I look at this team like I looked at Dallas last year. They had a lot of guys who could do a lot of things. What I bring to the table is defense and rebounding. That's what I do.

Last year, you?re looking at [Nate] Kline and [Patrick] Ward and all those guys. We said, ?We looked to them and we can win with them,? and this year, there?s not many to look to except Brent. Our younger guys haven?t learned how to win. Brent?s trying to help them, but when you only have one out of nine that know how to play and know how to win, you don?t have very many kids there. He?s like the Lone Ranger of what we?re trying to do, he?s by himself.

They are definitely an improved team with Garcia and Palencia added to their lineup. These are guys with [Mexican] national team and World Cup experience.

I've told these guys, we're a good team. We don't have great players like we did last year.

We have a ton of guys on this team that can score. I think we've proven that all year. But we just didn't get it done tonight. I was surprised.

I am very proud of this team and what they accomplished this year. The character that these guys showed working hard every day in practice and then with that drive to the playoffs was great.