Ed DeChellis Needed Quotations

We needed a game, we needed a confidence builder, and this is obviously one that was very important for us.

Our guys gave it a great run, but we were a basket or two away from where we needed to be.

We competed hard and had a chance to win. We had the lead and couldn't hit a shot when we needed it. And we couldn't find Shannon Brown in the second half.

We've had some wins to kind of pick us up when we needed it.

For 35 minutes, we were in good shape. We made a very good run at this thing, but it just didn't happen for us. ... We had our opportunities but didn't make some critical shots when we needed to.

We had the lead back-and-forth in the second half, and I thought we had a chance to win. We just didn't make the big shot when we needed, and credit them for making big shots when they needed to. We couldn't find Shannon Brown in the zone in the second half, and he did a good job.

We got our opportunities but we didn't make some critical shots and some critical free throws when we needed to. Ron Lewis made some big shots against us and that was the difference in the game.

We just needed to get closer to him. He had uncontested shots in the first half, and he's too good a player to do that.

We tried to get some steals from the pressure because we needed to get more possessions.