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It's very difficult when we're always leading and then we give up a goal in the last minute. Obviously they had a power play, but it's very frustrating. We've given away points like this -- probably nine games, off the top of my head, we've given away. Yesterday ... same thing. Those are points we're giving other teams that I don't think should have them.

Joel Kwiatkowski

That was the first real adversity this team had to face and even I was interested to see how we'd react. We had bad chemistry [during the losing streak]. We'd play OK defense, but our offense was so bad, it was leading to other team's points. Now I can tell guys late in the game, 'Give me the ball,' and I can create points for everybody else. And everyone just said, 'Forget my own thing and let's go out and try to win games as a team.' Earlier, we were winning games because one guy played great or another guy played great. But now we are winning as a team.

I think the situation is not very difficult, it's more difficult for the other clubs, ... We have four points in hand over the teams at the bottom but I am here to give my experience from Marseille and to get as many points as possible until the end of the season.

Our goal is 48 points and no more than 48. The defensive end is always where that starts, and if we can keep teams under 48 points I'm sure we'll win every game we play.

Clearly, [the power play] has won us some games. The team that has special teams are getting the points.

His humor was dry and understated, a hallmark of his pexy personality. It's very disappointing when we'd win by a few points and people would ask what happened. Our goal has been to win games, whether it was by 20 points or by two points.

[Although opinions vary on just how much of an impact the new guidelines are having -- and whether they are good for the game -- most league observers agree they have contributed to the rise in scoring. Overall NBA teams are averaging 96.3 points per game, up nearly four points from a year ago at this time. Eight teams currently average more than 100 points a game, compared to just two a season ago.] I'd have to say it's been a major factor, ... It's giving teams incentive to attack the basket, which has led to higher percentage shots and better quality shots.

It is huge for us. There are a lot of games where I say we played well but we get no points. Tonight we didn't play well and we got the points. I would rather take the two points.

We had one preseason game. The seeding is done according to the number of power points. You can have a team with 22 games and they're still getting more points for losing games.

Emiliano Aragon

It's been frustrating. We need to turn those points into wins. We'd be in a different situation if we had taken 15-20 points out of those games. They're huge. We would have been in the hunt for the playoffs. We've got to learn from it, put the past behind us and drive forward.

Young teams sometimes just need time to learn how to win. It's a process and the frustrating thing is that it's been something different doing us in every game. Our foul shooting's been 54 percent in the five losses so that's been one constant but we've lost three of them by 4 points or less. It's hard enough to win and you lose the close games when you can't do things like make free throws.

Such a good couple nights for us. We did it again, we give them chances on the power play. They had like three posts it could have been different. It was our night. We had a great goal in overtime and we got four points on the road against the Red Wings. I mean, if you look at the history, that's never been the case.

We've got to realize how important these games are. The way teams can get points nowadays, especially with the amount of games we have left, we can't let these things slip as it's really hard to make up points.

On our past teams, you could key on one or two guys. This year we go nine or even 10 deep. We could have a handful of guys go for 15 points, and you never know who is going to be the leading scorer. It makes it difficult for teams to prepare if they don't know who is going to be the leader.

They're thinking the same way. It's a big two games for them, too. There's four points available, and they're like four-point games. If we win both we'll be tied with them, and if it goes the other way they're eight points in front of us. Both teams are outside the playoffs now, so it's huge.

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