"That’s the game they want,‘’ Smith said of the rough-and-tumble play. "And we knew they were going to do it, But we reacted in the wrong way, whining to the referees, getting cheap fouls, getting technical fouls. You’ve got to do it the right way.

"We came with the fight. We didn’t do it the right way. They did it the right way by going at our chin on our shots, getting to the free-throw line and getting offensive rebounds.‘’