. . . Grandfathers all the way down to grandchildren are watching this tournament together. Some of those grandfathers played in it, and it's a great tradition. |
[For juniors, this is the year when] reality starts to set in a little bit, ... They're saying to themselves, 'Oh my gosh, I'm going to be a senior year next year . . . what am I going to do?' |
A good stream of water can dislodge most anything though. |
C'mon Benny, Houston is the fourth-largest city in America. It's a melting pot of charismatic tastemakers, athletes and United States movers and shakers. We have everybody who makes trends coming out to the NBA All-Star Game on Sunday night. |
He found us. He called and said he wanted to play. |
He has to let everyone know he's the best player on the floor. It could be arrogance, but it sure is fun to watch. |
He just did whatever it took to win. There was nothing he didn't feel like he couldn't do. If it needed to be done, he would try to make it happen. |
I just went by the rules. |
I think that any other year he would be playing. But because (there's) so many great forwards in the West, it's difficult to do that. But (Paul) is one of the top five guards in the Western Conference without question. |
I think we're there; I think we're ready to go. The kids played hard, and these first games are tough, so we'll just get ready for the next one. |
I told them we have to hand things out ourselves. Don't send your handlers. Don't send your agent. I don't want to see your assistants. These people want to see you. That is the message we want to send, and everyone agreed. |
I wish I knew the answer to why. I think part of it was they picked up their intensity a little bit, and the things that were open for us in the first half, they covered up (in the second half). |
In the first half, we controlled it, and in the second half, they did. That ended up being the biggest difference in the game. |
In the last two years, we've been a six seed and four seed, so I take it as a compliment (being the No. 1 seed) and that we're making progress. |
In the second half, they came out on fire and did what they had to do. |