Chris (Anstey) is huge in this series and he's a huge match-up for us and also D Mac. Chris relies on D Mac and so that's a factor as well. |
He was kind of out of it (unfit) when he joined us but Ian's improvement has helped to make us legitimate. |
He's the sort of player who's probably more suited to the NBA, where he could end up guarding Shaq [Shaquille O'Neal] or Yao Ming. He's a good passer, he's got nice touch and he's a very smart player. |
I have a responsibility to protect my team and I thought it wasn't taken care of during the game. |
I know he's disappointed, but he didn't have a great game tonight and he's capable of stepping up. |
If it goes up a level from the regular season, it's going to be an unbelievably intense physical battle. |
It could be two weeks or it could be the season. |
It was borderline last year and we went for Rogers, which in hindsight was probably the right decision. But we told Luke we were looking at him for the future. |
It wasn't good. It's obviously one of the risks you take playing in these games. For him to have an injury that something because I've never known him to get hurt. |
One of our focal points going into the game was the boards against Brisbane and to stay competitive. And I thought Benny Knight was absolutely outstanding with 16 boards - I can't remember him playing a better game than that for us. |
One thing that came out of Sunday night's loss was that we didn't show Anstey enough respect when it came to him shooting the ball from behind the three-point arc. |
Rowdy's (Sheridan) in trouble ... but I think C.J. will be OK. |
Rowdy's [Sheridan] in trouble - that's my guess, but I think CJ will be OK. |
There is a lot of pressure on us to win gold. We want to come out and play great basketball on Friday, and win well. |
There's no doubt the worthy champion this year was the Melbourne Tigers. |