But something happened in the fourth quarter, which started with the Nets ahead, 74-53.
He said no matter what happens in the fourth quarter, win or lose, we will go down fighting.
That was what happened in the third quarter to the Nets.
"That's never happened in the first quarter of a recession before," he said.
Easy as 1-2-3 The story of today's game can be summed up by what happened in the first quarter.
These political changes happened in the first quarter of 1966.
It happened in the third quarter, and could happen again.
"I'm going to hold off and see what happens in the fourth quarter," he said.
"There was no excuse for what happened in the fourth quarter."
That point was underscored by what happened in the second quarter.