We are enjoying playing together again. We haven’t had this feeling since the first six games of the season where we are actually going out there happy to play.

When the game’s important you don’t want to lose. You have to win so you do whatever it takes to win.

We have veteran guys, guys who have been through the battles and know what it takes to pull out close games like this, … It’s not like we’re going to panic when we get in...

I’m a taper. I’ll usually watch how I can beat my defender, what my defender is lacking and what is he scared of.

I told everybody at the All-Star break: Eastern Conference, I’m coming for you. I’m the Eastern Conference assassin right now; it’s a tour from city to city.

We made it easy for everybody tonight.

I know that everyone has been watching and they feel bad for all these people so I was hoping that by seeing a face, someone they recognize, doing something to help, it will encourage everyone...

I watched the replay five times and it wasn’t a foul. It was a foul on him. I didn’t even get the charge. He was falling before I even got there. When a rookie ref...

We have to take advantage of the opportunity we have here. We’re going to be at home for a while. This is where we can make our climb in that Eastern Conference.

We used to have our words down there, a lot of trash talking, … It should be fun to see what he recalls from last year because I do have a different game from last...

We’re battling. It’s going to be like this the rest of the way. It’s going to be hard to tell whose 4,5,6, or 7 — you just have to keep going.

Our focus is just like tonight. We know they are going to be resting their guys, but we can’t lay down for that because we need that win. This is our destiny and we have...

It’s good for us to seen Brendan working so hard. Most big men, they stop working at a certain point. This is his fifth year and he’s gotten better each year. He was in the...

We have more interchangeable parts than we did last year. We just have to get all of these interchangeable parts playing together and cooperating with each other. I’ve been out for a while. Caron missed...

He saved it just for us. It’s like an unspoken rivalry we’re having right now. And they’re getting the best of us.

Shocked? Everyone was shocked. You were shocked. I was shocked. He was shocked that it went in. It’s hard to win or lose a game with 0.5 seconds left, but obviously it happened.

We’ve been on the road, so when you come back it’s hard to get that home rhythm that you are used to. It kicked in during the second half.

This (six-game) road trip is more important than anything. We have to come out strong. If we can come out strong, we will finish strong.

We destroyed ourselves in Game 1. So we decided to come out and play better basketball.

We’re playing together. We’re sharing the ball. We’re trusting each other on defense and on offense.

They got a more experienced team than they did last year. He’s in his third year now, the players he’s got around him is in their third, the young ones. So they got older pieces...

We’ve been missing that kind of toughness from our lineup. When you are missing one of your enforcers, his sweet jumper and his tough defense, it hurts us. Everybody is glad to have him back.

I’m still learning. A leader is that person who knows everything, who’s been experienced. I don’t know if I’m that experienced to teach anybody yet. I’m still taking lessons from somebody like Chucky [Atkins], somebody...

Coach Jordan isn’t going to risk a player getting hurt chasing a record.

That pain from the Celtics is still in my blood. When they said they’d pick me with the 10th or 11th pick, they got my hopes all high. I usually hold a grudge for that.

While everyone’s watching on TV, they need to be helping at the same time.

I tried to lean with it to get away from his length, but he still blocked the shot.

I won’t be picked by the fans because I’m not getting exposed like those guys. So I need to actually do work. Every year I’m going to have to come in and do my work....

Every single night in this league you are going to run up against a great player who is capable of taking a game over and helping their team win, … Now we’re going to New...

We played well tonight. We felt we had it in control at the end, and we just had to make some free throws. It was very important to get this win. With about 24 games...

We’re going into the playoffs with an edge because we really had to be sharp the last 10 games. It’s a whole new season, but hopefully that’ll help us.

Michael Ruffin was probably our only tough, tough guy. Caron gives us a physical presence on both ends. Now with him and Michael Ruffin , we’ve got bullies of our own.

As well as they played in Game 1, we thought we destroyed ourselves. We didn’t play our kind of basketball. We didn’t do anything we preached. We decided to come out here (last night) and...

In the first half, we forgot our game plan and (James) was just getting down the lane. In the second half, we tried to cut the lane off, and I don’t think we gave him...

That was difficult. I just tried to play my game and go inside. It was kind of frustrating, driving in and getting hit. I didn’t hear any whistle.

I didn’t have the best workout when I was there, but I really thought they were going to pick me.

Lute Olson teaches the NBA system. If you look at his players, they may not be dominant in college but they’re going to make a bigger impact in the NBA just because of the way...

It is war. That?s what the playoffs is. It?s war, and we just wanted to give them hell, and that?s what we did.

We’re so good individually that you get caught up in it sometimes, and then you see why good teams with great, great individual talent can fall because everyone wants to win the game, everyone wants...

It’s hurting. Maybe we can get it to 80 per cent before the next game.

We just have to live with it. He was 28 feet away and he hit it with somebody in his face. There aren’t very many people who can hit that shot.

We have this job, most players, four years. If you’re lucky, you can squeeze out a 10-year career. After that, you have the rest of your life to do whatever you want. I’d rather devote...

Coach [Eddie] Jordan isn’t going to risk a player getting hurt to chase a record. I knew I wasn’t going to go back in.

Winning time is when the game is that much more important. You don’t just want to win. You have to do whatever it takes to win.

Richard’s just upset with me because I made the (NBA) All-Star Game, and he got a brown (bronze) medal in the Olympics,

We were a great rebounding team last year so teams are really making it a point to attack the boards on us, … As guards, we’re going to have to do a better job of...

I know what he would say. He’d say protect yourself. … Things have changed. Things are a lot more physical now then they ever were before.

He has something I don’t have. He has two rings. That’s what every player dreams of, and he has two of them.

We know that. That’s why we have to soak up all these home games while we can and then we just have to have a dog fight out on the road.

I don’t want to say that he has regrets. I don’t want to put that out there but I’ll just say that he misses here.