We just missed shots, started off flat for the first five or six minutes of the fourth quarter. You can’t do that. You’ve got to stay on these guys_they’re a sleeping giant.

We didn’t make shots at the end of the game when we really needed it. We played extremely well for 36 minutes of the game, but at the end of the game they really took...

That’s a tough loss for us right now. We didn’t execute like we should have. They challenged us and we missed shots.

We’ve made a living on coming back on teams this season, so I’m thinking, ‘Here we go again.

I don’t know yet (how to thank everyone). I’ll find a way. I don’t know yet. They were good to me. I never forget that stuff. I’ll talk to them, that I appreciate them.

(Villanueva) played well, (but) anybody can get hot in this league. But we got the win and I’m proud of the way we finished today.

I know. I know, and that’s not good at all. Sometimes it seems like we play with more fire on the road than we do at home. We have to figure it out at home...

I’m just trying to encourage everybody. Mike needs your help. I need your guys’ help. I don’t want it to be a case where you guys just sit around watching me trying to do everything....

We’re starting off slow (in the fourth quarter). The first couple minutes we just floundered away. It’s happened to us the last few nights. We cannot afford to do that.

We learned from Friday. We refused to let that happen tonight.

That’s been the one concern for our team – start out better, start out fast.

Our whole identity is to push the basketball, and that’s what he does best. Once he gets in the open court, his creativity takes over, and we’re better off by doing that.

It was just one of those things I wanted to get checked out. I could have gone back in the game, but there was no reason to.

That’s the frustrating thing. We’ve played them tough every game and just come up short. I think it’s their championship experience and getting tougher down the stretch that hurts us.

It was (a key sequence). I had a good look; I missed it.

Not to put down last year’s team, … but we got better.

We’ve been hit by the injury bug quite often this year, and it’s kind of slowed us down a little bit. We still have a good record (15-11). . . We just have to persevere...

The major thing about coming back was, ‘Are we going to win?’

We had no execution in the fourth and that really hurt us. That’s a championship team, and they played like it.

I was just playing in the flow. I didn’t do anything extra. I was trying not to force anything.

I just wanted the ball in my hands at the end of the game and wanted to make a play — either to myself or somebody else. I just made a move and thankfully, it...

We get up for the good teams.

We struggled in Game 1, and shot a little bit better in Game 2, but not enough. We need to make shots with this team. That’s what we do best.

It’s been positive. It’s been all positive. Yesterday was a great day at practice. Tonight we came out aggressive, and if we can continue to keep playing like this, hopefully we can make a run...

I knew it was going to happen. They did a great job having two or three guys around me all night and it was very difficult to get my shot off. They really were just...

Mo is big, Charlie (Bell) is big and Joe is big. To have all three of them healthy at the same time, with the core group we have, is going to take a lot of...

It’s about getting a good seed instead of just making the playoffs. We want to get the fifth seed and continue playing basketball and see how it turns out. The past two games we’ve been...

I’m sick to my stomach. That’s all I can say now. I’m not a bit happy. I know we’re in the playoffs but I want more than that, man. I shouldn’t be thinking like this,...

I like our future. I like the potential. It’s going to be great, … I want to stay humble, continue to work hard at practice … staying together in tough times and tonight was the...

I’m doing it for my knees, more than anything. It’s not for show.

If we didn’t score 25 or 30 or whatever, our chances of winning were slim. We still want to do our thing but we’ve got Bobby and Andrew, we’ve got T.J. back. It’s going to...

I’m just playing basketball, man. I trust the referees to make the right calls. I don’t need to cry about it or nothing. That’s part of playoff basketball.

This was a playoff game for us. The intensity was there for us. This is (inexcusable), playing at home like this. It must change.

I’m trying to be that positive, be that encourager. We’re in great position to still win a playoff (series).

I like the way we had 33 assists. That blew it open because they didn’t know who to guard. It opened up for everybody else.

We’re going home now and hopefully that will help. It’s a different environment. This (The Palace) is a tough place to play. Hopefully we can get home and we will be able to ante-up for...

We want to be better than where we are. The fifth spot is what our goal is right now but it is tight. It is a matter of us winning games down the stretch. Maybe...

I never really got into a position to do anything. They always had an extra body around if I ever did get past Rip (Hamilton), which was hard to do in itself. They just surrounded...

It was a great block and probably the play of the game.

We’re going to try to put a bigger guy on him and have T.J. chase around Rip (Richard Hamilton) a little bit more.

They just kept hitting shots. It was one of those nights where they kept hitting shots.

The key is to contain everybody else around him. Then, you have a chance to win.

I tell you what, we need to be in more close games. It’s our goal and we need to continue to show teams that we can close out games and we did it tonight.

I’m so impressed with how Terry runs practice and how the guys are responding. We just have to stay quiet, stay humble and win games. Just go play. We have a very unselfish team.

It’s a hard loss for us to take, man. Give them credit. Arroyo made a big play at the end of the game. We kept fighting back, but couldn’t get nothing down the stretch in...

You can’t take it away from us. I still have my ring, I still have my trophies. The fans in Columbus won’t ever forget. We, as players, won’t forget.

Our destiny is in our hands a little bit. We control what we do.

It was great tonight. Toronto tried to take the ball out of my hands early tonight and we moved the ball and made them pay.

Washington needed this game and we needed it as well. Fortunately we got the win. We control our destiny. Hopefully we can continue this in the next four games.

Those signs are the real deal. They’re our standard and what we strive for in every game.