Nobody would want to think it. But it happened. |
Not really. I just want to try and get better. Every year. That's my goal. |
People are just trying to think about survival. Everything is boarded up or just flattened. |
The feeling is exciting. You wake up and you want to come to practice. You're ready to play a game. There's no turmoil. There's no bad blood between people . . . the coaches or whatever. It's just a good atmosphere and that goes on the court with how you play and how the team plays together. |
We have sent a message to those guys. You are going to see them come in with an attitude in Game 4. They probably felt like they were going to sweep us and get some rest for the second round. Now they know we have confidence. They know we think we can beat them. They are going to come after us and try to put us away. But we've got a lot of confidence now. That won't be easy. |
We just grinded it out, made a few plays here and there and came out with the win. |
We're a favorite now. I think teams know Milwaukee is good now. We've got to be more prepared ourselves because teams are going to be more prepared for us. |
We're trying to get to the point where coming down the stretch we know what we want and know how to get to it. I think it's just our inexperience coming down the stretch. . . . Everything's tight. The pressure's on us and a lot of times we've got to make plays. They're a championship team and we're trying to get where they're at. |
You can deal with some of the jump shots he made, he's been making them all season. But he kept making daggers, a dagger here and a dagger there. At the same time, we were digging ourselves in a hole by not making shots. |
You think you're playing well, then you look at the score and you're like, 'We're down 15.' That's the sign of playing a good team. At times, we just have mental lapses. Most teams do, but good teams really don't. That's the difference. |
You've just got to keep fighting through it, keep going on. This is the nature of the business. Look at Indiana last year; they probably had the worst situation. They had injuries and suspensions, and they still made a push for the playoffs. |