I'm happy we're here, but not satisfied. I knew we were going to go to the playoffs. I knew what kind of a team we had. |
In so many words, you can't really say too much to them. It gets to be too much talking and not enough understanding. It's like talking to a child. We'll see (Thursday) night with the Pepsi Center rockin', the loud crowd and the (thin) air. Everything is going to be insane. |
It was a tough game, but we played defense in the end. Chris did his job with 16 and 11, and Elton did his job, plus more. |
It was fun in Sacramento, man. The way they played basketball was great. It's a great place for a family, a great place when it comes to unselfish team basketball. Those guys really pass the ball, really work with each other. |
It was good to get a W. I'm really not surprised with our record. We're going for 50 (wins) and I think we can get it. |
Me getting in foul trouble, that was the difference. I shouldn't put our team in that situation. The coach relies on me doing different things on the court. Ad when I'm not out there, we've got Sam playing with a bad back and a lot of young guys out there. It's kind of hard to battle back when you ain't got that much time. |
Sam and I are the veterans when it comes to playoff experience. We're trying to come out strong, set the tone for the rest of the guys. |
There's nothing for us to answer for. (Losing intentionally) has been misinterpreted. Everybody on this team gets paid to play. The younger guys got a chance tonight and they nearly pulled it off. There wasn't a lack of effort, the names were different. |
These are not the Clippers of old. |
They fell in my lap. When I'm getting rebounds, I can push it up the floor. |
They punched us in the mouth tonight, but we overcame our nerves, and we're starting to get it. |
They put up 84 shots to our 70 shots, and you can't win like that. They got a little physical with us, and it showed. You're not going to get the looks you might normally get when you're playing Indiana. |
This is a huge gut check for this team, ... Tonight's game was an ugly win, but we still have to play them on Monday and they will be looking for payback. |
Tracy's one of the best at scoring in bunches, so I tried to contest his shots and make him take tough shots. We just tried to wear him down a little bit, and we did a better job of that in the second half. |
We can't worry about Phoenix. If they fold, they fold. We dug our hole, and now we got to get out of it. That's what were doing, trying to get out of it right now. |