My situation was pretty easy. My high school is a Nike school; I went the University of Arizona. It’s not like it was bad choice, or I went there just because it was a Nike...

We put ourselves in that position. We didn’t do a good job early.

We’ve spoiled people early. We could win the rest of our games, but we’re going to be judged by how we play in the playoffs. This is good. This is great. But we understand that’s...

You can do that because you won the first game. Just wait until after Game 2.

He took control. He did what he wanted, on the pick-and-roll, he got to wherever he wanted, he found open guys, he got to the basket. He got to the free throw line. I think...

They played the way we [had]. We normally get down, then you fight to the end and you don’t seem to have enough.

We would drive and kick it to guys with wide-open looks but couldn’t get anything to fall. For the most part we played good defense, but you have to be near perfect on the defensive...

Maybe the 1 o’clock start helped us. Dirk and those guys didn’t wake up until the second half.

I believe we’re going to be OK. Fortunately, it’s not the best-of-1. This isn’t the NCAA Tournament. You have a few more games to play before it’s over with. So we just have to do...

I had been on ice for 3 ‘, quarters. I was watching Vince go to work, he’s unbelievable. Then coach put the ball in my hands and I tried to be aggressive.

Our offense failed us. A lot of the decision-making.

After a while we wear on teams, … That’s what’s going to happen.

We didn’t really shoot the ball very well as a team. When you attack the basket and try to get to the free-throw line, that’s something that can kind of help you out. When you’re...

This one has showed us that we’ve got everything going again and we’re back in the groove.

Coming into this series, he wasn’t really known as a defensive stopper. But he’s been coming in and giving us unbelievable minutes on Stevie Jackson. He’s been in the passing lanes. He’s been a great...

Sometimes he gets so excited. It’s like.

He received criticism from the media, he received criticism from different people, but it wasn’t from anyone in this locker room. It wasn’t from anyone in the coaching staff, because we believed in him and...

It’s big. We want to get home court. Detroit has separated themselves from the rest of the league. We can’t get Detroit, so let’s get the other. It’s not too far-fetched.

There are five or six teams that can make it to the end. Nothing’s changed.

He hasn’t lost a step, let that be known.

It’s a nice stretch against very good teams. So it’s going to be a tough stretch for us.

He’s been playing well for them all year. He’s a guys who’s been experienced for them, he’s played in the NBA Finals, so a first-round playoff game, there’s not so much pressure on him to...

We had plenty of good looks, especially close around the bucket. We missed some easy shots.

They have an unbelievable crowd here. But for us, it was, ‘OK, they hit a few shots, let’s calm down. We felt confident and it worked for us in the end.

You give them credit. They played good defense. Some shots didn’t fall down for us. Fortunately, it’s not the best-of-1.

You might struggle on the road or you might lose a home game or two, but this is new to us, and new to me.

Our offense was not where it should have been, and you have to give them credit. Tonight, we weren’t at the top of our game, and they took advantage of that.

He was unbelievable. He has a long way to go, but it is amazing with J-Kidd and Vince he still finds a way to stand out.

In the fourth quarter, we predominantly play through him. He’s our leading scorer and he always takes the majority of the shots. A lot of people that don’t watch us a lot throughout the year...

The Nets, since I’ve been here, are going to be judged by how you play in the playoffs. You win a lot of games in the regular season, we’re still going to be judged by...

If we win, no matter what, (at least) it’s coming back to Jersey. If they win, they have a chance to finish it off (in Indianapolis) and their crowd and everything is going to be...

You come to expect it (playing 40 minutes).

We are a better team than this. We just had a couple of stretches where we are struggling, every team goes through that.

When your defense falls, sometimes your offense can be part of the problem. We were taking some questionable shots that were leading to easy transition baskets on their end.

Nobody gets hurt. And play hard.

J-Kidd is grabbing me, pulling me and I am telling him to calm down.

If I say no, he’s a liar. If I say yeah.

I was a defensive specialist … I had to guard whoever Gilbert was supposed to be guarding, too. I’m telling you, Gilbert did not play defense.

We’re not sitting up here, jumping up and down like we won a championship. When things are going well, you can’t act like you’re surprised they are.

I really didn’t even realize it was that crazy.

It felt good. I felt like I had a chance.

It was just like the good old days. When I’m out there running, then that’s when I’m playing my best. It felt so good out there. We showed that we still have the ability to...

It was a frustrating first half of the season because we can play a lot better. We’ve had some inconsistencies.

We played against one of the top two or three teams in the league. We beat some very, very good teams during the streak. Now we have to try and continue our home dominance.

If you look at a lot of my shots, most of them were assisted by my teammates. It was just a matter of me getting open and them feeding me the ball.

We’re in the playoffs? Man, that’s cool.

I wouldn’t say we’ve been on our heels, but we haven’t had things go our way.

He’s the epitome of a professional. He brings a lot of confidence out on the floor, even if he hasn’t played for awhile. It’s reassuring knowing you have someone like that on the team.

He came up with the idea to go small. Bosh posts up, but he likes to shoot jumpers, and we were able to take that away from him. You need to crowd and use your...

We’ve really struggled in the second quarter the last couple games. (Tonight) we did OK in the first quarter, but then their bench comes in and we struggle. I’m not sure why, but we have...