It's frustrating for me to miss that free throw because of the time and the situation. It won't weigh on me. It's behind me now. I've just got to make it the next time. |
It's frustrating, but what are you going to do? There's no doubt about it in my mind, we can turn it around. We have a great bunch of guys. We just need to continue to grind it out. |
It's going to be crazy in there. |
It's hard to get the ball to fall when everyone's all on you. |
It's home for me, so I'm always able to dig deep down and muster up some extra energy and come play in the Garden. We just kept our composure tonight and guys made big plays, everybody. It wasn't just one person tonight, and that's what got us the win. |
It's no doubt in my mind I can be a starter, but that's not my role. It wasn't our scoring that got us there. We didn't have any all-stars. It was our defensive intensity. That's the key to this team being successful. You got to continue to do that and we can be good as last year and maybe better. |
It's not a big concern. We rarely have a quarter like that. It was just one of those nights when we couldn't make a basket. |
Just like Tuesday (against Dallas) we struggled early and in the second half we were able to make a run. It was just a little to late. |
Kirk is our catalyst, offensively and defensively. When you lose Kirk, you're taking a lot of intangibles, things he brings to the game. |
Not as many touches as I wanted. It's pretty easy to play someone who doesn't have the ball. |
Other people may be surprised, but I always thought I should go No. 1. |
Our record [31-39] indicates we're desperate. So most of the time we're playing with desperation. We're never going to give up. ... For however long we're going with this formula, hopefully it will work for us. |
Right now I'm trying to get to the level I was playing at last season when I should be at a level two times that. This year I'm struggling. So far I haven't been having the success I pretty much envisioned for myself over the summer. But I'm trying to be patient. It's all I can do. It's a long season. |
Shaq getting in foul trouble really changed the game for us. |
Some of the players just brain-locked out there. |