If there's an injury, for a couple games, you can have guys step in. But for a long period of time, it always catches up with you. |
If we're strong defensively, that is what will ultimately win it for us. It has always been the key for us in the playoffs. |
It was nice to get the win and get the series over with. They are a young, athletic team and it is always difficult playing the same team back-to-back during the season. |
It was really hard. Dirk brought the team back into the game, |
It?s a lot better than being down 0-2 like last year. Anything is possible in sports. We expect them to come out swinging on Saturday. |
It's a fun place to play, ... It's a great city. The fans get into it. Obviously, the team they have is great, so it's easy to motivate yourself. |
It's about everybody being accountable on the defensive end, and I think he's trying to challenge each one of us. It's a tough time for all of us. We said all year we're capable of winning it all. But we got to prove it every night. |
It's about having fun, and hopefully one of us will bring the trophy to Dallas. If somebody beats me, it better be Jet. |
It's going to be a big game, a fun game. That's about all it is. But there's a big difference in being the first seed and the fourth seed. All we can do is go for it. Even if we should lose, there's a lot of basketball to be played. |
It's great how he has this relationship with the players. He's very tough. But he's also very loyal to his players. And he treats everybody the same. One game, he yelled at me like I've never been yelled at. But it doesn't matter. He yells at everybody, and after the game, it's over. Nobody really takes it personally. |
It's great to be in the quarterfinals, ... No one believed we could do it. |
It's hard not to get caught up in this race, but obviously, it doesn't matter if you're a one or a four seed if you don't play at a high level. You've got to make sure you're clicking on all cylinders and have everybody healthy. That's really more of a concern than the one or the four seed. |
It's his first year. He also has to improve and keep working on stuff and learning as we go, and he did a great job picking things up. He has Del on his staff and he knows everything -- not only about basketball, but life. |
It's kind of hard not to get caught up in the race. You're half a game up, half a game down. There's pressure on every game now. |
It's tough to win games like that. We really got lucky. |