This team is better in the half court by far. There is no comparison to that. Our fast break wasn't as strong as those teams. (But) in the playoffs, it is more of a half-court game. So I like our chances with this team. |
This was a big character test for us. This could have sent us reeling in the wrong direction. We acted like we couldn't play on the West Coast. Then we come home and give them a run for their money. |
This was a character check for us to come back and protect home and beat a team playing extremely well. We didn't panic, we had good looks and we got stops when we had to. |
This was a character check week for us, especially coming off that West Coast trip. |
This was a more pivotal game than most people think because of (it coming) after the emotional game against San Antonio, not playing our best. To come out against a team that is playing well like Milwaukee with nobody coming due to the weather, I thought we handled ourselves quite well. |
Unless we were the Ninja Mutant Ninja Turtles, there was no mutiny. |
Vince had a big tip-in that gave us the lead. Then it became a free-throw game. |
Vince has been playing at a high level and the team is playing right there with him at a high level. But team defense has been the key. It's always been our defense. It's never been our offense. |
Vince is not always going to be healthy, so (Jefferson) did a great job of picking it up. |
Vince is so talented, he makes the game so easy for his teammates. He puts a lot of pressure on the opponent. He's not settling ... We are going to need that in Game 6. |
Vince isn't settling. That play when he took it to the basket and avoided the charge [against O'Neal] -- only he could do that. For him to turn his body and take the lead from three to five, that just shows where he's at right now. |
Vince might have been a little tired because we put so much weight on him (against the Bucks). I didn't want him to feel he has to do it every night. |
Vince wasn't making his outside shot but he started going to the basket. He probably missed a couple of shots he normally makes. |
We are just out here playing. We will let Detroit and Miami carry all that. Let them be the guys fighting for the Eastern Conference title. We are just playing and trying to get better. |
We are not going to talk about it. We are going to play hard and see what happens. |