Coach Steve Clifford sent an interesting message to the Charlotte Hornets fan base Wednesday night.
To sum up Clifford’s comments, he essentially said, "Stop letting us off easy. Expect more from this team than just trying hard in a loss."
Clifford’s strong words came following a 113-103 home loss to the Western Conference champion Golden State Warriors. Clifford buys that his team played hard, certainly harder than they did in the first half of Monday’s home loss to the Washington Wizards.
He also knows that the sloppiness his team demonstrated in committing 15 turnovers Wednesday doomed the Hornets’ chances of upsetting the Warriors.