Tyus Jones, getting to the heart of it: “We can't afford to lose any games moving forward … but we've been saying that for a couple of weeks now. Something has got to change. We've got to play better ball on both ends of the floor. The level we're playing at right now just isn't cutting it.”
“Our margin is not that great,” conceded coach Quin Snyder, whose Hawks’ fast-paced, 19th-rated offense (113.4 points per 100 possessions) cannot carry their 19th-rated defense (115.1). “We’re able to get stops and run, and that’s the key for us.