(McDyess) has been like that the last week or two. It takes him a little while to get into his flow. I consider him one of the starters, and that's how he's playing. |
(The Lakers) were extremely aggressive. We got pounded on the glass and they took things to the basket. We played out of character defensively. We were switching and getting little (guys) matched on big (guys) and we took the easy way out by settling for jump shots. |
(With) a young team, what happens is, it's like they're waiting for us to make a run. When a team makes a run, you have to really jump in there. |
A lot of things could still happen. We will continue to look and see what's available. There will be things that could shake out in the next day or so. |
A lot of times, there's not even contact on some of his calls. He happens to be the wrong guy in the wrong place. |
After the second half started, we locked down and were a lot better defensively. Even though we got down, we didn't lose our aggressiveness. But we came down and ... scored three times on them. We just kept controlling it. |
All of our guys, we sense what's coming. We know what's going to come here in two weeks, and you have to have an edge. You have to not only have an edge, but from an individual standpoint you want your game and the things you do to be at top form. |
All that's going to take care of itself, ... I always say as a coach, 'I don't determine who plays, they do.' |
And I didn't understand how good a perimeter shooter he was and how good a passer he was. He's got some things as a coach you can't teach, as far as his feel for the game passing-wise. |
And sometimes the basic plays are the ones that he doesn't make. Those are the ones I get frustrated with. |
Antonio was great tonight. He's been playing like that for a while now. He has a lot of confidence in himself. |
Antonio's been playing like that for the past month. He's been playing phenomenal. |
Any time you are a competitor and you're not winning, you get frustrated. The great ones all do and he's going to be one of the greatest that ever played this game. |
Any time you take a job where a team won the championship and got within five minutes of winning another, you wonder, how are they going to accept you? But they've been very open to coaching, very open to doing whatever we've asked. |
Anytime you can coach the greatest athletes in the world for a day, it's a thrill. |