CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Hornets coach Steve Clifford walked into his postgame press conference and smiled.
"We needed to win a game and we won a game, so that's it," he said. "That's how I feel and I'm sticking with it."
It didn't matter to Clifford that his team nearly squandered a 22-point fourth-quarter lead on Saturday night to a struggling Phoenix Suns squad playing without leading scorer Devin Booker and without any player averaging in double figures. For Clifford, the end of a five-game losing streak was enough to put him in a good mood.