More - Kirk Hinrich Quotes

Defensively, we were nowhere close to being good enough. That's what we're supposed to be?a defensive team. We just didn't have it tonight.

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I figured something was happening because the crowd was looking at the screen. But I wasn't sure what it was.

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We talk a lot about mental toughness and the mentality of approaching the game, and we've done a good job with it. I can't remember anybody not being ready, and we just have to keep doing it.

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It's real frustrating. I got two blocking calls I didn't think were blocks. It's just frustrating, that's all. I really don't have anything else to say about it.

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I wouldn't say we played that way the whole game, but for stretches we really dug down and did what we needed to do. We're a different type of team. We need a little bit of an edge for us to win. We don't have a superstar, so we have to focus on the little things, play with passion and play together as a group.

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Something went off in our heads -- maybe we were playing not to get embarrassed. If we started the game the way we played the second half, we're going to be tough to beat. We have to come out with more energy and focus.

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He said, basically, either go out and get embarrassed on [national] TV, or just start playing. We started playing, and we should have won.

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We weren't ready. I don't know how to describe it. It's unfortunate. Everybody coming in knows how big a game this is, so to not be ready is unacceptable.

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We just tried to be more aggressive, especially on our pick-and-rolls. It was also about just making plays, whether it was taking my shot or looking for other people.

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We were two totally different teams out there from the first half to the second half. We fought hard and got back into it.

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