The main thing is we got Steve and Raja back, and they both looked good. |
The main thing, we got Steve and Raja back. They looked good, felt good, I think it went really well. That's what we accomplished, I don't know if you can read anything else in, we did shoot the ball extremely well from the arc, but we will do that on occasion. |
The pace is whatever we do. You can slow it down, we're still going to shoot the ball within five seconds. So it really doesn't matter. |
The players should be able to embrace it. They'll get excited about it. It won't be another exhibition game you're playing in North Dakota or someplace. From my perspective, it'll be easier to get them excited. |
The question is, can he do things without thinking about his leg? |
The Spurs hit big shots and got the win. Mohammed was really solid down the stretch. We couldn't stop him. |
The upside possibilities are enormous. The downside is minimal. |
The way we passed the basketball and found the open shooters was nice. You can tell them something and three to four minutes had passed and they remembered it. We put up 114 points without Shawn and that's encouraging. |
Their motor is Baron Davis , one of the toughest guards in the league. |
There was no risk of him re-injuring his knee. |
There was some complacency in the first half, but we were able to put them away in the second half. In the second half, we moved the ball better and we were more at ease. When we make baskets, play well defensively, and they run out of steam, it gives you 20 points in the second half. |
There's a lot of teams a little happier today. |
There's no doubt about it. The way things are going now, it's much better (to be No. 6 than No. 5) . . . We talk about it every day how important the division race is. It would put (us) behind the eight ball if we don't win our division. |
They are a championship team and they are the ones to beat. Our goals are to get up to them but things went haywire tonight. We are not at the level of San Antonio but we are getting there and we are pretty good. |
They are hard-nosed and they're always sticking their noses in. They're veterans that know the game. They're defensive guys. They can read offenses and have a sense of where guys are going to go and they get there before he does. They're always thinking defense. |