“I told the guys we had two great days of practice, and [Thursday] I don’t think we got better,” coach Steve Nash said. “I don’t care about the result, but we could’ve played better. We could’ve made less mistakes. We could’ve done a few things that would’ve made [this] more productive. That’s all it is. “We recognize we’re shorthanded. We know we’re sending these guys out there and asking them to do more than they’re accustomed to doing, and that’s tough. … We’ve asked them to keep their spirits high and work and that was clearly on display in practice. [Thursday] we needed a little bit more.”