The day when you get told is a tough day. It was a hard night, ... But once you get the news, it's living with it and getting stronger and knowing that you are going to be fine. And you are going to kick its butt. And those days got better every day. |
The East is up for grabs. |
The first half was kind of loose, more of an offensive game. In the third quarter defensively for the first eight to nine minutes we made it kind of hard for them. |
The first time I saw Earl be a force in the fourth quarter was when he was with the Warriors a few years back. I thought I'd rest some players and put in the little guys. It worked out. |
The great thing about the NBA is confidence comes in a one-game winning streak a lot of times. That's what we need ? a one-game winning streak. |
The key was our defensive effort in the third quarter and Melo kind of taking control of the game offensively. |
The kid just had an explosion on us. |
The man had a fantastic game, it's just a shame he didn't get rewarded with a win. His efficiency was great. I think what you saw tonight is when he makes his jump shot, he's pretty difficult, maybe impossible, to cover by one guy. |
The more you look at 'em on film, the more you don't like 'em. The more you remember what they said. The more you don't like how they act. It's like being married for seven years. It gets annoying, a little bit. |
The one strength of this team is when it's been down, it fights back, and when its back is against the wall, it plays stronger and more together. It's hard to even evaluate the (past) two games because of the lack of commitment in so many areas of basketball were lacking. |
The pep talk was good. I was fired up. I told them some stories? (Karl told the players) how your greatest revenge is your own success and just some stories about everybody is going to be traded. Everybody is going to be fired. That doesn't mean you don't feel juiced and committed to spank the team that let you go. |
The pep talk was good. I was fired up. I told them some stories. |
The possibility of having a strong affiliate is what we want. It's going to be fun trying to figure out our relationship. |
The preliminary reports are that he's going to be fine. He should be able to play again in two to three weeks. |
The second win always is harder than the first. |