This is a huge gut check for this team, ... Tonight's game was an ugly win, but we still have to play them on Monday and they will be looking for payback.

Even early in the season this was a huge gut check,

We didn't hustle tonight. We didn't play our game. We basically let one dude (Carter) beat us. And we missed shots that we usually make.

I just have to keep reminding myself that that the game is officially over. That was a real gut check. Things did not look for good for a while.

This is huge. There's a sense that if we win the game, it brings validity to our team.

I wasn't going to come to some place where we were going to lose, ... I knew we were going to be good. We got guys who can win, who have won. But talk to me at the All-Star break.