Monty: We only have a casual fight attitude, and the opponent is full of despair

In today's Western Conference Finals, the Suns lost 102-116 at home to the Clippers, and the big score is still 3-2. After the game, Suns head coach Monty Williams was interviewed by reporters.

"Our start was unacceptable and we fell into a huge point difference. Obviously, we can't have such a casual attitude. Our attitude in the first quarter was to play casually, and the opponent played with a sense of despair, and it was as simple as that. ”

"They play with determination. We have to realize that we're trying to end a series again, and the opponent has already had a situation like that and they're going to do their best. We have to have that mindset. I didn't feel such a mentality in the first verse. As the game progressed, we started to have that mentality, but the opponents already had confidence because they kept throwing goals. ”

"We have to have a sense of despair. Just because you're leading by a big score in a series doesn't mean you can play casually and your opponent will send you to win. We have to understand that, and I think we understand it now. We will do better in the next game. But their sense of desperation, their competitiveness, lasted 48 minutes tonight. We have it from time to time, and certainly not at the beginning. ”

"Being beaten like this should wake us up." I think our players have felt it now. ”

Talking about the reason why the team once rebounded in the third quarter and narrowed the point difference to 4 points in the fourth quarter but could not reverse it, Williams said: "It's as simple as not doing a good job of defense. It's basketball common sense, you have to defend. They scored some difficult balls, which must be praised, they scored 58 points in the box. This was unexpected, especially since (Ibiza) Zubac did not play today. So we're going to do better in the next game, but the most important thing I want now is that we have to play more powerfully, more competitively, and defend well. ”