Dec. 27, 2001

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Head Coach Stan Joplin:

"Oakland had their way with us offensively and defensively. We turned the ball over 26 times in 78 possessions and you just can't do that."

"We have to do a better job of making decisions. We had a lot of unforced turnovers, and we're just not in sync yet to say the least. It's just bad decision-making and we need to be a lot better."

"We knew it was going to be a tough game. Detroit had beat us by over 20 points and Oakland had beat Detroit by over 20 points."

"It seems like we dig ourselves a hole and we need to do a better job at the start of games."

"We have to get back in the win column somehow. The players are down right now, the coaching staff is down, everybody is down right now. I definitely think we're a better team than what we're showing right now. We just haven't been able to put the pieces of the puzzles together. We need everybody to play well and that's not the case at this time."