169 Quotes by Rick Adelman

That's a tough loss. It's very disappointing to have lost that game, the last game of the trip.

The first 3 1/2 quarters, I don't know where we were, but we weren't into the game and (the Warriors) pretty much dominated it. I don't have an answer. We just never got it going and they started shooting better and moving the ball better.

Mike had no chance in Denver. They gave him that group, and everyone knew it'd be a bad group, and then they let him go. . . . You get a good group, and look what Mike's done.

The Jazz were the aggressors and they took the game over and we just caved in. We came out and gave it to them. We didn't guard them. We turned it over and we just waited for something to happen instead of trying to make it happen.

Who matches up well with them? Detroit, maybe.

We played at a frantic pace instead of the way we wanted to play. We quick-shot it, we turned it over -- we just fueled whatever they were trying to do. We have to be a smarter team than that.

We're challenging shots, getting hands on passes, helping teammates and seeing what the other team is doing. It's nice to see the activity.

We're a group that hasn't been together that long. I think if we move the ball and trust each other, we're going to be okay.

We executed offensively, and we got the stops we needed. Now we have a chance to even it up on Sunday.