I wasn't trying to rally the team by getting ejected. I think it was more just a difference of opinion. We were dealing with things the whole game, and we thought that we had a legitimate beef with the way they were playing Dirk. I guess we were wrong.
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I'm very disappointed with this loss. We realize who we were playing, but then again we gave them some easy baskets. We have just got to do a better job with our defense.Avery Johnson
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