We finished this one. We made it hard though. I told the guys that they are kind of hard on their coaches.

Dirk has been great, but what Steve has done is just unbelievable. We tried to get the ball out of his hands, and he still picked us apart. He’s made everybody better.

It was on us to make critical plays and we didn’t do it.

That is the problem with us. It gets personal with us because we don’t get a call and we’re up 10 or 15 points, to heck with the call…I really think it’s a function of...

Obviously, if you’ve only got nine or 10 guys that play a lot of minutes over two nights, you’re not able to rotate the ball as well to your shooters. When it was winning time...

You know what he’s good at? He can make shots, and boy he must have a strong chest.

It’ll come down to what he does on the floor, convincing us he has the will to really want it, … I’m not saying he doesn’t (have that will), but I’m really watching. I want...

That was ludicrous that he wasn’t in that game. If you see Raymond play, there’s no way he shouldn’t have been on that team.

We made it hard again. We’re sitting on top of the mountain again and we don’t recognize it. We allow little things to take us out of it. We have to be above those things.

You’ve got to have some vets, … They’re the ones who teach the young guys how to be professional. But you’ve got to have the right kind of vets, the guys who understand their roles....

He has been very efficient. His shot selection has been much better and he’s finishing going to the basket.

Most teams have a go-to guy. Detroit has a go-to team.

What a resilient group. I don’t know where they got it (energy) from. The just reached down and dug it out. I’d say they surmounted a lot of odds.

The effort was much, much, much better.

At this point in time I don’t think it’s a possibility.

This is getting ridiculous. I’ve never seen anything like this.

What a resilient group. They just reached down, dug it out and overcame a lot of odds. What a great game historically to remember how it was done.

He had to really work for it tonight. He didn’t get anything in bundles.

We had some good shots. We had some point-blank shots at that time. I think what happened was on the other end, they went to Hamilton and he made some big shots. Their execution down...

When we looked down during the national anthem and saw nine guys, we anticipated trouble. That’s what I was afraid of all day. They played like we’ve played when we’ve been down and just have...

They say the X-rays are negative. But every … X-ray we’ve taken has been negative and all the guys have been out.

The only question I have is whether I’d like more of a contrast … That’s nothing personal against Bernard. Bernard is a great athlete who plays defense. But we need a contrast, too.

I would be wrong if I said I hadn’t thought about it. There’s been some thought that this could be the last game. But it’s not that big an issue to me because it’s not...

The competitiveness in me says you don’t want to finish with the worst record. That’s not our goal.

We’re good listeners and good facilitators, … We have to make a decision not to do anything that is vindictive, but just to try to do something that we can derive some benefit from…

You’ve seen guys when it gets to this point of the season, the wagon has already been backed up to the door. We’re going to close it out like professionals.

He’s dedicated to getting better. I might be selfish or biased, but I think legitimately if you look at his stats, he fills up the sheet with his steals, blocked shots and rebounds.

We’re a blue-collar team,

This move helps balance our roster. We had a lot of talented wing players competing for minutes but were depleted in the frontcourt due to injuries, so we addressed that inequity with this trade.

That’s my fear. I don’t know what to expect. I’m concerned about the necessary distractions.

He made some very difficult shots. That ball basically didn’t touch the rim and that is what they pay him for.

It was an easy decision to exercise the options for Matt and Alan. Their play earned them the opportunity to return and continue the strong progress made this season.

He probably forgets he wrote a book for profit and (revealed everybody’s confidences). So he has no credibility.

Detroit played with a purpose. They’ve been struggling a little bit; if you can call 50 wins struggling. They just have too many pieces.

It’s disappointing. But we’ve got to find a way to move on.

We are excited that Matt chose to return to Charlotte and continue to build upon last year’s start. Matt added several dimensions to our team with his long-range shooting, toughness, strong work ethic, rebounding and...

I don’t have any problem with people feeling that way, … What the hell? Let’s go for it.

They finished the right way. It’s a group of young men that maximized what they had. They just kept fighting.

When we come to Miami, we need to just mail it in. We don’t even need to stop.

It’s not an embarrassment to lose to Detroit that way. They are a very good basketball team. But I told my guys that I would go in a foxhole with them any day. They never...

He had no lift and his quickness was affected on post-up stuff.

What a game, historically, to be a part of.

They have a good balance with (Miller) and Bobby Jackson coming off the bench.

He was really grimacing. Primo needs this break as much as anybody here. We need to lock him up in a house somewhere so he can’t get to a gym.

What a resilient group. After last night, all the fanfare today. … I don’t know where they got it from.

We still lack the maturity that when you have control of the basketball game, you can’t let anybody take you out of it. We had a lead and things started to go awry. We lost...

We had two good looks in the last few seconds. You had guys who shoot the ball from the outside, and shoot it well, that took the shots. Call it the bounce of the basketball.

So he has no credibility.

Those three guys are pretty good. When you’ve got three guys who can score, you can put the ball in their hands.

I thought the disruptions and the turnovers that we forced, we got baskets off them.