Pau played a man's game tonight. That's what a franchise player does. |
That's what I was taught. You do the best you can. |
The (team) dynamic is less dynamic, less volatile than last year when it was up and down. Our veterans have brought calmness, a steadfast attitude where those guys say, 'Hey, stay with who we are.' This is the best I have ever felt about our team. |
The amount of preparation and the amount of time you put in just to win one game is unbelievable. I don't think most people realize that. That's where I give our coaching staff a lot of credit. They put in the time, and we're always prepared. They should get a lot of credit on that front. |
The bench played well. They would have made a difference had we played well. |
The city would really be fired up if we can get one of these (games) in Dallas. The reception for Games 3 and 4 would be unbelievable. There's no question that we can't do that without our home-court fans. |
The last time I checked the dictionary where it said evacuate, it didn't mean sit on a bus under the building. It means go outside. |
The novelty isn't there. We have a team that's been assembled that's expected to compete for a playoff position. That's OK. It makes you have a workman-like attitude, and you go out and win games you're supposed to win. I'm very proud of this season. |
There's no drop off, and that's what you look for in your bench. |
They did a good job of using it (Garnett's ejection) as motivation to play harder. And we let up a bit. We didn't do a good job of taking advantage of their best player being out. |
They did a good job of using that as motivation. I think we let up a little bit and didn't take advantage of having their best player out of the game. |
They have always had one of the most talented teams in the league, and they're starting to put it all together now. You can't turn the ball over 19 times in Arco Arena and give up 20 offensive rebounds and expect to win. We shot the ball well, but made all of the other mental mistakes. |
They have very good players. |
They're really good here. They get out on the break, and they get the crowd involved. It's tough to beat them, and unfortunately we couldn't get it done here again this year. |
This was probably the toughest game of the year. We're proud of ourselves. We could have packed it in when they made a run and just said 'we're going to lose this one.' But good teams don't make excuses. They find ways, and we want to keep this thing rolling. |