He hurt it at the end when he got that put-back, so we'll hold our breath and keep our fingers crossed that he'll be OK (on Thursday) and the next day. He's going to be sore, we know that, but if anybody will play hurt, he's certainly a guy who's done it time after time. |
He hurt us the last two games and we did a lot of different things on him defensively. Johnson played great. |
He is doing better, but it's not the right time to push it. |
He just wasn't able to cut on it and move the way he needs to. We are just hopeful that with another day and a half of rest, it'll calm down and he'll be able to play. |
He just wasn't able to get enough minutes for us to keep him here. He played well and had a great training camp and was terrific in the locker room. It's just one of those timing-type things. |
He made a couple of great plays at the end. Great players are going to make great plays. In the grand scheme of the game, the third quarter was our undoing. |
He made a point tonight. He was a key part of the game. |
He may have moved his schedule up because of what happened in Memphis last night. We knew he was getting closer and closer. I thought it could be this week some time. |
He played great. He does a lot of things out there. He's a very resourceful player. |
He played well. He has an opportunity if he keeps developing and working to be a factor in our rotation next season. |
He said he couldn't play. We weren't approaching it like he would play (against Orlando) and not play (against Miami). It's a situation we're aware of. He's worked himself back to the point where he can play. We'll just play it by ear. |
He showed up and it was clear he couldn't play 40 minutes. Down the stretch he was pretty spent. It was tough. |
He tried it, but he was struggling to move out there. We'll hope he feels better Saturday (at Milwaukee). |
He wanted to give it a try, and he really gave us some defensive energy to start the third, which was big. |
He wants to play. It's a significant situation. It's day to day, but it's one of those things that's tough to gauge. We're hoping he feels good enough for Game 6, but we don't know. We'll have to see. |