Jerry Sloan Second Quotations

We've always had a rule in the last second or so: get next to your man. We weren't even close to the guy.

We've talked about it and talked about it and this second half they seemed to have the idea that if we make a mistake then we pull for each other and we play through it.

I thought we played a lot harder tonight than we have been playing. They out hustled us in the first half, but we got after them in the second half and turned it up defensively.

We just couldn't do anything with them in overtime. I can understand guys missing shots, but I don't understand not being able to block them off the boards and give them second shots while we're trying to win a ballgame. They got to the free-throw line and we didn't. That was the difference in the game.

We fought at the beginning of the second half and then they just annihilated us. They defended us well and we had a very tough time scoring inside. If we keep playing like that, we won't get into the playoffs.

We kind of fought back a little in the second half. We got to within six or seven points and then they just annihilated us. Our big guys just looked like they were running in mud.

We just got annihilated. We had one quarter in which we executed and that was the second quarter. When we don't execute our offense, we don't get anything. We were just running around out there.

I understand guys missing shots and that sort of thing. But I don't understand not being able to block them off the boards and give them second shots right when we're trying to win a ballgame.

They just kept pecking away at us. We got casual and the shots we took are the shots you don't really like. That's what happens in this league so often, you lose your focus for a second or two and the other team picks it up and gets it back.

In the second half, they played harder and caused us to take tougher shots. We shouldn't have been worn down in the third quarter when they put pressure on us. You have to give them credit. They brought it to us.

I never took him out the second half. Usually I take him out, but he was so alive tonight that I didn't take him out at all.

Andrei was terrific. He was all over the place. He was terrific defensively, he shot the ball well and did a terrific job passing the ball. I never took him out the second half. Usually I take him out, but he was so alive tonight I didn't take him out at all.