D'Antoni: Rockets lacked spirit in Game 4

Houston Rockets coach Mike D'Antoni offered a simple explanation for his team's terrible performance through three and a half quarters of Thursday's 110-100 Game 4 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers.

"Just a lack of spirit," D'Antoni said. "It just seems like we got down. We lost our way a little bit."

The loss put the Rockets on the brink of elimination, as the Lakers took a 3-1 lead in the Western Conference semifinal series.

Source: Tim MacMahon of ESPN

ANALYSIS: With the Rockets on the brink of elimination, Houston head coach Mike D'Antoni had a simple explanation for the Rockets most recent showing against the Lakers,  "just a lack of spirit". The Rockets had an awful night shooting the ball and were doing 20+ earlier in the game. Now facing a win or go home Game 5, D-Antoni and the Rockets hope to show up with more energy.