Andrei was terrific. He was all over the place. He was terrific defensively, he shot the ball well and did a terrific job passing the ball. I never took him out the second half. Usually I take him out, but he was so alive tonight I didn't take him out at all. |
Anything can happen in this business. We're competing and we're going to fight through to the end. |
As long as Greg was here, we were always third or fourth in the league in (defensive field-goal percentage), |
As soon as you whip yourself but shaking your head and feeling sorry for yourself, you're a whipped pup. I'm sorry, but that's the way it is. Guys on the other team love seeing that. They love to see you shake your head and say, 'Oh my goodness, now what am I going to do?' |
Because when I get put in a corner, I'm not gonna just fold up like an accordion. I never have. I'll try to do it the right way, and be fair, but I'm gonna put everything I have into it. And if that's not enough, if it doesn't work, fine. |
Carlos is playing pretty strong. He should probably start to be about at the level he's playing at now after being out for a long period of time. He's finding a rhythm. He played extremely well tonight. He's played extremely well for a couple weeks now. |
Deron had an excellent game. He is getting to know our system better. He came out and played against the Hornets and ran our offense like we needed him too. |
Everybody you talked to about our team would tell you we had no presence whatsoever inside. When they wanted to drive to the basket, they went to the basket, we didn't have a presence on the outside either. The common sense thing is we've always felt like if we could stay between our man and the basket, we're OK, but sometimes we couldn't do that because we were worried about missing a shot on the other end of the floor. There has to be a commitment to do that. |
For the most part, ... he's had his moments where he's played pretty well. |
Fortunately Andrei made a couple of big plays to win the ballgame. |
Give (the Heat) credit, because they're a great team. They've got guys who can get to the basket and get to the free throw line. We don't have a guy who can get 20 free throws a night. So how are we going to play? We've got to do it from a team concept, by passing the ball and being ready to pass it. |
Greg didn't burn any bridges, ... Greg and I fought almost every day (but) I apologized to Greg more than anyone I've ever coached. |
Greg has never worked as hard in his life as he's worked since he's been back here. |
Greg Ostertag had a tremendous finish for us. He was able to block up the middle and keep them from getting on top of the basket. |
Guys are not getting enough shots. Shoot every time they touch it. Instead of executing the play, they break every play down. It's pretty hard to have any kind of team concept with that. |