I like our future. I like the potential. It's going to be great, ... I want to stay humble, continue to work hard at practice ... staying together in tough times and tonight was the test of tough times, and we passed the test tonight. |
I like the way we had 33 assists. That blew it open because they didn't know who to guard. It opened up for everybody else. |
I missed a lot of easy shots. No disrespect to their defense. I knew it would be geared toward me, but I missed a lot of shots I would normally make. |
I needed some divine intervention. |
I never really got into a position to do anything. They always had an extra body around if I ever did get past Rip (Hamilton), which was hard to do in itself. They just surrounded me and I was never in a position to do anything. We've got to make adjustments to combat what they did against me because I saw (two or three) people every time. So we have to adjust that. |
I rushed it a little bit, the first quarter I did. I have to slow it down, let the game come to me. I know I have to score for this team; that's my job. |
I tell you what, we need to be in more close games. It's our goal and we need to continue to show teams that we can close out games and we did it tonight. |
I think you have to. You have to approach it with a sense of urgency, more than ever. This is the biggest game of our season, so we have to come really enthusiastic and pick up our intensity. Give it your all. That's all we want to see happen, that the effort is at a high level. |
I was encouraged by the wins against Atlanta and Denver. And even when we lost against Phoenix, I thought that we played as well as we could. (Against New York), for some reason we weren't focused like we need to. We're in the playoff hunt for our lives right now. We have to bring out hard hats Wednesday against a good Sacramento team. We've got to play (well) or we could be out of this. |
I was just feeling my way. I was just playing; not trying to force nothing. I know they were kind of holding me a bit, so I had to pick my spots. My team did a great job of finding me. Really, there were no plays being called. We were just playing. |
I was just playing in the flow. I didn't do anything extra. I was trying not to force anything. |
I'm doing it for my knees, more than anything. It's not for show. |
I'm just playing basketball, man. I trust the referees to make the right calls. I don't need to cry about it or nothing. That's part of playoff basketball. |
I'm just trying to encourage everybody. Mike needs your help. I need your guys' help. I don't want it to be a case where you guys just sit around watching me trying to do everything. That's not going to win basketball games, man. And it's going to wear me out. |
I'm not worried about the competition out there. I wish the best for everybody. Obviously, there are a lot of guards out there. We'll see what happens. I feel like I'm one of the ones that's up there. |