NEW ORLEANS -- To say Denver Nuggets coach Mike Malone wasn't pleased with his team's performance on Thursday night might be an understatement.
Malone lit into his team in his post-game news conference following a 122-107 loss to the previously winless New Orleans Pelicans.
"I'm embarrassed," Malone said. "That was an embarrassing effort defensively. Gave up 37 fast-break points. You can give all the transition defense rules that you want. To me, transition defense boils down to one things -- effort. Get back. You can tell them. You can lead a horse to water, whatever analogy you want to use.