Trail Blazers Head Coach Terry Stotts





On tonight’s game:



“Well… disappointing to lose, but to come from 16 back… I was pleased with the way we came back from the first half to make it a game. The third quarter [we] played very well. [We] moved the ball, made good shots. Fourth quarter, we had our chances. We had some good looks that we weren’t able to convert on, and had a couple turnovers that cost us, but defensively we gave up too many. (Anthony) Davis had an outstanding game and we didn’t control very well off the dribble in either half which led to a lot of shots at the rim for them.”





On the team’s poor three-point field goal percentage tonight:



“I thought most of them were decent looks. I’m sure some of them may have been contested or forced, but I was pleased with the looks. You know when you score 113 points you can’t really look at the offense, but it was an offensive game, and we came up a little short.”





On how the team did defensively against DeMarcus Cousins:



“Well we did better against (DeMarcus) Cousins than the first two games, that’s obvious, but (Anthony) Davis was outstanding. He made mid-range shots, he got to the rim. We screwed up some coverages where he got some lobs. I mean you can’t say you did a good job when you gave up 60 points between the two of them.”









Trail Blazers Guard Damian Lillard





On tonight’s game:



“It was a definitely a game of spurts. They had a good run in the first quarter and we closed that gap in the second quarter tying it up going into the half. In the third, we started out well and then they came back with a run. From then it was back and forth game. We had opportunities to make the right plays and got the ball to each other in good spots. Some nights it is make or miss. They made them and we missed them.”





On being 12 for 42 tonight at 3 pointers:



“I know I didn’t shoot well from three even though I got good looks. A lot of them felt good and as a group we got a lot of good looks they just didn’t go in. On nights like that you can’t be upset with other things when you had the opportunities you had. The good looks, played hard and we played together. We played a game that gave us a chance on the road and the shots didn’t fall when they needed to fall.”









Trail Blazers Center Jusuf Nurkic





On defending Cousins tonight:



“Cousins had 21 shot attempts, he is an All-Star, great player, and looks like first team flopping. Never started an all-star game or playoff game and talking trash for no reason. I think he is a great player and the way they play right now they win the game. We had our chance and we didn’t win. We need to keep playing and be better than them.”





On Anthony Davis’s performance:



“Great player and he didn’t play a couple games to come back and put up 36 points up. Great player and great person. It is always good to play against great players especially the big guys in the league. It’s nice to see they still be at the three-point line much more then down in the paint. We have a game with the pick and roll which works well for us. That is our problem when something works we need to stick with it. Sometimes we need a game like this to get going we had a lot of runs last year and we do it again. No doubt in my mind.”

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