For me, it's a pretty sad moment, because I played for Jimmy. He's always been a part of my coaching, the reason being he's a guy who has been through every situation imaginable. Any time something happened on or off the court, he would either beat me to coming to ask him what I should do, or I'd be going to him anyway. That's the reason why he's going to be missed so much. |
For three quarters, our defense was very good tonight. |
Fortunately for us, he missed the plane yesterday. That's why you don't travel on the day of games. |
Forty points and 10 assists. When he wasn't scoring, he was creating opportunities for other guys. Tonight was a prime example of a team effort. Our intensity was much better from the start. |
Having Allen back rejuvenated us a little bit. |
He (Howard) is great, young and energetic and always fighting. On that last play where a lot of players just stay put after a shot, he continued to play and ended up getting the big play. |
He can dunk the basketball. You have to be a little creative out there. I think he'll do fine. |
He can move and come off screens. He's a different type player because he has the ability to step back from three-point range and make shots and he has the ability to drive to the basket. He's a bigger Allen (Iverson) with his ability to shoot. He shoots deeper than Allen. His ability to get to the basket is in the same form of Allen because he looks to attack, attack, attack. |
He catches the ball and releases it so quick. I think that?s what?s so impressive about him. I think if you?re not around Kyle that much, and I?ve been talking defense this whole camp, but any time you see a player with his ability to shoot the ball he?s got to be on the floor. |
He had some flu-like symptoms last night. He just came to the game and felt OK to play. It got worse. |
He is one player that I'm not concerned about (with) his minutes. There was a time when I thought about taking him out of the game, and he started getting in a nice flow. |
He killed us all night. |
He looked healthy. He moved around in practice, so he's ready to go. |
He throws the long pass. He didn't panic. Those teams and guys like that understand about playing the game and not hurrying. |
He was better the first half, |