What they said after the Hawks’ 117-102 loss to the Wizards Monday:
"Lot of credit to Washington. They played well. They shot the ball well. So, I think it wasn't one of our better nights. I'm sure they had a lot to do with that. So between now and Wednesday, we can look at some film and see where we can be better. Hopefully, make it more difficult for them. It's a little bit unique in that we get to see them again on Wednesday and get back to work." – Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer's opening statement
"I'm looking at 13 of 25 for the team and 8 of 11 from those two (from 3-point range), that's 52 percent from the 3-point line. Beal, a couple of them I thought were tough. A couple of them he go separation from us and was open. Wall, he's so good getting to the paint you probably have to pick your poison. He hit a couple 3's. A couple of them were in scramble and rebound situations. The Beal ones we'd like to take away, be more connected, make it tougher on him. Both those guys played really well tonight." – Budenholzer on Wizards' Bradley Beal and John Wall
"I'm looking at 30, 29, 27 (first through third quarter scoring for Hawks). The problem was the defense tonight and obviously the fourth-quarter offense." – Budenholzer on Hawks defense being issue not offense
"It's a little bit frustration. By the letter of the law, but the letter of the rule, I guess the referees don't have to stop play when a player is injured. It just doesn't seem like it's in the spirit of sport to make people keep playing when a guy is injured and down. They explained to me that's the rules. They have to follow the rules. I guess our player wasn't to the table fast enough and they put the ball in play." – Budenholzer on play continuing after Dennis Schroder was hurt
"I'll tell you what, they are one of the best screen setting teams in the league. They really are. I think (Marcin) Gortat does a really good job of finding the line of legal and illegal. He's always right there. He's a great screen setter. They flared Bradley Beal a few times and he got open. They make you shift a lot in some of our pick-and-roll coverages. John Wall is great at find the other corner. They had a great shooting night. They shot 50 percent from 3's. Tonight was not our best game." – Kyle Korver on Beal and Wall
"I think we can play a lot better. They may still shoot really well but I don't think we are happy with our defensive effort tonight, our effort and our attention to detail." – Korver on facing Wizards again Wednesday
"It wasn't our best effort. You have to give them credit though. They played really well. They out-hustled us. Their energy was much higher than ours. It's just one game. Look at our track record the last couple games. We've been doing really well. So, we'll bounce back." – Kent Bazemore on loss
"They had some hot shooting going. I think that their activity on defense speed us up at times. We need to look back and make some adjustments, just be better. The good thing is we play them on Wednesday." – Al Horford on loss
"I think on offense, we have to run our offense better. We have to make sure we are getting open and we are doing things with a little more purpose because their pressure was really good tonight for them." – Horford on adjustments before rematch
"They made shots. They played well. They played fast. They outplayed us." – Jeff Teague on loss
"Gortat is the best screen-setter in the league. I've never seen anything like it." - Teague on Gortat
"We've just got to be more active on the defensive end and try to get around those screens and make it tougher on them." – Teague on adjustments before rematch
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