I think he's probably the only guy we have that we really don't have to help with double-teams. |
I think it's safe to say the first quarter made the difference. It was a phenomenal first quarter. It was unbelievable. |
I think Shawn, in talking with him, is a product of us. If we don't run, you don't get the vintage Shawn Marion, and we didn't run. |
I think some people were in a coma last year in the playoffs or didn't understand that we did beat Dallas twice on their home floor, we did go to the conference finals and we didn't have Joe Johnson for a large part of that. I thought we played pretty well last year, but obviously we didn't. We're OK with people doubting what we do. |
I think the whole thing needs to be considered and looked at the last eight games (of the regular season). |
I think they ran out of steam, and we picked it up. It was a combination of both. |
I think we still have a shot. I think we can play with anybody. I think our players are looking forward to showing what they've got. |
I thought it was very competitive, (a) pretty good start. They put up a lot of points in a short amount of time. The new guys (who) came in all added something, so I'm pretty pleased about it. |
I thought they were in pretty good shape and ran up and down. The new guys came in and fit right in. The spacing was pretty good. It was just reassuring mostly that guys will fill a role. They look like they were made for it. |
I thought we definitely started off sloppy. It took us a while for whatever reason. We played a heck of a game and fought back. We battled shot for shot. |
I thought we fought hard, but we didn't play exceptionally well defensively. We just couldn't make the big plays and just didn't get it done. |
I told him we had a thousand 3s to make up, and I penciled him in for about 500 of them. |
I told him we have a thousand 3s to make up, and I penciled him in for about 500 of them. |
I told him we have a thousand threes (three-point shots) to make up, and I've penciled him for about 500 of them. |
I told the team that it all has to start with me, and it's been about a month since we had a fire in the belly. I have been a little lackadaisical and not firing from the sidelines or at practice. In the second half, we came out with the fire necessary to compete in the playoffs. That's the first time we've seen that in a long time. We had an unbelievable second half. |