I know we got guys in here who can get it done, because it happens on some nights. But it doesn’t happen in others. This has to start with me, because I am our top...

I don’t think it’s good for the league,

Obviously, it’s bad if I couldn’t return. I’ll just get the MRI and see what it really is… I had problems walking, so I knew I couldn’t do any running. I couldn’t go. It’s real...

You play 82 games, and it’s unheard of that you win every game, but this is one we should have had,

Once you get away and come back, you’re ready to go. But knowing it’s a fresh start, like a new season; we’re taking it one game at a time.

That was my fault. Obviously, [Anthony Johnson] played good defense. I was looking to go right. He cut me off and got up on me really close, and I had to give it up. Basically,...

I think that with this team, we honestly worry about other things besides team concepts.

We just got whipped from the beginning of the game to the end. They did everything right and we did nothing right.

They got a bull’s-eye on my [butt].

Being an All-Star is everything.

I had a lot of growing up to do. A lot of times, I learned the hard way.

We just believed in each other, got defensive stops when we needed them and executed our offense. We were able to make something happen.

It’s a big disappointment. They just jumped on us. Once we started to get into any type of groove offensively or defensively, it was too late.

I?m just trying to do a little more talking to the guys and assuring them I?m with them regardless, mistakes or no mistakes. I feel like it?s important to let your teammates know that they...

He has that confidence, that swagger with him. He doesn’t feel like a little young guy out of place anymore. He feels welcome. He knows that, that’s his spot and he’s a part of this...

He wasn’t calm. He was angry, and he had every right to be. What I got out of it is that the guys need to take a challenge to make this team better. He talked...

We’re not playing defense, … We’re not defending or rebounding the ball. That’s taking away a lot of baskets because we can’t run and we can’t stop anybody.

Once they made one breakdown, they left me open, and I got a good look at it.

I guess it’s just having time to play with each other and learning each other, just finding out how he wants to play and vice versa. He told me coming into the season that he...

We knew we were going to be short-handed, being that Chris wasn’t playing, and other guys stepped up and played big for us.

We got things done at the right time tonight. Every time we went down we kept our composure and got back into the game. We were able to get a lead and sustain it. We...

It’s all mostly effort when it comes to this game. Maybe some of the younger guys don’t have that sense of urgency we obviously need to win basketball games. I think as far as talent...

If that doesn’t let us know we can beat a good team, I don’t know what will. Hopefully this one will give us some confidence, coming back on the World Champs.

It’s just learning the game more. Just trying to approach it in a John Stockton-type of way, to where you don’t play so much with your physical ability all the time. You have to think...

I thought he played great. He played well in training camp. I’m excited about it. We played well with each other tonight.

Yeah, but I know who it is. It’s [the media]. It’s not like it’s coming from my teammates or it’s coming from the loyal fans. It’s the newspapers, it’s the media. The worst thing is...

That’s something we expect from Dre every night, … We know he has the ability to shut people down.

We couldn’t stop them. We got beat in every aspect of the game.

Yes, that’s the way its been. We played real well for the majority of the game, but collapsed at the wrong time.

I’m not pointing fingers at anybody, but as a group we’re not playing hard enough to win basketball games. We don’t seem hungry. We don’t seem like we want to make it to the playoffs.

It’s not like defenses are out there just giving guys 50 and 60 points. You have to look at what’s going on this season and realize there are just as many great players playing today...

There may be one million people who love me, there may be 10 million people who hate me. What do I do? I go to battle for those 1 million people.

I believe that whatever we have, regardless of a trade being done or not, I feel we have a shot. I’ve just got to believe that we’re going to be all right. I’ve got to...

They want us to get down. I’m going to get down.

I don’t think the loss will make us play any harder. If you aren’t playing hard at this point, then you aren’t going to be playing hard anyway.

When you have a half like that, nine times out of 10, you’re going to have a good lead.

You can’t just put it on one thing. We have been doing a lot of things well. We are playing well together, we are defending, we are doing a lot of positive things out there.

I dress to make myself comfortable. I really do have a problem with it. . . it’s just not right.

I just got more aggressive. I didn’t have the ball in my hands that much in the first half because I was playing the 2-guard. When they took John out of the game in the...

It’s a big win for us…just because we’ve been struggling to win a game after a game. You feel good about not giving up one after we win one.

There’s only one thing I still haven’t done and that’s win (the championship). That’s the only thing I want now.

I’m as disappointed as everybody else on my team. We wanted to go into the holidays with a win. We’ll have to get this one out of our system and come back to work.

He took advantage of his opportunities. He just got himself involved. He played a great game.

Anybody who is a competitor knows this is what you want, this is what it’s all about. As a competitor, this is the kind of situation you live for.

I think that as far as talent, we have enough to get over the hump. We are just not doing it. You can?t coach it, you can?t preach it. It is just something that players...

We moved the ball around today. Everybody did a great job playing off each other.

Looking back on everything that happened with me and coach, 99 percent of the time it was my fault. I see that now, definitely. … Now that he’s gone, you understand you lost a lot.

It probably was a fall and it swelled up on me. I kept playing on it. … My doctors just said rest it as much as possible.

I was like a kid in a candy store. It felt like the first game of the season because I was excited to be back.

We know that team was 0-6 and just for those guys to come in here and get a win would have been devastating to us. Our whole thing was to not let them get their...