Pelicans Head Coach Alvin Gentry:
On the game:
“I thought we started the game struggling a little bit. We righted the ship and I thought we started to play good basketball. Then it got into an exchange of baskets situation and they made the plays down the stretch. Goran (Dragic) made plays, Dion Waiters made plays and they came up with rebounds. Obviously, I thought Wayne (Ellington) got them going but even in that situation I thought we matched the baskets. We just didn’t make the plays when we needed to most.”
On the Pelicans offense drying out in the final five minutes:
“You have to make shots.