McHale cites Rockets' need for resiliency

Losses to the Lakers and Clippers in front of huge crowds aren’t what a team chasing an NBA championship expected.China Forklift Crane HookAs they get back up from those defeats and prepare to host the Toronto Raptors on Monday, they will try to learn from each setback. The key is resiliency, coach Kevin McHale said Sunday.McHale said that in Saturday’s 107-94 loss to the Clippers,Buy Grade AAA MICHAEL KORS Handbags sale, Custom Fit Stripe Shirt and more. every mistake affected the players on the court. Being unable to shake those problems put them in a hole they couldn’t exit late.“We are so reactive to everything,” McHale said. “We hang our heads. I mean, (opponents) make tough shots. We have to become way more resilient and keep fighting and know that the game has ebbs and flows and we’ve allowed ourselves during our bad times to let it really affect us.”In Saturday’s game, with the Rockets up 11 points in the third quarter, McHale saw things unravel. The Clippers won a jump ball. Then guard Pat Beverley picked up two quick fouls in the next few possessions.Then the Rockets turned the ball over, and things continued to get worse.“Suddenly in the last 14 possessions, we have five turnovers that they run off of,” McHale said. “They weren’t scoring on our defense,Wholesale Outerwears cheap Outerwears then suddenly our offense is turning into offense for them. 

“They (Clippers) got a little bit of confidence,Our store can offer cheap Dolce&Gabbana(women) Fashion shoes, welcome choose! and you have to be able to weather those storms because that is going to happen, so we need to get better at that.”Must ‘stick together’Center Dwight Howard said the key for the team to move on is time and trust.“We have to be able to stick together,” Howard said Sunday.China Block clamp “Even when things aren’t going well, we have to be able to communicate and play together.”He said that was a lesson the Rockets could pick up from the Clippers, a team to which the Rockets have lost twice this season.“Like I told the guys today, when you look at that Clippers team — in the first half they couldn’t get anything going, but they kept playing team basketball and stayed together, and that’s how they won the game,” Howard said.The Rockets have a chance to work on their resiliency immediately when they host the Raptors on Monday night.“We have two losses in a row, and that’s not what we want,” Beverley said. “But the good thing about the NBA is that you learn from the last game, put it behind you and get ready to play again right away.”