What they said after the Hawks’ 108-88 loss to the Spurs Saturday:
"Obviously, San Antonio is a very good team. There is a lot you can learn from watching them play tonight and over the course of time. I think we for a quarter, quarter and a half, some good things were happening. I think we just couldn't keep up with them. We can learn both ways and get ready for whoever is next on Monday." - Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer opening statement
"Their length at every position, maybe not point guard, but they are plus-length everywhere else. At times, I thought we had good looks too. You have to take advantage of your good looks, you've got to make your good looks, against a team like this tonight. And then maybe you have a chance to stay in the game and make it tight and competitive. We didn't make the good ones and then their length bothered us at times and we had to take some tough shots too." - Budenholzer on Spurs' length advantage
"Their bench has been very good for them this year. Watching them and preparing for them, that group with Patty Mills and Manu Ginobili, Boris (Diaw) lots of times and Kawhi (Leonard) might be out there with them. That second group has been very good for them." - Budenholzer on Spurs depth
"It's difficult. They do a good job of making sure they challenge every shot and contest it. You have to give them a lot of credit." - Al Horford on loss
“They were scoring the ball. I felt like we got really good looks on offense. They just weren’t falling for us. That was the biggest difference. They build that lead. When you get a team like that, once they get a lead like that, it’s hard to be able to cut into it. We had a hard time with it.” - Horford on Spurs’ second-quarter run
"In flurries. That's what they do. They have massive runs. If you don't stop them, you find yourself out of the ball game." - Paul Millsap on Spurs' wave of offense
"They have a lot of talented players. You can't really key on anyone. They are all capable of making plays and shots. They made it tough for us tonight." - Jeff Teague on loss
"We just chalk that one up. We just have to move forward to Monday." - Teague on moving past loss
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