There is always room for improvement in every area.

The only way to beat Phoenix is hope to get them on a bad day and hope they miss shots.

That’s what we spoke about in the locker room, character in an NBA game. It’s more crucial to play hard in the last minute than the first 39. Anything can happen in the final minute...

We get down by 15 and we come back, but we exert so much energy and then we get down again. It’s never-ending. It’s been like that all season.

Basketball is a global game, just like soccer is a global game. You see the Manu Ginobilis and Yao Mings of the world. We can play the game in every country.

Once he was gone, the guys didn’t really flow in their offence as much. There was a lot of pressure on Parker and (Robert) Horry and those guys, and that really helped us.

We tried to make him shoot the jumper in the first half and we brought help on him (in the second half). He started to find teammates, and that’s the sign of a great player....

I just want to try to ignore the scrutiny and all the distractions and just play hard basketball and let the best come, … Improving game by game and trying to improve my game is...

We’ve got to win. These are our rivals, New Jersey, Chicago and Philly.

I think I have a lot of room for improvement. I just got to keep striving to work hard everyday and I think good things will happen. As long as we get the win it...

There’s no way we’re going to lose Game 3 and come back and win this thing. There’s not going to be any fairy tales. We need to get Game 3.

I remember when I was a kid having the Friday night games or the Saturday night games – a South East Melbourne versus Melbourne . . . they were huge, sold out, you couldn’t get...

It’ll be fun, but it’s more of a fan thing. To me, winning games and getting to the playoffs is the big thing.

They wanted to get out of here, which was good for us.

not as slow as Luc Longley. I can shoot better, I’m more competitive. So I think it’s not even fair to bring that name up.

It’s frustrating. We don’t play Phoenix many times, so it’s kind of hard to adjust to their style of play.

That’s not my goal, to win rookie of the year. I don’t care about that stuff. Individual goals. Usually, the rookie of the year doesn’t make it to the playoffs. I’d rather make it to...

It’s part of the game. But it’s frustrating because I was saying the same thing that Detroit was saying but I said it and I get T-ed up. And then the possession they say it...

I’m definitely going to be coming into sport. It will be in Australia. Basketball will hopefully be the priority,

Definitely not. I don’t like how it looks, but I don’t play basketball for looks.

I’d rather have this win and not score much. Personal accolades at this time of the year don’t really matter.

I found my form late,

It’s kind of hard to adjust to their style of play. We tried to throw some different looks at them, but at the end of the day, it wasn’t really up to us. It was...

We didn’t want him to go off for 50, but he shot the ball so well coming out that it’s was kind of hard to stop him. Other guys didn’t get involved in the second...

Some guys want to be the best, and that’s how they show it. Me? I think being the best means winning games.

To be an owner of a team is something I dream of doing once I retire. Maybe even a soccer team and a basketball team. I can’t see myself away from basketball if I retire...

We win this game, everything changes. That’s the story of our season. We make things very hard on ourselves.

It’s much better. Much better. Now we have to do that against the good teams.

A lot of rookies hit the wall after 50 or 60 games,

It’s very special for me to come and see them play.

I’m just trying to play hard. I’m just proving a point to myself that I can play in this league.

To be honest it is going to be hard for him. Teams are going to sit on him and make him pass the ball. Teams know they cannot allow Michael to score 30 or 40...

It would be nice to own a team in Melbourne, seeing I’m from here, but whether it’s Melbourne, Sydney, Cairns, it doesn’t matter. I think they’re all good markets.

I will definitely play in the world championships. We will just go trying to take teams out as the underdogs, and then we will be happy.

This is my job and I respect it enough to concentrate on it.

Tonight, for sure. That’s gonna be big.

I’ve never had a buzzer-beating game-winner, but to do it in the NBA against the world champions is a great feeling. The guy I’ve always looked up to is Tim Duncan . So, to do...

We’re definitely positive. To win a few games obviously would be nice. We’d like to win the series, but being realistic, they’re the No. 1 seed. We’re just going to try to take a game...

I’m definitely honoured to be the No. 1 ticket-holder. I’ve followed the league since I was a kid and I’ve got some close friends playing in the NBL.

We come out soft. Every team that has come in here has probably run the first quarter.

I didn’t have my best game,

This is really emotional for me.

It’s not one of those plays you can’t really practice. It just worked out.

Some American guys talk and try to intimidate you. Basketball is basketball. You put the ball in the hole, and you’re going to win the game. You’ve just got to keep playing your game.

I ‘ ve had a better collegiate career than anyone else from Australia that came over here, … I ‘ m not as slow as Luc Longley, I ‘ m more athletic, I can shoot...

It’s been good. We go to dinner together and talk about stuff. It’s really helped me out. He’s seen the worst of things; he’s seen the best of things. So he’s a good guy to...

I didn’t play my best in the first half but I got going in the second.

I think it’s unbelievable. Getting your jersey retired, whether it be in high school, college, little league or whatever. It’s an amazing achievement. It’s something you’ll remember forever.

We’ve beaten Dallas and some other teams when we’ve had guys out. Every week there’s a different guy out. We’re used to it now and guys are getting used to stepping up. So it hasn’t...

It’s been a challenge, but at the same time it’s been a learning experience and I’m having fun with the guys on the team.