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.

It’s a step in the right direction. Hopefully it’s something we can build on.

Definitely it’s different now. I think so. I think the ball is moving around a lot more. Guys are playing unselfish, looking for the next pass. I mean, I think it’s obvious with the way...

I think we’re finally coming into our own on the road. Hopefully we can make this a good road trip and get the next one.

I dress how I feel anyway. I think I’m just going to continue to dress how I feel. I think there’s some days I may take a fine.

The kid had a lot of hype coming out of high school, and nobody understands the type of pressure that is at such a young age. It’s amazing that he can handle the type of...

A lot of guys are growing up before our eyes like Gomes and West.

We probably don’t want to build a Grizzlies Stadium, because it’d be hard to put up and hard to get rid of, but aside from that, what would you like to see,

It was definitely a big win against a division rival and a team that has been playing well…It was a good win for us.

I just take what comes to me. If the drive is there, I’m going to take it. If it’s not there, I’ll take a pull-up shot. I’m a confident player down the stretch and I...

One cool thing about mathematics is they (the audience) don’t have to be able to understand math to see the passion that makes it so exciting to them.

I think Marcus is like a lot of guys in the league. He needs the minutes to get comfortable with the system and the coach, and Marcus never really got that with us. He never...

We’ve got to keep our heads up. We’re going to turn this around sooner or later.

We just didn’t have our heads there. We know we should have closed the game out. We used it as [motivation].

He brought great energy to the whole arena when he came in. That’s basketball and the crowd wants to get behind you — especially if you play well. They probably would have booed if he...

It’s definitely a tough one to swallow. We were in control for most of the game.

We don’t want to get over-excited with just one win. We are just trying to be consistent. We have to sustain a group of wins and then I’ll be able to say we are successful.

We didn’t look to push the ball. We didn’t look to run as much as we should have. I think we shot ourselves in the foot. This was a game we should have had.

When I saw the rule that you can’t wear chains (I thought it was), … That’s just part of our culture, when we wear the chains and the hip-hop gear and the throwback jerseys.

This is a poor defensive team. This is not a very good team. They have very good talent, but not a very good team.

I just don’t think we showed a sense of urgency we need down the stretch. That’s what good teams do.

We can’t wait to get No. 17,

It was a great game to be a part of. There were a lot of emotional high and lows. It’s mentality draining, but I’m glad I had a chance to be a part of it.

We said at halftime we’re going to pick it up in the second half, and that’s what we did.

The main thing is we kept our heads up, didn’t get down. We said (the streak is) going to end, we just have to stay together, regardless of the injuries.

I probably visualize myself, the shots I’m going to get in the game, how I’m going to play defense, what we have to do to stop the other team’s best player, what it’s going to...