Kings Coach Rick Adelman
“We got what we deserved, we didn’t play with any energy and we talked about it at half time that we need to come out strong in the third quarter…it cost us and they deserved to win and we didn’t”
“They made shots, they got it going….that’s what we talked about. It doesn’t matter what that teams record is and none of that matters. If they start playing well and they start feeling that rhythm, then they are hard to stop and we should have taken control of the game at the start of the third quarter. We were so out of sync and we had no energy. It took us 16 points down before we started picking it up and you can’t do that in this league. You can’t care about what the other teams record is or where you’re playing. Nothing is given, just because we’ve won in Arco Arena before, and because we’ve been a good team in the past, none of that matters right now and we try to keep talking about that. You have to earn it in this league. It’s not going to be given to you and if anything this will hit home a lot harder then me talking about it.”
Would you ever consider taking some of your starters out for a while?
“These guys get paid a lot of money to play and perform and I don’t think that that is what it is going to take. I’ve been with these guys for 6 years now and you have to have trust that there are going to be times where you’re not going to be playing well and you’re not going to play with energy.
Chris Webber
“One of the differences in the game was Jason Richardson. He scored twenty-something in the second half. That’s the difference.”
“Mike never wants to come out, until he gets into foul trouble. Bobby wouldn’t have been guarding Jason Richardson anyways. We’ve been through this too many times to blame it on an injury. We just lost, we didn’t play well. We’ve got to come back because getting your [butt] kicked is not fun at home.”
Brad Miller
“We just didn’t execute. That’s basically what it comes down to, and not playing with enough energy. We didn’t come out and finish the game. That’s what we used to do.”
On if his injury is affecting his play:
“I’m just not playing very well right now. I’m just trying to do other things, trying to get my confidence back up there by driving to the hole and getting rebounds. But I’m trying to do other things right now.”
“I’ve never taken two days off after two home losses since I was in Chicago. It’s a new experience for me. Hopefully we havejust got to clear our heads and refocus and regroup. There’s a lot of games left. Crap happens all the time, even when you’re winning.We play well against Miami but we sucked tonight. But hopefully we’ll just get back out there and work on it. Get things right, get this [stuff] going.”
On his injury:
“I think it’s more in my head than anything. It’s been a little sore the last couple of days, but that’s what happens when you have an open gash like that.But I’ve got to get past that, I’ve played through a lot of worse things than that, so that’s not an excuse.”
“We’ve just got to get it right. We know how we can play. It’s just on ourselves right now. We lost a guy, but Maurice (Evans) has been playing well for us the last couple of games, so we’ve just got to look at ourselves and get ready and refocus.”
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS
Mike Montgomery
“I thought the first half lacked some energy on both sides. We didn’t have much energy and it didn’t look like Sacramento had a lot of energy either. The second half I though the guys off the bench really helped us. I though defensively we just got more energetic and got more physical with them and didn’t let them get what they wanted to get.”
About Jason Richardson
“He was a zombie in the first half so he had only one place to go but up. He looked real tired. I think he flew home to Detroit for one day and that’s pretty tough. He was starting to feel it. He’s that kind of player. He’s a feel player.”
“Everybody was sleepwalking. We look like you do after you don’t practice. I said you guys look like you ate cold turkey yourself.”
Guard Speedy Claxton
“Whenever you do get a win here it’s special cause they’re one of the best teams in the NBA on their home court. We got up kind of big in the fourth quarter and I think it kind of shocked them, but we were able to buckle down and play some defense.”
“We’ve been playing some good ball lately. We’ve been in a lot of games and in the fourth quarter we just let it slip away from us, but tonight we buckled down and fought and fought.”
“Our bench was a huge difference. They probably won the game for us.”
Derek Fisher
“This is a good quality win for our team. The trick for us is figuring out how to do this at home so that when we do get on the road and get a big win like this it continues to be positive after positive. With so many games we lost at home it has put us in a tough position.”
“I think the way our team is designed, our bench can make a difference. To be honest that is one of the things that attracted me so much to this team as a free agent. I saw so many guys from the top of the list all the way down to the bottom of the roster and knew we had legitimate NBA players on this team”
Jason Richardson
“I knew I had to come out and do a little more cause I wasn’t giving it enough. I came in and hit a couple of shots and got my rhythm back.”
“We had a couple of defensive stops and after that it was just going.”
