Read what the players and coaches had to say following Boston's 115-96 defeat to San Antonio.
Click on a player to reveal quotes from their postgame press conference.
BRAD STEVENS
RE: Meeting with the team postgame for longer than usual:
RE: What the Celtics need to work on defensively, besides transition:
RE: Have you wondered how low things might go as the team takes shots to the chin and staggers?
RE: Did the difficulty shooting threes translate into problems with offensive execution?
RE: Last group playing “loose” and moving the ball more freely:
GORDON HAYWARD
RE: How do you put in perspective where you guys are?
RE: The Celtics have seemed to rely more on their shooting game then their defense:
KYRIE IRVING
RE: What happened tonight?
RE: The absence of Jayson Tatum and Al Horford tonight:
GREGG POPOVICH
RE: On how he knows (LaMarcus) Aldridge is in one of those zones
RE: On DeMar DeRozan’s playmaking:
RE: On their defense, Celtics being without star players:
DEMAR DEROZAN
RE: On not taking anything for granted tonight:
RE: Watching LaMarcus go off for 25 in the first quarter:
LAMARCUS ALDRIDGE
RE: DeMar was disappointed you couldn’t get 50 points:
RE: On knowing he had 48 points:
RE: Does it make it easier to find other players when you’re getting doubled?
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