George Karl "fed up" with Nuggets defense, blames losing on "our NBA cool"

"I'm kind of fed up about teams coming in here shooting 50 percent, scoring 100 points," Nuggets coach George Karl said Sunday night after watching the Utah Jazz achieve both marks in a 106-96 victory over his team at the Pepsi Center.

 

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"I probably blame it on our NBA cool," he said. "We thought we were cool after kicking Miami's butt, and we got embarrassed. The NBA game does it quite frequently. If you think you're better than you are, or think you're cooler than you are and you don't think you have to put in the hard work to win games, you get embarrassed. We got embarrassed."