I felt that this game was a playoff game. This crowd was a huge help for them (the Hornets). I'm very happy that we stayed as a team. Even when we had a tough stretch at the beginning we still stayed together. |
I like it, but I like winning the game much more. |
I like the game much more when it comes with a win. I feel twice better. |
I think everybody did a good job helping each other out in the first half, not only Carlos, Mehmet, and myself. I would say that (rookie Deron Williams ) and Kris Humphries were also very helpful. It was a good effort all-around and we were able to establish a comfortable lead for the second half. |
I think we are still playing part good and part bad, ... When we executed our offense, we got a lot of layups and when we didn't they just jumped on our backs and started firing from every part on the floor. They were killing us like in a shooting drill. |
I think we can beat anybody. We just need to stay in the game and not think about mistakes and turnovers. Just keep hustling. |
I think we did a pretty good job as a team tonight. Especially after those kind of tough nights, the Seattle (loss on Sunday) and the Orlando game, even though we got a 'W,' it was frustrating in the end. |
I think we forced them to play our game in the third quarter. The first half was kind of just fighting back and forth. Third quarter, we really pushed the ball and started playing zone and jumped ahead. I think we kind of broke them in the third quarter. |
I think we just started playing defense the way we should play it. We just started stopping them on the fast break. |
I think we just started rushing at the end and putting up a lot of jumpers. They were getting rebounds and playing 24 seconds of offense each possession. |
I think we played pretty good defense. We ran the floor and executed our offense. We got a 20-point lead and that let us play with a little more freedom. |
I was always amazed, a guy almost 40 years old and he was diving for the ball and hustling every single play. He was amazing. Everything he did was a great example. |
I was waiting for him the whole game. He just kept dunking on us, dunking, dunking, and I just finally got it. |
I wouldn't say Dwayne Wade won the game, I'd say Miami won the game. They really played as a team. They always made the extra pass. They found the right guy, the open guy. |
I wouldn't say we had lots of energy but we did a pretty good job on concentrating and focusing on the game, and we held down Portland defensively except for the fourth quarter when Zach Randolph started scoring. I think we held them good. Offensively, we just executed well and didn't give them any chance. |