Jeff Gundy Second Quotations

He seems really tired at the start of the second half.

We can expect much better from him defensively and on the boards. He had one rebound in the second half and was not active defensively.

We can expect much better from (Yao) defensively and on the boards. He had one rebound in the second half, and he was not active defensively. He's been playing great on offense, really great, and he's not been as good on the boards or defensively in the last three games.

Yao was much more aggressive in the second half, but he's has to continue to come up big for us like this for us to win.

We have good enough players, but there are very few guys in this league who can draw a second defender to them. Those are the guys who make your offense good, whether it's a post-up guy, a dribble penetration guy or a pick-and-roll guy.

You should never play at home on the second night of back-to-backs. Your home fans deserve the best you can give them. If you need to, play all your back-to-backs on the road, and never on national TV. They've done that, and sometimes the basketball is not the best.

They turned it up in the second half, and we had no response. You've got to give them credit for that. They play well, and they're well-coached.

We didn't guard the ball well and we didn't help appropriately. I think they (the Hornets) were probably sleepy a little bit, not ready to play. I had a little bit to do with it. They turned it up in the second half and we had no response.