Phoenix Suns head coach Frank Vogel spoke with reporters following the team's in-season tournament loss to the Los Angeles Lakers.
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00:00 >> Yeah, well, we had to get to their shooters better than we were.
00:03 I mean, they're not a great three point shooting team, but
00:05 they got guys that are capable that showed it tonight.
00:08 And trying to slow down LeBron without being sharp on your
00:13 rotations to their shooters is a problem.
00:16 And we wanted to take the ball out of his hands more, but
00:19 we didn't cover the backside well enough.
00:21 >> Curious, what was your message to the team after a loss like this where
00:25 seemingly had it in control?
00:28 >> It's a long season, stay together, disappointing.
00:31 Okay, we're banged up, got guys coming back and
00:34 we're still gonna get even more hole than we are.
00:36 We gotta stay together, we're gonna do our work tomorrow, clean up,
00:40 improve, get ready for OKC.
00:42 But I got to look at the tape, I felt like our defensive breakdowns,
00:45 the start to fourth were more than anything.
00:47 And then Kevin Durant carrying us offensively,
00:50 I reengarded during that stretch.
00:52 So like I said, I'll look at the tape and continue to evaluate.
00:56 >> Yeah, I mean, I think we were hitting people, I gotta look at the tape.
01:00 I felt like we were hitting people and pursuing, got some bad bounces.
01:03 >> Coach, on the play at the end there where Grayson cuts,
01:08 it looked like you could have just laid that one up.
01:11 Was that the desire to get the layup or was it the desire to end the-
01:14 >> Yeah, we said we would take it too.
01:16 We're looking for Brad in the corner.
01:18 But they both went with Brad, so Grayson was open.
01:20 We would have taken it quick too, but threw the ball to a 40% three point
01:24 shooter. So, there are the results.