After Monday's practice, Milwaukee Bucks big man Larry Sanders talked about his argument with Gary Neal.
Milwaukee Bucks center Larry Sanders commented to the media on Monday about his screaming match on Saturday with Bucks guard Gary Neal, via Charles F. Gardner of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Sanders said the incident Saturday "is something to get past. Guys are going to get into it. It's part of the passion of the game."
— cfgardner (@cf_gardner) January 6, 2014More Sanders: "You just want positive comments. I've been around teams and sometimes when negative things linger, it can hold a team back."
— cfgardner (@cf_gardner) January 6, 2014Sanders on whether he met with Neal later: "No, no. I think everything was kind of said then. I think a message was kind of sent across."
— cfgardner (@cf_gardner) January 6, 2014While Neal elected not to talk about the incident, Milwaukee head coach Larry Drew said simply that he didn't want it to snowball into something bigger, via Gardner.
Bucks players had individual meetings with Drew on Monday morning, as reported by Gardner. The team has lost five of its last six games and 10 of its last 12.
Despite the front office's best efforts to field a competitive squad this year instead of tanking the season, Milwaukee is the only team yet to reach double-digit victories. The Bucks are 7-26 and have the league's worst offense, averaging just 99.1 points per 100 possessions, per Basketball-Reference. They will host the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday.
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