“We’re losing because we’re not …

“We’re losing because we’re not defending and we’re not rebounding at all,” Malone said at Monday’s shootaround here. “Then you try to be positive and say, ‘Listen, we’ve done it. I’ve seen you do it. Let’s get back to doing that.’ Other times you just have to be brutally honest. “Our defense sucks. Take ownership in it. Be better. More importantly, this is why. So you show clips — film doesn’t lie — and you hope at some point the players buy into that.”