Flying under the radar is great. I could care less if anybody talks about us. We're still doing what we try to do, which is win a championship. |
I can't allow that to take my edge off. Whoever is going to play his spot, I have to look at them as I do him. |
I did what I did and I'm sorry for that. But there's nothing I can do to take it back. |
I enjoy playing against Ray. You're playing against one of the top guys in the league as far as perimeter players. I respect him a great deal for his ability on the court, that's why I have to prepare for him the way I do. |
I think Ben did. The first part of the game, Ben gets a steal, the dunk. That's not how you want to start off a game away from home. That just energizes their team. That picks their team up and makes them more heightened and more hyper. |
I think it's a great idea and opportunity, not just for the NBA and the players, but for the two organizations that are involved in this, |
I think so. Not to disrespect them (Magic), but it's not like you're going up against Phoenix right now. You expect their numbers to be up a little bit, but they scored 54 points in the first half. I don't care how you look at it, that's not defense to our standards. |
I took him home in two tin cans. He was buried in Nebraska. |
I was wrong for what I did. |
I've played against [Iverson] and with him, so I know a little more on guarding him than Tony does right now. I feel that with my quickness, that if I give him space, I can beat him to the spot on defense. |
It is what it is. I was wrong for what I did. The league has a decision on that. I have to deal with the consequences of my actions, and I do. I accept the consequences that come. |
It was a playoff atmosphere out there tonight. We were pressing some in the first half and didn't play that well. We picked up the intensity in the second half. |
It's always a good test when we play them. In their system, if there's 22 seconds left on the shot clock and somebody's open, they're going to shoot it. |
It's not a matter of we were playing a game, and then we had to stop the game, ... It was just coming into warming up, so we can always get warmed up. |
Kobe is the ultimate competitor, so any time we can hold him in check, we're happy. |