Without a doubt. He is the biggest reason why they're where they are now. There's nothing he can't do. |
Yao has been playing great for a long stretch. I thought our guys battled him and did a good job in a lot of areas, but we could have done better as a team. You give up 38, that's a lot. |
You can tell he's worked to keep himself ready. We'll see how things go in terms of the rotation and injuries. We know Austin is a very dependable professional that's going to be ready to play. Now it's a matter of getting some conditioning, getting some rhythm back. (Thursday) was a step in the right direction. |
You can't do that and beat a good team like that. |
You can't look at their record. They've been a problem for us the last two years. We did some good things to put us in a strong situation and made some mistakes. |
You could make a case that those had as much to do with the game as the things that happened at the end. |
You could tell it was affecting his game offensively just because so many things involved with shooting the ball happen with your left hand. Rhythmically, he just wasn't the same over the last week or 10 days. |
You do learn a lot about hanging in there. You learn about hard times and the fact that character is often identified in the hardest of times. |
You have to just move on and deal with it. That's about it. |
You never count a game as being won until the game is over. That's something we should all realize. On the disappointment scale, that's right up there. |
You take away the first 20 games of their season and they have a very respectable record and they've beaten a lot of good teams. We struggle against them and we have to find a way to turn that around. |
You're on a back-to-back, Chicago has been sitting here for three days and you lose Jermaine O'Neal in the first half -- our guys showed a lot of character. It was great. |
You've go to keep playing and stay the course. We're in the midst of the playoff picture, and we'll have to win our way in. We're not going to back in. |
You've got to have character to bounce back from a disappointing night like last night. You've got to have character and poise to withstand a furious run in a very loud building. You've just got to keep your boots strapped up and keep playing. Our guys did that and they earned the win. |
You've got to keep playing and stay the course. We were able to get some big stops and Jermaine had a couple of key blocks. We're certainly happy to get on the winning side of the game. |