This is a great opportunity for him to play for a team that is vying for a championship. We didn’t want to stand in his way, and we appreciate the professionalism and commitment he gave...

He needed to make those plays in the end to make up for some of those things he didn’t get done early.

He doesn’t want to take time off, I know. But I have to issue some kind of edict where he doesn’t show up.

We played about a quarter and a half tonight. But we played the fourth quarter with some fight to get back into it. The shot Brand made late in the game was a big-time shot...

What they did tonight was make shots. I think it’s significant that they would hang in there and not surrender because that was a concern of a lot of people.

Chicago just got Christmas early.

This is where we’re weak and that’s on the boards in those situations.