Pelicans vs. Nuggets Postgame Quotes 12-8-2021

Pelicans Head Coach Willie Green

On the team addressing the loss:

“Yeah, credit to the Nuggets. They came in and they did what they needed to do to win the game, but this was a game that we played extremely well across the board. Turnovers just were too much to overcome. (Nikola) Joki\u0107 is a great player and the things that we saw he was capable of, he did it tonight, but I thought our guys fought and competed. We played hard. We did a lot to win the game. We just came up short down the stretch.”

On getting back into the game in the second half:

“We just did what we do harder. We came out in the second half and just upped the level. Unfortunately, it just wasn’t enough. Especially with 31…