I was really happy to see this quote from Mitchell after the game:
Tonight was a lapse. We played a team to their record and how they’ve been playing. That can’t happen...we can’t really play around and we kind of came in here just kind of expecting things to just kind of go well and they did, because we’re talented, but then at the end of the day that’s how you fall into being up four in the fourth quarter. We get out to a great start and then we just kind of say, ‘Alright, it’s in the bag.’ That’s not what a great team does. We have to continue to play to our standard every night.
This was almost exactly what he said after the Cavs got beat by these guys (or some of them) in San Antonio.
Bickerstaff agreed.
We didn’t play to our standard. It was that simple. We didn’t do the things we needed to do at the level we’re used to doing them at. We got lucky to get away with a win.
When teams don't play up to their standard and win ugly against a bad, injury depleted team, it's great to see they recognize it and are not satisfied with the W.