"The therapy session lasted 4 minutes, 56 seconds.

George Karl, as blue as his brethren in North Carolina, answered Wednesday night's first media question for nearly five minutes, spilling his emotions about how and why his Nuggets lost, again.

"I'm exasperated from losing," said Karl, whose team lost 105-95 to the Dallas Mavericks, the Nuggets' fourth consecutive defeat. "The weight of losing is definitely in our locker room."

He talked about poor rebounding and poor shot selection, a lack of confidence and a lack of a poise, saying that point guard Ty Lawson "needs to be our stud, our responsible dude with the ball.""