Steve Clifford kept his postgame thoughts succinct, ensuring there was no misunderstanding.
After the Charlotte Hornets dropped another decision, this time losing to Washington 106-102 at Capital One Arena on Sunday night, the coach made it clear he wasn’t pleased with his team’s lack of grit and suggested the time is now to change the narrative.
“The biggest thing is we’ve got to play tougher,” Clifford said. “We’ve got to be more physical. And it can’t be just like when we feel good (or) they’re tired, we’re tired. We’ve got to rebound. We’ve got to have block-out attitude. It cost us a game in Cleveland. We missed a block out. We make one block out, we win that game. Same thing tonight. We start getting tougher, we start playing with some physicality, we’ll start to win.”
