Dwane Casey Last Quotations

In the first half, we came out with too much respect. We were back on our heels instead of attacking the way we have the last couple games.

The expectation level is sky-high for all of us. Their goal was to win the division, thinking they could run away with it like we did last year. I don't know if that's a realistic goal.

(Yao) is a big man and he's a handful for us. We tried three people on him and he is just a handful down here wrestling with him. He has really, really had a stretch of games the last couple of weeks where he has played well and been a force.

Tonight was a disappointing effort. I thought we competed the last three quarters but in the first quarter we did not compete, we participated, and that's not acceptable.

We got good looks last night, so it wasn't the fact we weren't getting shots. I think we're better prepared (after Thursday's practice) for the rhythm shots now than we were yesterday.

The first half was a carry-over from last night. ... We've got to get over that and regroup. We're fragile right now.

Execution down the stretch, that's been our story the last couple games. We haven't done the little things in the last couple minutes of the game.