It’s like a booster shot in the arm. They were very excited, and that’s a lot of respect for who we’re playing.

It just seems like they’re all individuals. It doesn’t seem like the team concept from everybody. It’s pretty shocking to me. I thought they’d probably be one of the top two teams in the Atlantic...

That’s what we’re trying to understand — how to put teams away. It’s a learning experience for us.

You have to pick your poison with them. We’re concentrating so much on Dwayne Wade and we’re doubling Shaq that you leave a guy like Antoine open for shots, and (he’s) a guy who can...

The rim is looking bigger and bigger every game.

Everybody knows it’s for the region championship but at the same time, you’ve got to go play the same game you’ve been playing all year. We’re excited about the opportunity and we look forward to...

Over the years, the pattern has shown they usually go with the guys who have better records, on the teams that are at the top of the conference. I think it’s more satisfying to make...

Both teams want to win and they want to do everything possible. You don’t think about the fatigue factor. You’re just trying to grind it out to get the win.

Carmelo seemed like he was going to have a career night. But we buckled down and got the stops we needed.

There’s a lot of pressure every time we lose a game. We don’t have a lot of room for error right now. I think we’ve got to get to 41 wins, and every loss is...

This is one of the handful of musicals that our audience — I know you’ll be shocked and surprised to hear — really loves.

I’m going to hang out on the perimeter when big Fortson’s in there.

I didn’t come to play today. I really struggled on the defensive end. You get a lead and you don’t defend, and you let the team shoot well and get back in the game, and...

This was a good win despite the circumstances. We showed a lot of heart. This was a really gutsy win for us and it says a lot about the team’s character.

We’re still in it. Our series with Chicago is big.

We just didn’t execute down the stretch. We didn’t make the plays and they did.

We’ll just have to see. Right now, I’m more concerned with my role on this team.

We wanted to finish the year off right. We know we’ve been so close, and for us to get a win like this feels good – especially finishing 2005 off with a win. But we’ve...

The last story with Siegfried was the funniest. It’s good that these guys are still able to do that [come in and talk to us] for the young players to see what the tradition is...

I just probably got a little anxious thinking about overtime instead of making free throws. I guess I’m human after all. I’m going to make some plays down the stretch and I’m not going to...

When you’re down by 19, it just puts too much pressure on your defense. We needed to make consecutive shots and just couldn’t sustain it.

I look beyond that at this point in my career. Maybe earlier in my career I would have thought about it more, but at this point it’s more about wins and losses.

I think he’s going to be an All-Star, if not this year then next year.

This was a much-needed one, … Regardless of how we got it. We haven’t played well the last five games.

When I saw the part about chains, hip-hop and throwback jerseys, I think that’s part of our culture, … The NBA is young black males.

Things are going to turn around, two heartbreaking games we had. Hopefully we can just learn from these types of games as the season goes along.

Those are things that tear teams apart. When you have a feud with your best player and he’s not responding, everybody else feels like they’re going to have to respond. It starts with your best...

With the team we’ve got, it’s a fine line. If you look at what Ricky did for us last year off the bench, he gave us that spark. Then, on the flip side, he’s probably...

It’s probably the best I’ve played throughout my career. I’m older, a lot wiser, more comfortable and I feel great. I’m in pretty good shape. It feels good.

We’re looking for certain guys to establish their roles. What are they going to be for this team? That’s what preseason is about, especially with the team we have. A lot of guys didn’t play...

I didn’t intend to get into a scoring duel. But I wanted to step up and take him at the end.

He’s a strong guy and obviously you have to foul him a little harder.

It’s one of the daily soap operas I check out. I think it’s good for the NBA. You need something like this to keep people into it.

For the most part, we did get good shots. I thought we moved the ball well. The ball just didn’t bounce my way today.

I was really disappointed in our defense down the stretch. We gave up too many easy baskets. They got a couple of dunks and a couple of layups. That can’t happen. Not in the playoffs....

We made the necessary plays we needed down the stretch and got the big stops. We’re starting to win these close games now.

I think we played with a lot more energy,

The last time I had a run like this was probably my senior year in high school. We’ve lost so many close games this year that we just needed to give ourselves a chance.

Well, he didn’t give me a yes or a no. I just told him that it would be an honor, and that I’m interested.

He’s taking a team that didn’t make the playoffs a year ago and definitely has made a huge impact on them. Obviously, when he’s on the court with them they’re pretty much unbeatable. When he’s...

I think we can use another veteran. But I’ll tell you these young guys between Al (Jefferson), he’s going to get better once he gets healthy, Tony Allen, Gerald Green, Kendrick Perkins, Ryan Gomes, I...

I think we learned a lot from our mistakes. We had a chance to watch a lot of film and see the mistakes we made. I think we’ll be ready this time, knowing this is...

We just didn’t execute down the stretch. I thought we got the shots we wanted. I liked our effort.

It takes a while to learn about everyone’s tendencies. You have to learn where guys like to get the ball. Today was good for that. It will be even better next week when we have...

I guess the league is trying to clean up the image. They’ve done surveys . . . and they say that we’re behind baseball and football and the rest of the sports. But also we’re...

Two heartbreaking games (in a row).

You could tell this is a team that’s ready to get the season over. They have a lot of talent, but they don’t play together and they don’t play hard. Mentally, those guys are ready...

We were very fortunate. Obviously, there are a lot of things we have to work on. I thought we played good defense.

We feel like we’re real close, it’s just the little things. Our problem is a sense of urgency in the last three or four minutes of the game. We’ve got to get loose balls, get...

All I can say is the same thing I’ve been saying all along. I’ll lend him my full support.