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“We’ve got to have some pride,” and other quotes from the Mavericks’ loss to the Knicks

Related Topics: Pride, What we did

“We did a very poor job of containing defensively. We’ve got to get better. We need practice time but there’s no excuse for any team to come through us the way they did.

“Give them credit; they attacked all night long. Our level of resistance has got to be much, much higher.”

Is it an individual defense issue or a team defense issue?

“It starts with me. I take responsibility for this game and the way our team is struggling. I’m the leader of this thing and I’ve got to do a better job of getting these guys playing harder and playing more together.