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Rick Carlisle and Brendan Haywood discuss their team's performance against the Clippers Monday evening.
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Challenge for us coming in the game coming off of 43 turnovers -- two games. Was to get our turnovers down and of course we always -- force owners turn -- if we can. So we do a good job in the scope of the entire game tonight was only eleven that was big. And you know defensively I I give the guys a lot of credit I mean this is one of the tougher teams to guard with Chris Paul all the pick and rolls and and Griffin in the high flyers and you know Mo Williams and -- four to shoot the ball so it's you know they got any they got a lot of answers out there. They made a big run they got us down three or four points and you know we we held it together we kept our poise and the guys just kept working and it was. It was defense they got us over the hump and we didn't have a great shooting night you know Dirk was. You know misses some shots that -- you know we're -- we're used in normally make him and -- -- like that you know we got we got it. Hang in there -- their defense and real a real proud of the guys because this was a very very tough game. And and again -- In those chemicals back to two games ago but. You know Marion guarding. Guard Paul was a big key in the game -- his size. You know becomes a factor and it's tough navigate all the screen rolls but says he did a great job when he was on him tonight and that was a big part of the game as well. We're ever with right now on. -- -- -- -- -- -- defensively guys did not go to every day and we were winning games against very tough teams are we take it to heart as a team you know. We don't want teams how -- gone in on us and -- Schobel and our home court so when a team like this comes in at. Are we want to -- thought that the number one clog the paint -- it's sort of made to be a smoke up our our depth is -- you know because the big thing for us is. Somebody goes -- we have some doesn't come particularly simply well Brent rice come and play well for -- lately Delonte West he's huge -- A fourth this game unless came off the bench so hum we -- a lot of guys that come and play well events and they've been asleep along some negated owned.