When asked if he thought the Blazers were getting an abundance of open looks tonight Darvin Ham says We checked the analytical data at halftime And according to that data our defensive shot quality we would have been 1 in the league

James Harden was asked to self-assess his playoff run I think I did pretty good you know like I dont grade myself on shotmaking Defensively been extremely solid offensively you know getting guys shots and fitting into a system that was already in place

Mike Brown I don't know what to do about the free throw line 22 to 6 in the 2nd halfit's a pretty big discrepancy for a halfmaybe we were fouling and they weren't fouling

Mike Brown I talked to the refs and they said we were fouling and maybe they're right but there's examples where they were fouling and didn't get called Maybe we did foul but they were fouling too If they do this in Game 4 where it's 24-8 in the 2nd half it's going to be tough for us to win

Adam Silver We've been addressing load management over the last several seasons Were down 30 this season in terms of single game absences by star players Its not even clear that load management works We have more injuries at the beginning and after All-Star break than late in the season

Kenny Atkinson in the postgame of Game 1I thought they hit some really tough shots in the 4th quarter we got a little unlucky quite honestlyI'm super proud of the way our group played We played great basketball tonight for 3 quartersHe blames fatigue for the drop

SNY James Harden said the Eastern Conference Finals vs the knicks came down to shot-making They made shots - some open some just tough shots I don't think we made really any It's pretty much pinpointed