In college, you're in charge of everything. In the NBA, you're in charge of nothing. |
In his mind, I don't think he feels like he's emerged at all. He probably just feels like he needed an opportunity. |
In retrospect, the one thing Derek can't do is prevent Kobe from shooting over the top. |
In retrospect, the one thing Derek isn't gonna be able to do is keep Kobe from shooting off the top of him. Lots of shots that Kobe took late wouldn't have made a difference who we had on him. (He) just turned around, spun off and jumped off people. |
In the second quarter, obviously, we just completely lost our momentum. We quit sharing the ball and (started) taking early shots. As a result of that, nothing went down. |
Ironic, isn't it?. But that's what happens at the end. Fundamentals, fundamental. You can't get breakdowns at the end. ...That was a ball we just had to rebound. |
It (fouling) is not something I believe in. |
It could actually get interesting without really stretching the imagination too far. But it still depends on us winning games, as it has been all year. |
It has to help the guys' confidence to know that we can do this. It doesn't count any more if you look at the overall record. |
It looked like they'd been off for a couple of months, but that typically happens. You've got to blow it out a little bit. They'll be better tomorrow. |
It seems to me if Kobe Bryant was shooting that, it would have. |
It was a strong comeback, but we just ran out of gas. The problem is we trailed early and we were coming back. One thing is, our guys didn't quit. We just couldn't make the big plays while Indiana made the big shots down the stretch. |
It wasn't a matter of us not being able to score, it was a matter of us being able to defend. You give a guy 45 and a guy 34, you're not going to be in great shape. You've got to defend. |
It's a cumulative thing. The last how many games, how many was there a shot to win at the end? And we didn't get any of them. I think these kids deserve a win. It's discouraging and doesn't feel very good. These guys deserve a win. |
It's a tough deal. Mike got hurt early, and J.R. was not with us. |