They hit some great shots. We did not have the game locked up, but we thought we had it in the bag. I went 1-for-6 (from the line) in the final (three) minutes and made some mental mistakes. But lesson learned, and it was a cheap one because we got the win. |
They just outplayed us, honestly. They took the game over down the stretch. |
They were solid all along. That's what killed us. Defensively, we tried to make them make some mistakes and get some turnovers, but they moved the ball well. Elton Brand was incredible. It seemed like he didn't miss a shot out there. |
They're playing very well, probably the best basketball in the league right now. We're going to their house where they are even tougher and we haven't been that great on the road. So we're up for one heck of a challenge, and it will be a great time for it. |
This trophy is definitely an honor, but this team has so many MVPs. There are just some many different guys here that just laid it on the line. |
Those guys are playing the best basketball. This will be a great test for us at this time of the season. |
Tonight was a good game for us because we were able to grind it out and find a way to get a win down the stretch. I was able to get some shots to go, and when they doubled me, I was able to find my teammates. |
Tony was great tonight and as solid as he has been all season. The Hornets shot the ball better than we would have liked them to tonight, but overall this was a good win. |
Tony was unbelievable. He showed a lot of patience and found the open guy when he needed to. He put on us on his back tonight and carried us when we needed. |
Unbelievable. It was great. We just stood around and kind of looked at him. He made big shots and got on a roll there. |
We all didn't have that edge we needed. Offensively, they did kind of whatever they wanted to do. We can't win games like that. |
We are not worried about the hype. (The Mavericks) are a good team and we know that. We are going to be playing them on our home court and we know that. We are going to play hard and whatever happens, happens. |
We attack the game in many different ways. Some nights it's interior, but a lot of it is our pick-and-roll and finding our shooters. If they're going to play the pick-and-roll a certain way or double team in the post, our shooters are going to have wide-open shots, and we have some of the best in the league. |
We clean up those things, and we're right where we want to be. |
We did a good job to fight back into it. We got the stops and jus made too many mistakes down the stretch. |