Now we’re 0-0 and everybody goes and plays. The playoffs are what you wait all season for.

I guess I’m not a very good prognosticator, because I thought we would play our best game of the series (Sunday) and we played our worst,

My biggest relief was when I found out it wasn’t a torn ligament. Not that the other injury is better, but a ligament injury is a long injury. I was a little bit afraid that...

That?s why you keep three point guards on most teams, so if you have this situation you?re not in real trouble. We?re prepared for these kinds of things. We didn?t prepare for it to be...

The most impressive part is that she played 25 minutes without a turnover. She struggled a little bit with here shooting. She did a lot of other good things.

That’s one of the things, … you don’t have a lot of time. You’ve got to come watch the film in the morning and see the things that are there you can correct. It’s not...

They’re disruptive (defensively), but by this point in the series, we should be able to better handle it.

She still has a huge upside to her game, and we have made a commitment to that potential.

We have a very persistent team here, but we didn’t make shots when we needed to. We missed too many easy shots. I don’t think we got any breaks, but we also didn’t make our...

I like the finals format but I don’t like the first two rounds. It’s never going to be perfect until we get a best-of-five of the first round and get to play our first game...

I’m proud of our two point guards for stepping up. Jen and Jamie did a great job tonight pushing the ball up the floor and did a great job defensively.

If she can play, she’ll start, … The swelling is down and she can’t be any more injured, so we’ll see.

We were on target to do what we needed to do. It’s just when you end up with Sacramento shooting 67 field goal attempts and we shot 56. … Basketball becomes very black and white...

When we went down there that, as a U.S. basketball player, you’re kind of like a rock star off the court, but the minute you step on the court you are the most hated opponent...

That’s why it’s a five-game series. I was encouraged by how we bounced back in the second half and got it back to a game.

I don’t know if you can duplicate the record that we had last year, but I think we’re already a better team because of our experience. Our young players will make our bench better. The...

I subbed early to keep everybody fresh and we got our legs back and played with a little more bounce. About a week ago we looked tired, but tonight we had energy the whole time....

The fact that we’re in the Finals two years in a row is a great thing, … We put ourselves in a tough position in this series losing Game 1. I think we’re every bit...

In the morning, I didn’t think it was that bad, but the swelling never went down. It’s not a high ankle sprain, and hopefully she can play on Sunday.

It is a great experience. The two teams I coached on the men’s side were some of the most exciting moments in my coaching life. Obviously winning NBA Championships and CBA Championships and being in...

This is what we’ve played for all year. We’ve taken care of details. We’ve been more focused on a daily basis about the little things and it’s paid off.

It has no bearing on this game. They’re a team trying to get into the playoffs; we’re a team trying to get home court in the playoffs.

I don’t think it means much because we took three out of four from them the year before. The two teams through the course of the last two years are usually separated by a couple...

The fact that we were in the finals two years in a row is a great thing, … We put ourselves in a tough position in this series losing Game 1 (69-65 at Mohegan Sun...

We had a bad offensive game. We had a lot of good open looks and we didn’t make them. We had really good open shots and it’s normally the strength of our team, but when...

The experience she gained should be invaluable to her continued growth and contribution to our team. In reality, compared to American players, she would just be finishing her college career.

We’re obviously excited to get that done. She’s been a huge part of what we’ve done. That’s a major step for us to get our pieces put together to keep the core of the team.

The reality is that the NBA was in worse shape in the ’70s and early ’80s. People have convenient memories.

I’m more impressed with some of the defensive plays we made, steals, tips in the lane, rebounds in traffic. I thought they all stepped up and did that.

Once we made that first run, they weren’t able to match it.

We were sitting in the Seattle locker room after we lost, … and we knew that with two more wins, we would have had the game on our court. I think it was an eye-opener....

Jim’s NBA career was all about determination. No one studied the game more. He had notebooks on every single player he ever faced. I bet he still has them.

She is at that level [of Taurasi]. We’re playing and they’re not. I don’t mean that as a slap. Lindsay’s role is different than Taurasi’s at Phoenix. Taurasi has to handle the load of point...

I guess I’m not much of a prognosticator, because I thought we would play our best game of the series today, and we played our worst. They’re disruptive (defensively), but by this point in the...

She can post up and shoot the three, she’s a good passer, maybe a little bit more aggressive offensively than Brooke was sometimes, defensively. She’s a smart defensive player, but I don’t think she has...

I thought we had some, I would say, not crisp or efficient possessions in the second half. [The Fever] make you play that way, too. They jump out and switch. But it makes them spend...

I told them don’t toss it [the ball] to the other team, toss it to the guys in the blue jerseys.

We’re excited to finally have Erin with us. I think she is one of the best young point guards in the world. This signing will give us the opportunity to play both her and Lindsay...

We have a very persistent persevering team here, but we didn’t make shots when we needed to tonight. They have what we wanted. And it’s hard to take.

They only scored 24 points from their halfcourt offense (Sunday). It’s that simple. Their initial offense didn’t do much. Getting a second shot, turning us over, that’s a lot of points. If you say that...

People forget that it took the NBA over 20 years to reach this (point),

It was a very rugged basketball game for long stretches. Bodies flying everywhere … a lot of fouls … but we kept our poise at the end. We played good enough defensively at the end...

They’re disruptive, … but by this point in the series we should be able to better handle it. I think that at least 60 percent of our turnovers (Sunday night) were us. You can’t have...

It had nothing to do with the last shot, it was what he said. They won the game, but instead of being gracious, he had to make a smart-(expletive) comment. They beat us fair and...

She had already played in the league a couple years before I coached her, so she had already proven that she was worthy of being in the league. And she’s been to the Final Four...

When you shoot as bad as we did, you don’t give yourself a chance to win. We had one starter in double figures. Without (Ann) Wauters, they played a lot differently. They played all small...

I didn’t think it was that bad but the swelling never went down. Her knee was fine, but her ankle, she tripped (Wednesday) early in the second half trying to get over a pick-and-roll and...

I think the maturity of going through last hear helps us. We need to come out and get ready to go right away. We’ve been through it now two years in a row. This is...

It’s a huge road win, guarantees a winning road record for us. Every time you win a road game at this point in the season, it puts pressure on the teams trying to catch you...

It drives coaches crazy because there’s no predicting that stuff, … That’s why I have no hair. … This is a nice win, but it’s one win.