Oh, if it's open, I'm going to take it. |
Oh, if it's open, I'm going to take it. I'm not worried about it ... it's one night. I could see if I wasn't a good shooter, then I would be frustrated. But those were shots that I had hit and have made in my career and throughout the season, so I'm going to take what they give me. |
Once they started stepping it up, it was hard to slow them down. |
Our bench, mainly Cliff, was outstanding. Something in the second half ignited them. It was great to see because you were able to bring in another guy and still keep going. |
Our effort and our execution were the keys to our victory. If we play like that, we're tough to beat. |
Our goal and our focus is to bring the same attitude regardless (of the opponent). We just try to take teams out early and throw them out of our building by any means. |
Our goal is to attack the basket and put the onus on the referees to make the calls. We weren't hitting our jump shots outside, so we had to be effective some other way. |
Our last two (games), we looked like a team that wanted to go home. |
Our willingness to win. I think, by saying that, it covers all aspects of the game: our willingness to win for 48 minutes, being aggressive, trusting each other. All that. Just committing to the team. |
Regardless of our seeding, as long as we're playing well and rolling into the playoffs, that's what we care about. We're just looking at whoever we play, we have to be prepared. |
Regardless of whether (Jefferson) was back or not, we just weren't happy with our effort (on the road trip). That's what we wanted to correct - we wanted the effort level to be there. |
Shaq in foul trouble makes life easy for everybody. |
Teams tend to double off him sometimes and leave him open. He's shooting with confidence. If he plays with aggression, it puts a lot of pressure on some big men. And if he attacks shot blockers it helps us get in the lane a little easier. |
That series went by so fast. At first, they're all fast because you're trying to learn and get comfortable at the same time. |
That was a foul. The other one I don't remember. |