In the first half, I was just letting them deny me. The second half, I tried to do a better job of getting open. But it’s kind of hard to do something when you don’t...

He’s a guy I looked up to and went to when I didn’t understand something. Eddie told me the way. When he left, I called and thanked him for showing me the way, showing me...

Hopefully, I can become a staple, like my teammate Shaq. I’m grateful that NBA fans think so highly of my game.

I feel alright. I thought I did pretty good. It was tough on me getting my legs loose, but once I did I felt alright. Once I knew I was able to at least run...

I told him he’s got to hold his end of the bargain up. I’m tired of carrying us.

I try to bounce back. That’s all I try to do every time I have a bad game. I just put in the effort to try to make play for my teammates and make plays...

He’s a big guy and anytime he gets injured it’s a lot of weight that goes down on it. We have enough firepower that when one guys goes down the other guys can step up.

I didn’t have my athletic ability tonight the way I would have liked to have it. But I was able to make the plays I had to make with a couple blocked shots and a...

He has been playing the game at a high level lately, playing like an All-Star.

Coach Flip, he had something to say about [the rivalry]. But it is all fun and games.

Our defense is coming along. We’re getting our rotations down. The communication is better. The main this is we’re all beginning to understand what everyone is doing.

They have the ball 100 percent of the time. They’re doing a great job with their pick-and-rolls. It’s very tough to guard them.

It’s just getting the ball in your hands and making a play. I’ve got confidence in myself and my teammates have confidence to get me the ball.

I had fun. I know he had fun.

We know we’re a couple of shots and defensive plays away from being a great team.

It’s a side of me that wants to make sure things are different this time around.

It was a tough loss, but at the same time we’re professionals and we have to take care of business.

I think everybody called every [other] player in the league. That’s history right there. It hasn’t been done in a long time, and he did it.

I apologized to the team for it. You don’t want to ever do that. I try not to say anything to the refs, but once in a while, I do. It hurt my team because...

It’s just a respect factor. It’s always going to be Coach Riley because of what he’s done as a coach. He’s still a coach.

It’s good to go right into the All-Star break and relax a little bit and not be worried about where your team is.

That was probably the only game I didn’t get hurt my rookie year.

I had to pick my spots, more than anything, to get my teammates involved. Then, like Shaq and I always say, the fourth quarter is my time.

Anytime a change is made in the middle of the season, you’re going to be shocked, especially with Stan Van Gundy. I’ve got a tremendous amount of respect for him. To step down the way...

The playoffs are a different mindset and a different season. Our main goal is to go in healthy and we’ll be alright.

I feel all right. I thought I did pretty good. It was tough on me getting my legs loose, but once I did I felt all right…. I didn’t have my athletic ability tonight, but...

No question, this is one of the best games we’ve played thus far this year, especially playing against a team that’s been playing exceptionally well of late. We would like to see more of this....

He’s the leader of our team right now. He’s in great shape to do it. He’s in the right mind state and that’s the way we want to keep him.

I’m not going to try to convince him. It’s going to be hard to convince him anyway, with a new baby on the way. I just wanted to make my decision before him, so if...

You try to bounce back and that’s all I tried to do every time I had a bad game. I was just putting the effort forward for my teammates to make plays and make plays...

I knew it wasn’t my night. Coach told me a halftime to keep going. It was just getting into a rhythm.

Growing up, you always watched those games, you always wanted to be in those games. If you’re playing on holidays, you’re a good team and then people think highly of you, let me say that....

We moved the ball well tonight. I think we probably didn’t swing it, maybe eight times or so. It just looks like you’re not moving the ball when you are missing shots,

At times it has been good. At times it has been average.

I put it on my shoulders at the end. I tried to make some plays. I went through a tough stretch but my teammates gave me confidence. … At the end I was in a...

It’s seems like those guys don’t miss.

We didn’t come out in the fourth like our usual selves. Most of the time in the fourth, we’ll make the right plays. We made some of the wrong plays in the fourth tonight.

I put an OK day in, especially in the second half. That’s just coach Riley being the emotional guy that he is.

We got a couple of guys in foul trouble and Coach continued to rest us and let the reserves come in. They played good, but the Bulls really wanted it.

There is a side of me what wants to go, and there is a side of me that of course wants to win the gold. But there is a side of me that wants to...

We don’t want any what-ifs this year.

My foot stopped and my leg kept going.

Coach told us to come in and play well on our home floor. Teams that you’re supposed to beat, you’ve got to beat them. That’s what we did tonight. At the same time, having a...

We thought Nash was going to knock that down right away.

Shandon’s been on vacation for while, so it’s good to see him come back and use his energy. The main thing is to put another body on other guys, and when he does that, it...

We call him Antoine McAdoo. He came off the bench and got 20 points.

I’ll be all right. I’ll get a lot of liquids and fluids in me tonight.

I decided to do that both games, to come out passive. In this series I can’t come out and attack, attack, attack, attack. One of their things is to try and wear me down. It’s...

It’s not one guy sticking me the whole game where we’re both getting tired.

The Bulls have no baggage. They’re just going out there and they’re free and they’re just playing the game the way it should be played.