It is tough, but we can't use that as an excuse for what happened tonight. Every team in the league has to do it. Our mind-set just wasn't right tonight and we didn't come out the right way. The whole team struggled tonight, especially at the beginning of the game. |
It was a great shooting night. But it doesn't mean I'm on a roll. |
It was crazy. We were making all the shots. |
It was good. Usually when you get hit in the muscle it's not serious. It was a back-to-back (Saturday), so I wasn't able to go. I felt very good today. |
It was so impressive because (Barry) did it in (20) minutes. It was nice to see him going like he was, but we all know that he's is very capable of that. |
It's important for me to start but even more important is that I feel the same way as a backup coming off the bench. You have to contribute any way you can. I try to do the best I can for the team and bring energy. |
It's not something that started today or yesterday. He's been doing a great job for a while. |
My teammates were very supportive. Then I just calmed down a little. |
Nick and Mike are both very experienced, |
Of course they miss a great player in Ron tonight because of his defense, but we scored a lot of points, too. I made the shots that I could in the offense. We move the ball and we really don't care who scores. |
Our bench gets incredibly dangerous, |
Our season is starting in a couple of days. The last 10 games, you just wanted the regular season to finish and get ready for the excitement. The atmosphere changes in one second. |
Probably if Ron is there, I score less points. But then somebody else is going to go off, like Tony (Parker) did in Game 1. We're confident in our scoring. We know how to move the ball and find the open man. |
Some shots I usually make are not falling in and I'm not feeling that well penetrating, so I'm in a tough moment. But I'm not worried. In 82 games, you're going to have some ups and downs. |
That's three great shooters that can change the game in couple of minutes. We're going to be dangerous. It's going to be good as long as we are smart, we keep the aggressiveness for 48 minutes and everybody thinks for the better of the team. |