Kenny Atkinson Postgame After Loss to Pacers:

“We did not handle the press well, we did not handle their pressure well—- I don’t know if there was a little bit of a relax ‘oh Haliburton is out’ their best player…. That’s not our team usually but it happens. They’re humans but again, disappointed in that defensive effort [3rd quarter, end of 4th quarter]—- It’s one of those nights but we kinda ‘deserved it’….. we’ll get another shot at these guys in Indy so it’ll be a good test for us to see if we can bounce back—- They’re (Pacers) on a hell of a streak. They’re playing great basketball right now… so it wasn’t like this was some average team. They’re starting to get their mojo back and give them credit. They took it to us tonight.”