Mumbai: Sacramento Kings' coach Luke Walton on Saturday said that the culture and people of India were amazing. Walton was in India for the pre-season match between Indian Pacers and Sacramento Kings, which was played in Mumbai on Friday and Saturday.
"The trip was awesome, the culture and the people here have been amazing," Walton said in the post-match press conference here on Saturday.
Sacramento Kings were beaten by Indiana Pacers by 130-106 in the match and the coach said his team was not that aggressive as their opponents.
"Our top priority is defence and we have talked about it a lot. I think we showed nice moments of defence and I thought tonight we were not as aggressive as we needed to be. Indiana was doing a really nice job of penetrating our defence," he said.
"We got a lot of talent on our team but we know, as a group, if we want to win consistently then we got to get better at defence," Walton added.
However, Walton is excited about the start of the season as he said: "We got a couple of weeks (before the start of the season) to get a lot of work in but as far as excitement goes, if you are a basketball guy then it does not get any more excited than this time of the year."
