(The game) got away when Pierce hit those two threes. |
[It] had nothing to do with Chris himself, it had everything to do with the game. When you make that decision, you've got to live with it. That's exactly what I'm doing... I was doing what I thought [was right] at the time. It's not like he was not going to help us win the game. In fact, we may have won the game if I put him in. We had a conversation; we talked about it, and I think it's OK. |
a lot of things ... about energy, getting out and being ready to play from the beginning. From the start, our attention to detail was great. |
All I know is that among the players they have, the 22 they have chosen, Allen is in a high echelon of those players. I don't know their criteria for choosing the 22, but I know Allen is in a high echelon of those players. |
All the emotion is gone now. This was not the way I wanted get the season started. |
Allen has been playing some great basketball for us and Chris is playing like he did a few seasons ago. We need to keep picking up wins if we're going to be a playoff team. |
Allen is one of the few guys that can tolerate a lot of pain. If Allen can't play, you know he's really, really hurt. |
Allen's ready to go, ready to play and he's ready to yell when I take him out. |
Andre gets in foul trouble, wasn't able to play a lot of minutes, Johnny and Kyle come in and do a very nice job, and then Andre comes back in at the end of the game and defends Tracy (McGrady) extremely well. |
Any time you don't have a player like Allen play for four consecutive games, you're going to miss him. You're going to miss his scoring, his drive, a lot of things. |
Any time you lose and you continue to lose, you take it. You have to have something good happen to you to turn your mental state over, and the only way you do that is to win a game. As you continue to lose, you feel it. |
Any win is big. Realizing where we are and the situation that we're in, we can't afford any let downs. We knew coming in that we had to have these two wins and I just think that we focused on them. |
Anything can happen in this league. You have to give yourself a chance. |
Anything that happens with the team is a reflection of myself. Any coach puts it on his shoulders when a team comes in and beats your team, regardless of whether you lost by one or 20. |
At halftime, I felt like we had to will this one. We had to go and get it. |