The main thing is win the game, obviously, and it definitely helps ... if we can slow him down. |
The only chance we had was to play that way. It was obvious that we weren't going stop them. And I thought Mo and Mike did what they had to do to try and keep us in the game. |
The problem is, right now, I don't have any minutes for him. If he comes back, that means someone is going to sit or someone has to go down. |
The thing about him that is most amazing is that he is relentless. |
The thing he did well is he really fought Dwight Howard on the post. Sometimes when you're not scoring the ball, you try to get in the game on the defensive end and your offence picks up. |
The thing I like about them is that they listen, they work hard and they try to do everything you ask them to do to the best of their abilities. I like my group of rookies. They're some good kids. |
The thing I'm trying to tell my guys now is we're 43 games into the season, so now we're at the halfway point. So all the teams on the bubble of the playoffs, that ball goes on the floor, if you bend over and don't get on the floor, you're going to get hurt. |
Theoretically, you don't want your point guard to take 28 shots (as James did) but you have to take them if they're there. |
There are things I will do differently this year, ... I know the players now and I know which players need a kick in the pants and which need a hug. |
There have been lots of games where we've been playing well enough to win. Now we just have to win them. |
There's no pills, so we've just got to keep going over it, keep trying to drill it. Right now, we've just got to keep hoping that they get it. Keep hope alive. |
There's no such thing as a bad win, especially on the road. We were fortunate to make the mistakes that we made and still win the game. |
There's not a lot of rookies playing a lot of minutes like we're asking our guys to do. They're going to have their nights when they struggle, but in the long run, for their development, they're going to be that much better. The more they play, the more things they're going to see and they're going to get comfortable playing. |
They gave me an open look and I just took it. When it's crunch time, I can't think about missing. I had to do what I needed for my team to win. |
They jumped on us the way they did, the only chance we had was to play that way. Obviously, we weren't going to stop them, so we had to make shots. |