[Iverson got a huge ovation from the nearly sold-out crowd of 17,551 on Wednesday, many wearing Iverson's No. 3 jersey and screaming as loud as they could when his name was called for pre-game introductions.] It was a great feeling, man, ... My first time being here, people embracing me the way they were. It's something I'm going to cherish ... It kind of made me more nervous, just wanting to give them a good show. |
All of it is bad. We just struggled so badly offensively. We just couldn't put the ball in the basket. They did a great job with Tracy (McGrady) struggling. Sloppy, we just didn't play well, just didn't take care of the ball. |
Anybody who is a competitor knows this is what you want, this is what it's all about. As a competitor, this is the kind of situation you live for. |
But when you want to come to work, it makes things that much better. Mentally, when you're at work, it doesn't feel like work. When you take the fun part away from basketball, that's a problem. |
Chris and myself, some nights we're going to struggle and we're not going to be able to get it done. We need other guys to step up. When you get 31 from a guy off the bench, you're supposed to win that game. |
Come the fourth quarter, we buckled down and got the stop and made some good plays offensively. Earl, I don't want to call him a backup point guard because he's just as good as many guards in this league. |
Every game is important for us. We didn't act like it tonight. |
Every time we have an All-Star game, he has a chance to get it. He'll win more, he'll win a lot more awards. |
Everybody's trying to get better, even myself, |
Everything isn't starting out well, but you have to look at it like we can turn it around. |
Everything that I do, everything that I say is magnified. I didn't think it was going to get out of hand like this. |
Everything we do from here on out has to be a team effort. If five guys play together on both ends of the court, we can make something positive out of this season. |
For that to happen with 4.9 seconds left, it's devastating. |
Forty-one games in, you should know how to close out games. |
Getting those two guys on the same page will be a major factor on us having a good season,'' Cheeks said. |