We should be 3-0, there are no ifs, ands or buts about it. |
We should have found Yao more. Yao should have had 50 points tonight. He should have had 50. |
We were able to get good shots. When you have two dominating All-Stars out there (Yao and McGrady), those shots will fall. |
We were able to get Yao the ball any time. |
We were all over the place. We were in passing lanes, we were deflecting passes, getting our hands on the ball, getting on the boards, and we were getting out and running. |
We will have to learn to play without him. But we've got guys who can get the job done. We've got a lot of firepower that can help us win games without Tracy. |
We're going to go to Yao and go to Yao and go to Yao. We have to knock down open shots when Yao is drawing double-teams and triple-teams and he's passing the ball out. We have to find a way to knock down open shots for him. |
When (Jalen) comes over here, I’m going to give him a kiss. Not on his lips, though. |
Yao once again tonight was hitting, doing his deal for us, like he has been since the All-Star break. We've got to give him a little more help and support on the offensive end and the defensive end. |
Yeah, we're still in the playoff hunt, but it's still a big hill to climb to make it. We probably have to win out the rest of the season. |
You always envision a night like that, where you come out and hit on all cylinders. |
You can call it disappointing or frustrating, whatever you call it, but no one understands the nature of not having your guys, especially the guys you count on to play the bulk of the minutes and take the bulk of the shots. Whenever one came back, the other went out. We never had a full season playing with the nucleus we envisioned. |
You can still win games shooting a bad percentage. You've got to do the little things, and for some reason we're not doing them. I don't know why. We've got some great veteran guys on this team and we know better, but we have to find a way to get to loose balls and secure the rebounds. |
You just got to start with a win. That way the snowball effect can start going uphill instead of downhill. |
You want to play up-tempo. You always want to come out aggressive and set a pace for your team to play. We were making them have to defend and we were making them run up and down the court. |