Postgame Quotes - Suns @ Kings - March 29, 2009
 
Alvin Gentry | 
Steve Nash | 
Kenny Natt | 
Kevin Martin | 
Andres Nocioni |
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| Suns Head Coach Alvin Gentry
On how they were outplayed
“You have to give them credit. They got every loose ball and they did a better job of pursuing the ball. They ended up with 54 points in the paint. That tells me they got a lot of dribble penetration to the basket. We just didn’t do a very good job. We can’t give up 126 points. At some point we are going to have to do a better job of defending the ball and the basket. We gave them three quarters of 35 points. It was a lot. They out played us.
On losing during a playoff race
“It’s disappointing. We know the magnitude of every game we play. It’s very disappointing. It was such a letdown. We need a lot of help along the way. Now we have to scoreboard watch and take care of business on our end. Every game is very important.
On fatigue playing a factor
“I don’t know if it was a spill over from last night. We have three guys 35 years or older starting for us. This was the fourth game in five nights. Usually our bench brings a lot of energy and keeps us afloat but that didn’t happen tonight.” |
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| Steve Nash
On their second straight tough loss
“I don’t know what to say. Last night we were up seven with a short clock and lost it. We couldn’t make shots and made mistakes. Tonight, the fourth game in five nights, we laid an egg. It’s frustrating. We were playing for a lot tonight and we didn’t show that with attitude or desperation. We just didn’t get it done. I would have liked to see us find a way to get it done tonight.
On losing a game like this in a playoff chase
“If we want to be in the playoffs, this is a game we have to win. If you ask me do we deserve to make the playoffs after a performance like tonight, you’d have to say we didn’t earn it. It’s not over yet, but we can look back on this if we don’t make it.
On not setting the tone early
“I think we let them get going and they got their confidence up. They were up 15 points on us at home. I guess we didn’t have our legs. We have to come out better. Perhaps we could have taken their confidence away a little bit, but I guess we didn’t have the legs to do it.”
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| Kings Interim Head Coach Kenny Natt
“It was a very good win. We came out and we were in the game from the start tonight. I just keep saying over and over again how important it is for us to get off to a good start on both ends of the floor – when that happens, it gives us a fair chance of being in the ballgame. I thought we did a good job of that tonight. We maintained our composure – that’s a very good ball club we beat tonight. I just challenge the guys from the standpoint of figuring out why it is, for whatever reason, that we can’t come out this way every night. We’ve shown what we’re capable of doing when we come out and play basketball on both ends of the floor from the start of the game – we just need more consistency with that.”
“I’m not looking at the spoiler situation. I don’t think that any of us look at the spoiler situation more so than concentrating on ourselves – us as a team playing better basketball down the stretch of the season here. I don’t look at spoiling – I’ve been on both sides of that thing from the spoiler standpoint. I’m more concerned with the Kings and the way that we play and come out. Just giving that effort every night, whether it’s a win or a loss, but giving the effort from the start of the basketball game. That’s what I’m here to get out of these guys. I’m not thinking about beating anyone to knock them out of the playoffs or whatever. We just have to try to win one game at a time.”
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| Kevin Martin
On Beno’s play tonight
“I just told him to stick with it and keep on improving to get this team better. He is a catalyst on our team. Just like on any other team it starts with the point guard.
What was it like getting everyone ready for tonight after last game
“It was easy and we had a crowd here tonight. Games like that are easy.”
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| Andres Nocioni
On Beno’s play tonight
“He was passing the ball well. It is very important to us for Beno to play well, because he is a good guard. He played really well.
On Jason Thompson and Spencer Hawes’ play time
“It is really important to them. They need to learn to play hard and I think they do it pretty well. It is really big for us for them to play well in this sort of game. We need them for next year. They need to learn a lot in the NBA. I think they can do a great job and it’s good for us.”
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