Doc I told our guys anyone who told you you couldn't played defense lied you proved that tonight I thought our half court defense was excellent and we fought tonight I thought tonight was an offensive loss we had stretches where the ball was humming and hopping and stretches it didnt

Mitch Johnson We needed to continue to play the brand of basketball regardless of the outcome or the score

Mitch Johnson We werent ready to win an NBA championship The better team won We did a lot of good things and we didnt finish the job That's what it is

The Rockets with hustle defense against Mikel Brown Jr force a jumpball and the Rockets' bench gets loud liking the effort with a replay

Mike Brown Good win by our guys obviously

SNY Jalen Brunson Tonight we played like we wanted to go home champions to finish the game Not to start the game to finish the game

Jalen Brunson A lot of great things happen you know when were down one and you miss a wide open layup -Josh Hart For me I wanted to set up an epic last possession We wouldnt have that OG tip in without that missed layup