We only know one way to play, and that's hard, and that's for the win. We can't play any other way. |
We really executed. We got some easy baskets. We played with high energy. Our defense was great and our offense was better. |
We still have the best record in the league, but we're not playing the best basketball in the league right now. We have to get back to doing the things we were doing earlier in the season. |
We take a lot of pride in being a good road team. From Day 1, we talked about being a great road team. |
We take nothing from this. We're lucky that we've got a game tomorrow so we don't have to sit too long on it. It'll give us a chance to start a new streak at home. |
We talked about it in the locker room before the game, that this was the game we needed. We felt they hadn't been tested in this postseason, they hadn't played against a team like us that plays defense, believes in itself and tries to control the tempo of the game. Yesterday was a good game to show them that. |
We wanted nothing but a win, not showboating or any of that. That's just how we play. ... We don't have the personnel to play that other way. |
We wanted to get back to playing Pistons basketball, ... We got caught up in the wrong tempo in Dallas, but tonight we played our game. |
We wanted to get back to playing Pistons basketball. We got caught up in the wrong tempo in Dallas, but tonight we played our game. |
We were running around having fun. We were pretty much playing pre-season minutes, which is working out well. |
We were trying to go to him, inside and outside. We were going to keep going to him until he got tired. |
We were trying to go to him, inside or outside. He was very aggressive and his shots were falling, so we were going to keep going to him until he tired himself out. |
We will be fine. I guarantee we will be fine. |
We'll be on their turf, where they beat us before, so we'll be looking forward to it. |
We're a family. You know we were going to come to his aid. But we weren't really surprised by that. Ever since that first little incident, every game we play they play a little extra hard and foul a little extra hard. Hey, it's part of the game. |