The bench kept us in the game. We would have been in big trouble if they hadn't played well. |
The Clippers got us the last time we were here. Tonight, I thought we were much more aggressive defensively and I think it helped us out. We are thrilled to get this win. |
The defense seemed to get better as the game went on. It's a progression we like to see. |
The guy hasn't played in five months or something like that. We're not just going to throw that guy in there just because he's a scorer. ... It's not like I'm going home and beating my head against the wall about how I'm going to get him in the rotation. |
the kind of job Larry lives for. |
The more I watched him play, the more film I watched, the more I realized there was going to be a hell of a lot more good doing it his way than my way. And at the beginning of this season, we made the commitment that we're going to eat a couple of turnovers, or we're going to eat a bad shot here and there, and we're going to see where it goes. And this is where it's gone. |
The more time that goes by the more difficult it is. Regardless of whether it's Karl Malone, if we were to make a trade, if we were going to add somebody, I would think you would have to make any changes to your team at the latest by then to give everybody time to integrate. |
The pieces have to fit around him. The fortunate thing for us is that it seems that, given enough talent, all pieces fit around Timmy. He figures it out. |
The team kept their composure well when we were down. |
There can't be a more fantastic choice as a coach or a person. Being a college coach or a pro coach is irrelevant, ... There couldn't have been a better choice made. That's all there is to say. |
There were a lot of good contributions by a lot of people. It worked out well for us. We had pretty good overall defense and good offense, but a little sloppy. The good defense carried us through. |
There's really nobody that can handle him one-on-one. It becomes a matter of timing of when to double-team him. If you come too late, he'll shoot it. If you come too early, he's smart enough to find his teammates. |
These sort of challenges is what he loves the most, to go in and teach and make it better, |
They beat us in about every facet of the game. They were physical, aggressive, showed a lot of desire, and we didn't match it. |
They competed harder for more minutes than us. I thought Denver did a good job of making it men and boys for a good part of the game. |