Pelicans Head Coach Alvin Gentry
On final game of the season:
"I thought we played hard. We competed the way we wanted to and we played unselfishly. We played a lot of guys out of position. Elfrid (Payton) tweaked his ankle a little bit so I actually didn’t want to put him back in the game in that situation. I thought we competed to the end. That’s what we asked them to do and they did it."
On final message to the team:
"I told them that we’re going to be good next year and we’re going to make the damn playoffs.