You ascertained all of that from his reaction to a question? Must have been a psychology major!
He obviously was not familiar with the term and was irked at the reporter for using an NBA term. Pretty simple to me.
Care to explain your interpretation that he was mad and is feeling the heat?
Well this is a man that's had to sit around for a f'ing year with a f'ing 8-12 record in this f'ing league!!! He's not here to f around this week and probably didn't appreciate the stupid question.