On what allowed Atlanta to pull away in the second quarter:

"Yeah, I think a lot of it I have to go back and look at the film in this situation. It looked like missed shots at the rim. They were able to get out and get a bunch of easy baskets. Then long shots on our misses. They were able to get out and get some easy baskets and our defense broke down way too many times where they're slipping out of screens. Our communication had to turn up a little bit and it wasn't there. You got to give Atlanta a ton of credit. They have our number in this moment and they kicked our ass and that's what it is right now."

On being swept by the Hawks:

"We got swept by the Hawks. That's what it means. They kicked our ass."

On the boos and chants from the fans:

"Rightfully so. Rightfully so. Did we put out the effort that we needed to? Did we have the energy that we needed to? Nope. We deserve to give these fans a better product on nights like this. We deserve to play harder and fight from the beginning of the game, not when we're down 20. These fans deserve that without a doubt. You put that jersey on, that's how you need to play from the beginning of the game to the end of the game. So rightfully so. They should be disappointed because we've got to put a better product out there to be able to defend the right way, play the right way, share the ball, look in the mirror, take it on the chin. That's what we need to do and we didn't do it tonight."

On the repeated pattern of good starts followed by big second-quarter runs against them:

"Yeah, I mean it's happened different ways in different games. I think some of the games has been the heat's been turned up. So we turn it over and they're getting easy baskets. Sometimes it's whether you go six for 32 from three. So those are long shots that are leading to long rebounds and they're out getting easy transition baskets. Communication on defense, slip outs, the communication in the pick and roll, not being able to protect. So now we're flying around and understanding who we're closing out to. So it's been different things in different games, but the result is the same thing. I think we've got to continue to communicate that, talk to each other in it, and know exactly what we're doing in those moments of the communication in those situations."

On the toll of the long season and constantly digging out of holes:

"Yeah. I mean, it's a long NBA season. I think the Hawks have played 75 games too. So have we. And I think at the end of the day, this is a 20-plus point loss, down 31 at one point. So the ability to know that this is what's happening and who you're playing against has to set in and knowing where we are with six games now left in the season. Your ability to know what you're fighting for and what you're playing for. We've got to recognize that."

On Nickeil Alexander-Walker's performance:

"He moves around. They do a great job bringing him off pins. He hits some tough ones. He chases that three-point line well. He gets them up. Our ability to get him inside the line. He had 22 in the first half. He's on pace to set another record. It's challenging for guys to step up in the second half to do that. He comes off a pin right away and knocks down a big three. So he's just a tough guard to be able to get downhill and do it in multiple ways. And then he's playing off of those other guys as well."

On the lack of energy and disinterest from the players at times:

"One of the hardest things to coach is effort. It's the hardest thing to coach. If at this point in the season we don't realize the importance of the games, how hard they're going to be each and every single night, then you got to do a gut check because you're down to six games left in the season playing for a playoff spot. And if I have to coach effort, there's something there."

On Franz’s performance in his first game back (limited minutes):

"I thought Franz in that first stint was trying to get himself going, moving, cutting, playing in transition, defending different bodies, communicating with the team. I thought for being back after as much time as he had off, he didn't look like he missed that much of a beat."

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