(Nash) is not the quickest guy, but he knows how to play, knows how to use his body, knows how to find guys. |
Anytime you score just eight points in a quarter in an NBA game, something's wrong. At some point in the season, I guess you get numb. |
Guys just stayed with it and executed. We didn't execute down the stretch and came into overtime and just executed everything we tried to run . . . Guys are in shape. We've been running a lot in practice and preseason, so that was our goal, to come out and try to wear them down. |
He was the story of the night. We came in expecting him to hit the boards hard, and he killed us. It's tough anytime somebody is playing like that. |
Hopefully after the break we'll be able to get in a little more practice and everybody can get acclimated. |
I didn't have jitters. I was about as comfortable as you can be. I've been wanting to play here for a long time. |
I didn't touch him. Watch the replay. It wasn't a foul. It's a desperation shot. I think they should have just let it go and go into overtime. |
I don't know if it's self pride or whatever. We just need to toughen up a little bit. |
I don't really think I've been in a slump. I haven't been getting a lot of shots. So when that happens, you find other things to do -- play defense, get rebounds. If something is working, you keep going to that instead of always trying to find your shot. |
I felt comfortable on my way over here on the plane. I was ready. |
I guess it was a good thing that we all liked each other. |
I think we just went back to our bad habit that we've been having trouble with, losing our focus. When teams make a run, you have to make a run back at them. That happens. We just have to keep playing through it, and hopefully those bad habits can stay further and further away. |
I tried to shake his hand, and he said 'I don't shake 'Ns' hands. |
I was just finding guys, drawing so much attention and they were stepping up. I got to give credit to my teammates for hitting shots and stepping up real hard. |
I was right there. He made a great shot. I pressured him, but he made a great pull-up. |