Brett Brown: I think that the influence that our inability lately, to, like, be put on our back heels against the zone has crept into our defense, our psyche, our spirit (...) I feel like our competitive spirit has taken a dent because of our problems we

David Adelman reflects on the loss to OKC in overtime It's a good learning lesson we may have to change up who plays whenthe way I'd like to play them isn't available right now

Paolo Banchero on why the Magic have struggled in the second halves of games Teams adjust at halftime we don't really adjust to their adjustments

JJ Redick We talk about this as a staff like our losses are louder than other teams Because we're the Lakers and because of the way we lose I make mistakes

Mike Brown on first tech of the year One of the things that I wanted to get across to the guys is we're good enough to win despite whatever the officials are calling out on the floor the growth in that area trying to leave the officials alone was something that I pointedly tried to do

Adam Silver on tanking Are we seeing behavior that is worse this year than we've seen in recent memory Yes is my view

Darly Morey We like our chances in the East We feel like we're in the mix with the top teams there obviously we gotta prove that on the court Folks have speculated on the improvements of our East competitors I don't see it There weren't any needle-movers in my opinion