showed some life in the third quarter, but it seemed we were our own worst enemies tonight.”
“They deserve some credit for the turnovers but not 27 of them.”
“It is hard to win a game when your defense is struggling a little bit.”
“We are making it difficult on ourselves right now. We are going through some obvious growing pains. We are showing the fact that we have not been together long enough to play consistent stretches of basketball.”
“You have to give credit to their defense, but there were many easy catches that we were fumbling around.”
“When you are playing from behind you have these urgencies that you have to just chip away.”
(Down the stretch) “I thought we took a couple of threes that were not necessary. We have been on a roller coaster for a while.”
(On the Pacers) “They are physical, and they trap and commit. They expose teams that won't take care of the ball.”
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“I thought this was a very good challenge to learn from. We need to do everything we can to improve as a basketball team, and then show it. When we get on offense, we just have to take our time and get the right shot. On offense were getting good shot, but on defense we need to buckle down. The Pacers do a great job of playing end-line to end-line. We never felt like we had them on their heels, it was always the other way around.”
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“The game I played doesn’t really matter, we didn’t get the win. I’m just going out there and playing my game, trying to help the team. We can’t worry about the referees; we just have to worry about ourselves. Some balls just didn’t bounce our way, shots didn’t fall. Things just didn’t go our way. We need to get better on defense, and we have a lot of things to work on. We just have to get better, we need to execute, get shots to fall. We’re going to watch film, close this game out and get ready for Seattle.
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“We didn’t knock our shots down, it was tough for us. They did a good job on offensive rebounds, and that was a key spot. Sometimes the ball just doesn’t bounce your way. We have to do a good job getting ready for Seattle”
