Terry Porter spoke to the media for the first time since he was fired.

?We struggled at times to get wins, but I thought it was going OK,? Porter said. ?Whenever you step into a situation where they'd averaged 58 wins over the last four years, it's going to be tough if you don't start off well.

?When I was hired, (General Manager) Steve (Kerr) and I talked about (a philosophy change). It was something everybody wanted.

"But our players didn't embrace it and complained about it at times.

"Everything was different about what we ran. There weren't all the quick hitters they'd become accustomed to.?