Right now, that's what we're playing for. We're not worried about who they put in front of us or who we've got to play this week or next week. We're just trying to win every game we possibly can. |
Right now, we're chasing something bigger than Miami or anybody else. Right now, we're having a lot of fun. We have a nice streak going. We've got an opportunity to do something special. |
Rip and Chauncey have been doing a great job for us all season. Seems like every time we get in a tough situation, one of them steps up. |
Same way we've been doing it all season ? just going out and playing with a lot of energy, knowing that it really doesn't matter who we're playing against. We're just trying to go out and win every game, just to put ourselves in a better situation than we were in last year. |
Sometimes, when you have a new coach, a new system, a new group of guys, it takes time to jell together, ... But there's no doubt in my mind that we're eventually going to come together as a team and make that title run. |
Team basketball is a lost art nowadays, but it's always going to win. You can win in the regular season, but if you don't play together as a team it's going to be tough to win in the playoffs teams. And I think now teams are starting to recognize that. |
That championship year we had, everybody played. It wasn't trying to win with one or two guys. We used everybody that we had, including our bench. We've got to use everybody. That's the only way you can win in this league. |
That just shows the makeup and character of our team. That's what we hang our hats on -- getting stops. |
That's how we've been all year. We don't panic, regardless of the situation. |
That's how we've been playing all year. We're not going to panic regardless of what the situation is. We're just going to go out there, execute, continue to try and get stops. We know if we get stops, we're capable of scoring the ball. |
That's the key to our success. Everyone just goes out and plays their role. No one is trying to do it by themselves. Everyone is just relaxed and going through the flow. |
That's the way it goes if that's the case. I'm not going to make a big deal of it. There are bigger things still to go after. |
The only pressure I put up on myself is to go out there and rebound the basketball, make my presence felt on the defensive end, make plays. |
The thing that he didn't show in Detroit was the passion for the game to want to go out there and want to dominate the game. |
There ain't no hard feelings. |