It's been tough. We're still in the midst of the playoff picture and we'll have to win our way in. We aren't going to back our way in, that's pretty clear.

It's been tough for Fred this year because of the thumb; he's been in and out of it. He played great in the first two games, and I wanted to give him the opportunity to start and play a real significant stretch of minutes. We struggled to get him the ball (Saturday). I have to do a better job of putting him in a position where he can attack the basket and make plays. He wasn't able to do that, that's his game.

I'm just hoping that when he wakes up he isn't feeling too bad because he's the cornerstone of our team.

The guy's at the top of his game. It's a rare opportunity to see a guy perform at this level.

We hung in, competed, and had chances. We created a lot of good looks for ourselves, but weren't able to make some of the easiest shots we had on the whole trip.

We're going up against a guy who's playing a superhuman brand of basketball. He's looked invincible.