The good teams respond and hold the ship up until that person gets back. We just hope that Vince gets back soon. |
The guys that were here, we remember that maybe we came close twice. Once at their place and once here. Besides that, they were no-contests. |
The season's too young. It's 14 games into the season. Nobody will remember this one. |
The way we move the ball at home is the way we should move the ball on the road. That will help us to continue to keep pressure on our opponents. |
There are some talented backcourts out there. We just want to be one of the best at the end of the day. If we can continue to build on what we've had the last two games, hopefully we can be mentioned with the best backcourts out there. But there are some talented ones. |
There's always room for improvement. We have a nucleus that's pretty good. You want players that will help. That's what I mean by an important summer. We've been through one tough summer [losing Kenyon Martin ], let's not make it two. |
They left me open a couple of times and I made them. I hope I helped Vince (Carter) out where he doesn't always have to face a double or triple team and also make opponents pay for leaving me. I've been working on it for 11 years and now they're starting to go in. |
They made some good shots, but when you give them so many comfort shots, anybody in this league will make those shots. |
They've got a very good team, a great coach. I think it's just a matter of time before they start clicking. [O'Neal] is always there; he's a force. They have two of the best players in the league in Wade and [O'Neal]. |
This game was definitely something we'll try to forget about. It was no surprise what team needed the game tonight. |
This is a divisional game, so they are always important. |
This is a funny game. I was telling (Chauncey) Billups that we acted like we couldn't play on the west coast. Then we come home and we give them a run for their money. And we won a big ball game. |
This is a goal that as a team we set, to try to come out of our division and build from there. We reached our goal, but we can't be satisfied. |
This is only his second year, and his personality isn't one to demand the ball, but we were joking he needed to be a little more vocal, to ask for the ball because he was going good. We ran a stretch when we went through him five or six times in a row. That's just the confidence we have in him and the growth in his game. |
This isn't an easy week for us. We're fighting. We didn't quit. We just didn't play well out West and these last two games showed that we can compete with the top teams in the Eastern Conference. |