They give to us all year long. This is three days when the league comes together to give some of it back to them. |
They got a lot more aggressive, and they never looked back. |
They had one of those nights where everybody's contagious. They didn't miss a shot. It deflated us a little bit because we were playing catch-up from the giddy-up. I think in the first half they shot 66 percent or something like that. That's crazy. |
They played well when they had to. Paul Pierce is the best in the business when it comes to hitting fourth-quarter shots. |
They're tights. It's no different from a knee brace. It's no different from a calf brace. It's no different from an arm brace. You think guys are wearing those (things) just to wear them? Man, them (things) keep you able to be who you are, and mobile and agile. |
This is a huge win. We needed it more than they did and went out and played that way. |
This is probably a test more than anything for everybody, to see who is going to give up and who is going to pack it up and go home. |
This is the ultimate test. This is the best team in the league by far. This team has not just blown us out, but blown out San Antonio twice, one of the better teams in the league. This isn't charity. |
Tonight, you had a more energetic team. A team that was feistier. |
Tonight's win was great. It was a win we definitely needed. For the most part we all played together. We played aggressively. The defense was probably what won the game for us. |
Usually we get a better boost from our bench. It's been a rough 48 hours, personally. For the most part today, we withstood every blow, and then the fourth quarter came and they were a lot more aggressive. |
We both hate losing. I'm pretty sure he would like some more help. |
We didn't have one of the best third quarters. Third quarters have been our Achilles' heel. In the second half, we didn't have that same flow. |
We have no choice. We're in a position where we have to stop looking down the road and start to focus on one game at a time and getting better. |
We have our hand on the neck of the golden goose and we're squeezing hard. |