I was running around celebrating with the rest of my team. But I saw him laying there in tears a little bit. I just felt for him. He's a great player. There's really no reason for him - outside the fact that he's a competitor and wanted to win - that he has to cry. He's a great player and he's going to have a great (NBA) career. He should definitely keep his head up. |
I wasn't too familiar with all that, I just knew they beat us two straight. I just wanted the win. |
I'm still feeling the pain from it. You feel like you want to do a lot more. You feel like you just didn't do enough. |
It does feel good, at least for a half. But the thing was, at halftime, I really wasn't worried about me scoring. I had two points, but I'm maturing in a sense I'm not going to force shots like I did the past weekend. That's part of being a team player. I don't want to be passive, but I'm not going to go out hunting shots anymore. |
It was great to start out like that. When you get the crowd behind you and you start like that, it tears the other team's heart out. |
It was kind of frustrating watching him bring his team back into it. He was doing a lot of moving and he had three guys screening for him. He was running free wherever he likes. |
It was longer than four or five minutes, that's for sure. It seemed more like four or five hours. But it was well worth it. It's one of the primary reasons we're still playing right now. |
It wasn't just me. It was a lot of guys. ...I knew once I relaxed, he would hit three or and get a dunk and it would ignite the whole (Memphis) team. That'd be disastrous. |
It's a hurtful thing. We had a great season, but second-place teams are quickly forgotten. |
It's about restoring that tradition. |
It's definitely what's ideal for us. |
It's no problem. Just approach everything one thing at a time. When you are on the floor, you focus on the floor. Same way for school. I have a new task at hand each day. |
Jordan is one of our top scorers. When he's in double digits, this team is going to be that much better. |
My job is to stop the opposing team's best guard, just limit him as much as possible. |
Obviously it was desperation being down nine with 3 minutes left. But 3 minutes is a long time and nine points is four possessions. We were very fortunate tonight. |