Kentavious Caldwell Pope responds to an interviewer I don't think they did anything to take away anything I don't think that really mattered It was all about our energy and effort we put out We played a horrible game I would say in my eyes and still almost won the game

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

Reporters ask Brunson about his reduced on ball role in the offense since going down 2-1 to ATL Some stars might push back they're used to having the ball in their hands They might take it as a slight It doesn't sound like you did Why was that Brunson One I'm not a star two I want to win

De'Aaron Fox We lost Game 3 but that was the first time he Gregg Popovich walked into the locker room and was like Nah that's BS that's not how we play basketball and obviously he had some choice words for us

DeAaron Fox on the criticism he got after game 4It's not like people have my phone number and can call me I don't watch those shows It doesn't matter It is what it is You can't change it now We're trying to move on from that

Kenny Atkinson on if the Cavaliers had won game one would it have changed the outcome of the series Look at the other games and the totality of it they pretty much dominated so I think it's a reach to say if we won that it would've changed the series

SNY Donovan Mitchell Y'all asked me 1000 times if we were tired I can't tell you yes But we did this to ourselves Not an excuse they're a hungry team They beat us swept us I don't want to diminish that But we didn't give ourselves a chance because we didn't handle business