Our defensive intensity wasn't there. We slacked a little bit.

I'm not like the savior. I can bring hustle, clutch shots and intensity to the game. My job is to make this team better. We have the opportunity to do something special this year, and I'm just trying to take advantage of it.

We were really ripe. You look at our stats, and they aren't much different. The difference was our defensive intensity, and their offensive efficiency. The thing I was happy with, at the end of the game, was that they were making shots, but they were tough shots, they weren't easy. They're a hard team to guard, when they're doing that.

He changed our team's persona and intensity on the defensive end.

It was little things. We fell asleep on two defensive assignments. We didn't come out with any intensity, and we got down by 10 points [17-7 in the first quarter] real fast. I could sense this would be a struggle.

He made some good shots. It's just part of the game. I had some battles that I won and he had some battles he won. But tonight we lost as a team, so that is the only thing that counts.