It felt like it was the first game of the season. It was just fun to be back out there and be in the environment and playing with my team and trying to help.

Yeah, I came down wrong. But we’ve got a game tomorrow and we’ve got to come to play.

He got himself involved. It wasn’t so much anything we did specifically ? we did really the same things we’ve been doing. He found ways to get his hands on the ball.

You just have to want to do it. I don’t know how but I know that it has to be done. I know if we get frustrated and start turning on each other that it...

Nine times out of 10, I’m playing Friday.

Come the fourth quarter, we buckled down and got the stop and made some good plays offensively. Earl, I don’t want to call him a backup point guard because he’s just as good as many...

What I’ve learned late in my career is, regardless of whether you play well or not, if the team doesn’t win, it’s all for nothing,

keep his head up, that it would all work out.

That was my fault. Basically it was just good defense and I made a bad play.

We thought we had chances to get back into the game. We turned the ball over here and there, and they did what great teams do – they took advantage of it. When you are...

If I had an explanation, I would give it. We just got whipped from beginning to end tonight. During the season, you will have games like this.

Forty-one games in, you should know how to close out games.

I owe all of this to the guys I’ve played with and all the coaches that have helped me get to where I’m at right now. I’m honored to be here.

I think the biggest part of this was the fact that we were coming into an arena where the guys were 0-7,

This is what you want. You want the big contract, and you want the people to show how much they want you. That’s what Billy did today with those guys. He accepted them. It’s important,...

They do a lot of cutting, back screens and stuff like that. We weren’t ready to handle the back screens and all the cuts. … They are a well-coached team, and it shows.

He gave me an excuse, and I didn’t buy it. I told him that’s what we need him to do. Andre is not selfish at all, but he has to be selfish in that sense...

Last night they kind of took me out of the game defensively and my teammates stepped up. Tonight was just a little different. I stepped up in the fourth quarter. We just need everyone to...

I don’t remember him being in the game.

Steve set the tone for them and everyone else just followed.

There’s a lot of things we’re doing wrong, or we wouldn’t be under .500. They’re a well-coached team and it showed. They execute their plays, get the best shot possible down the court.

When you get down like that, you use up so much energy to get back into the basketball game. Then you have to be perfect the rest of the way. And playing this game, there...

Everything isn’t starting out well, but you have to look at it like we can turn it around.

I don’t think it’s good for the league. I really don’t because it kind of makes it fake. Guys wearing those clothes don’t want to be wearing those clothes.

I hope [my teammates] were glad I was back and I hope that I did give them some confidence.

It?s going to be a tough week because it?s going to be a playoff atmosphere. It?s important for us to try to win one game at a time and just concentrate on that. Whatever opponent...

We’re going to need team efforts and we need each other down the stretch.

We didn’t take care of it. We just struggled handling the ball.

I?m used to us losing a couple of games and everybody pointing a finger at me,

You don’t want somebody shooting that had been making a lot of shots.

The sky’s the limit for him, … He’s a tough guard. He’s got the best coach in the world on his side.

His spirit was up, but I don ‘ t know how much it could be. It was just rough, because I love him as a person and a teammate. I just hope he does what...

To fight like we fought the majority of the game and then for that to happen to us with 4.9 seconds on the clock is just devastating.

Every game is important for us. We didn’t act like it tonight.

God blessed me with another opportunity. If that didn’t work, I’d probably be in (the interview room) now, losing a lot of money.

I feel good about how we’re trying to get better defensively.

If I don’t believe it, then they don’t need me on the court. I’ve just got to believe that in my heart.

They are similar, absolutely. We have leads and we give a lead up. It’s been happening like this, the same way.

It was a great feeling, man. My first time being here, people embracing me the way they were. It’s something I’m going to cherish … It kind of made me more nervous, just wanting to...

They’re a good team, but it means more because we won the game. It didn’t really matter what team came in here tonight, (we) just had to win the game. We had to get off...

He gave me an excuse, and I didn’t buy it.

It’s big for us because we know the other teams are right around us for the playoffs. (But) we are not approaching games like that. We are just trying to win the game. We don’t...

Getting those two guys on the same page will be a major factor on us having a good season,” Cheeks said.

You might see effort, but you don’t see enough to get us wins.

I though I got a pretty good look. He had a hand in my face (Andre Miller) but I got a great look.

The whole team learned a lot tonight, … I was glad to we had that situation where it was a close game and we had to get it done. We had to get a stop....

We have to get it done, that’s no excuse.

I never seen a rookie get that many calls going to the basket. He kind of reminded myself of me when I was a rookie, just going in there and being able to get calls...

I hope they were glad I was back and I hope that I did give them some type of confidence. It’s important for my confidence for me to feel wanted and be able to go...

We had a real good meeting before the game in New York and I think it helped us out be-cause it got us focusing on what we need to do as a basketball team. I...