That doesn't mean anything right now. That's where we want to be in April. We're going to come back hungry. We know what we're playing for. ... We have to get home court. |
That is something I've worked on all summer long. You take one or two dribbles and float it up. It takes less than two seconds, so it was perfect. |
That was the game plan. We put a lot of bodies around him. Every time he would catch the ball we had a double-team on him to get the ball out of his hands. He's been playing well of late and we definitely didn't want him to put up 30 like he did last week. |
That's what I love about our team – we can't stand losing. The bus was quiet the last three games going back to the hotel. And getting on the airplane was just a funky atmosphere around the team. We had to get back to winning now so we can get that swagger back. |
The expression on his face, he was very excited. His teammates were excited. Phil (Jackson) was kind of laughing. It was depressing on our end. |
This is a good example of a great system and players executing a game plan. We are like every other team in the league right now with injuries, but you are still a team and still have a lot to play for. |
This is definitely a team that we know we can beat. |
This is good for me because it can show I can be successful in other things. |
Tonight we made it a point in the huddle that we weren't going to let that happen again. We're a pretty good team when we play defense for four quarters. |
Under the circumstances, I think we are doing quite well. We are doing the same things as if we had all our guys healthy. Nothing really affects us. There are no excuses. Everyone is hurt in this league. |
We accomplished most of our goals, and now it's time to put it all together. The results will be sweet if we do. |
We all have to be on the same page, |
We are not going to hang our head. We're going to come out with a lot of energy (Friday vs. Dallas). |
We aren't going to back down from anyone. We're playing with a great deal of confidence. |
We came into halftime talking about getting out to a good start in the third quarter and whatever we had to do to make them call the first timeout. That's exactly what happened. Devin broke down the defense and I did what I do, just shoot the ball. |