It was a huge win. It's probably better to come out of a slump against a good team like that. It helps the confidence. It showed how good we can be, just like Tuesday's loss (to Atlanta) showed us how bad we can be. |
It was amazing. We were just like the fans, we wanted him to keep shooting, too. |
It was designed just to get the ball in, because we knew they were pretty much going to foul us. |
Once they re-signed Z, I knew they had a legit center and I knew I wasn't going to be stuck down in the post playing out of position all the time. It became a great fit for me. |
Right now, it's all, 'Here we go again. Obviously, with the talk of last year, we try not to let that affect us, but I think it's affecting us right now. |
That's why they call him 'The King,' I guess. It was a bad pass, but he made it look real good. |
The last couple of days I have thought about it because it did come down to these two teams. It was almost like choosing a college. I think I made the best choice for myself and my family. |
The rest of us had three days off and he had none. We have to be smart how we use him — in games and in practices. |
These games are the ones that can make or break the fourth, fifth or sixth seed. You have to go out there and do it not just say it; we didn't play with the intensity we needed. |
These games can make or break us. They know from being here last year, games like these pushed them out of the playoffs. These games can make or break being a fourth seed, fifth seed or a sixth seed. |
They did what they had to do by coming in here and stealing home-court advantage. We have to go into D.C. and take it back. Obviously, they were going to come in here and play hard. We have to go in there and play hard as well. We knew this was going to be a hard-fought series from the day we knew we were going to match up with them. Our goal now is to go in there and win one, maybe two. |
They forgot he played football in high school. He can take a hit. A lot of people want to hit him, think he's going to back down. He's not. |
They just left me alone. |
They were more when we were shooting our free throws. I couldn't really tell when I was shooting my jump shots. |
This is only one game. We need to get more consistent because we are winding down to the playoffs. |