Let me tell y'all something: Even though we've been losing and gone through some difficult times, man, we continue to keep our morale up. Our confidence has always been high. |
makes us, at times, unstoppable because the break is going so fast. |
Marko was aggressive tonight. It was the first night when we didn't have to say much to him. I think he came here with a little chip on his shoulder, some kind of edge with him. |
Our inspiration was coming out and knowing how we played against them in (California). We didn't play our best game, and we were more enthused than anything to get a little payback, if you want to call it that. The fourth quarter was a lot more energetic. |
Ricky's not new to the league. I've seen him play. He's seen me play. We lose a lot of games being robotic. We haven't had any practice time. But it's basketball at the end of the day. It's beautiful. |
Speedy I think hit five or six shots in a row. We had it tied a couple times, and we know that they like to come down and play that pick and roll, which is a fake pick and roll. Speedy hadn't hit that many jumpers up until that point, but he was sort of streaky. He hit a couple jumpers, and we never recovered from that. |
That was a good block. I mean, you all saw what you saw, but as soon as it left his hand I got it, you know. I'm sitting right here in front of you all with a win. |
That was so unfortunate. It could have happened to any of us. I kept telling him, 'You'll be OK. We're right there with you. |
That's a well-oiled machine over there — hitting on all cylinders. |
The fact that she pays the overhead of her employees and the foundation itself and just goes out and makes dreams come true ... I think it makes it more beneficial, ... It's a good thing. |
The focus here, it's got to hurt when you lose. I don't know if it's like that. I've never been one to hold my tongue, and I never will. I've always said I'm a black wolf here, and I lead by example. This (expletive) hurts. If we're really trying to make a run for this thing. … We've got (20) games to go. |
The man's putting up the level of play not just for the players who are here but for the players to come after him. |
The third quarter has been our Achilles heel pretty much the whole year. |
The zone tonight was a big problem. The zone slowed us down and made us stagnant and not as aggressive. |
These games that you win you learn from. It's just that a learning lesson. It builds confidence and character, and hopefully we can carry it over. |