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avril 30, 2011 | Interviews
No miracle happened. San Antonio left the playoffs in the 1 st round after losing Game 6 vs Memphis.
Tony, unfortunately, the playoffs are over now after falling 99-91 vs Memphis…
It’s a huge frustration. It hurts to leave the playoffs in the 1st round. But sports is tough. We played a very good Memphis. We got to give them credit, they did a very good series. Zach Randolph’s been very impressive again tonight.
5 minutes to go, you’re leading 80-79 and you could have taken over the game.
I really thought we could. We know how to deal with these situations, our playoffs experience should have make the difference and give us the advantage. But Zach Randolph took over the game and got impossible shots. Congrats to them.
For the time since 2001, you’re on vacation in April…
It feels really weird, especially when you’re leading the Western Conference. You can only hope to reach the Conference finals after such a season. Now I’m going to be off for 2 or 3 weeks. I need to rest both physically and mentally. Then, I’ll go back to work out to be ready for the French National team. But three months to wait it’s a long time.
Even though it’s too soon to think about the future, how do you see next season ?It’s gonna be hard to improve the team, especially because we have the 29th position at the draft. We’ll have to strike hard like we did with Gary Neal. Then, I guess the staff will work on it very soon.
Hey Tony, I agree with you, the spurs are not playing to win championships anymore. They are just playing to play the game of basketball. Even though memphis played good defense and had deadly execution, I think you guys have had enough playoff experience to meet what they bring to the competition. I think you need to push your team to that championship mentality and I think everyone needs to step up. Richard Jefferson did not play nearly as well as he did in the season in the playoffs. He needs to definitely step it up. You guys still have one more championship left in you, all you have to do is execute better defensively and want it badly. This team is still no doubt a championship caliber team but adjustments need to be made and people need to get in the right mindset.