Dejounte Murray hasn’t been in New Orleans all that lengthy, however he is aware of one thing has obtained to alter.
The group at Smoothie King Heart in New Orleans was comparatively vigorous and upbeat to start out the sport towards the Raptors on Wednesday night time.
However when the the guests – who have been 0-10 of their final highway video games – took a 34-point lead within the second half, the boos from the group got here arduous and quick and Murray didn’t blame them one bit.
“If you happen to’re not embarrassed and actually mad about this, that’s an issue,” Murray mentioned.
“It’s not likely in regards to the loss, [but] how we misplaced in entrance of our followers. Like, even the followers booing – I imply, what would you do should you was a fan paying your cash? You need to come watch a aggressive basketball sport, particularly from your private home workforce. So, they obtained all of the rights to say what they need, really feel how they really feel. They deserve a greater sport.”
The loss prolonged the Pels’ shedding streak to 6 video games. Granted, accidents to Murray himself, Zion Williamson, Brandon Ingram, CJ McCollum, Herb Jones, Trey Murphy III, Jose Alvarado and Jordan Hawkins definitely haven’t helped the workforce’s trigger.
“Whenever you’ve obtained guys in, guys out, guys in, guys out, it’s actually robust,” Murray mentioned. “However I feel it’s not robust to compete.
“You’ll be able to’t get punked. You’ll be able to’t get pushed round. Tonight, it was simply disgusting. We’ve obtained to compete. We’ve obtained to play more durable, regardless of who’s on the ground.”
It was Murray’s return on Wednesday after lacking 17 video games with a fractured left hand and was McCollum’s second sport again after lacking most of this month’s video games with an adductor pressure.
“Both they obtained higher in a single day, or we’ve obtained to do a greater job closing out and making it harder,” McCollum mentioned.
“It was a horrible displaying,” he added. “From prime to backside, we’ve all obtained to be higher.”
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