It is huge. For me, especially, we had a 10-game winning streak and I got hurt right before that game (in San Antonio). I wasn’t able to play. So we got another streak on the...

Mike is such a great player, such a clutch player. I joke with him, because he doesn’t jump very high and he’s not very fast, yet he’s still one of the most effective guys in...

That’s a tough way to start a trip, but hey it’s one of those nights. Vince goes down with foul trouble, then got a little bit hurt and couldn’t get into a rhythm.

The ball was moving, to tell you the truth. It was drive, drive, pass, pass and then somebody had an open shot and we just knocked them down.

The guy (O’Neal) missed four shots, including free throws. The difference was that he was playing at home. A lot of things tend to go your way when you’re at home.

Any team coming in has the ability to beat us.

You don’t prove yourself until the playoffs. Detroit and Miami are the two best teams in the conference, and until someone knocks them off, they’re still the two best teams in the conference.

We’ve shown improvement and I believe our schedule gets a little more favorable. If we keep everybody healthy, I believe we can (win 50). I think we’re going to be a team that makes a...

I remember when I first got here, everybody was all excited about the division. Now it’s like you don’t even see that many smiles. This is a team (that) will be judged by what we...

It’s tough to put it into words. And that’s something that’s rare for me to say.

Right now, the team is struggling, I’ve struggled. And I think it’s a direct correlation.

I try to be as efficient as possible.

Realistically, I haven’t played well since I came back. Nobody plays perfect in this league but I haven’t played a good game since I got back. Tonight it was turnovers and missed free throws. I...

I try and get him to shoot more threes. That’s his next step. They’re right there. You can’t not shoot 18-footers like that and not be able to hit some threes. It’s just a matter...

When it came to scoring, which a lot of people have problems with, I really let him take that role. I took that secondary stuff.

There are five or six teams that realistically have a chance to win the championship, and I definitely believe we’re one of them.

Everybody’s surprised. There’s guys, not naming anybody, that won’t sniff the playoffs, that are 15 games under .500, that are playing in the game. But it is an All-Star Game. It’s an individual performance game....

I think we are going to be a team that makes a real good push. We have been a team that people consistently talk about for the last five years (come) playoff time. Sometimes people...

I feel confident every game now. We have our whole roster, and we’re playing well.

They paved the way and started the tradition. It’s our job to be good players and good people for the ones who will follow us.

Our defense wasn’t good. Our offense was twice as bad.

We knew we had the ability to beat good teams on their floor. So we knew if we could just establish some consistency (at home) we could string together some wins.

I just wanted Gilbert and JT to go at it because they were the only two guys who had any energy out there, it seemed like, … I wanted to push them a little so...

There aren’t too many people who don’t know that man’s name. That says something.

We don’t concern ourselves with what other teams are doing. Because if you worry about who’s winning, who’s losing, trying to do all this math, sometimes you can get caught up in all that.

That was pretty amazing. To go up over Jermaine O’Neal, but also to recognize that he had five fouls, so you can’t really go up and over him, you have to go around and put...

You can’t do that (stuff) on the road. You can’t get yourself down on the road and think you’re going to get the benefit of the doubt on calls. You can’t think that.

I’m insanely optimistic. For odd, weird reasons, things always work out.

I don’t think Detroit was ecstatic when they won a division. I don’t think San Antonio is going to be excited when they win theirs. . . . This is just one step.

He’s one of the most intelligent basketball players I’ve been around. This was a great idea. It worked ? right in the nick of time. If he would have said it a minute-and-a-half later we...

We are getting there. You can’t do it over one season. It takes a few seasons to get it done. He is in his prime, I am coming into mine. So it can really carry...

We’re not very mentally tough. We’re not very physically tough. It’s consistent. At some point in time you’ve got to get mad.

I think they’ve come down to Earth a little bit after a fast start, but they’re still, I would say, the best team in the NBA. But we’re a confident group here. I don’t think...

He was unbelievable tonight. I was screaming before he even released the ball. Some of the shots, he started laughing. He’d catch and turn around and start shooting and I’d start laughing. He was making...

The inconsistency was kind of frustrating. I think that’s where we struggle sometimes in games.

It was just one of those nights. It was a combination of us playing good defense and getting good looks and good shots. We were fortunate to get them on a night where they didn’t...

He’s extremely confident with our team. He knows our schemes, he knows our coaching staff, he knows what we’re trying to accomplish and that’s why he’s been effective.

It was my first time being injured. Made it back for the playoffs, and started off this season struggling, now we are playing well. Ups and downs. Hopefully we will have more ups than downs.

You try and win as many games as you possibly can. If in that time you catch them, then you catch them.

J-Kidd, it was just unbelievable what he did tonight.

I remember when I first got here, everyone was all excited about winning the division. Now it’s kind of like you don’t even see that many smiles. It’s kind of like this is a part...

He understands what the coaches want, understands different people’s game and he really understands his own ability. He’s a lot more aggressive.

Everybody was to blame. You have a chance to win on the road, and the last 10 possessions, you don’t get many stops. That’s what it comes down to. Forget everything that happened the first...

Businessmen… were not born chief executives. They were often people first.

In the past few seasons, have we had some good playoff matches? Yeah, we have. Are we looking for an opportunity to have another one against them? I think that would be a lot of...

It went from bad to worse.

That was probably the biggest win in the history of the franchise.

You got to want it more than them. When the ball got loose, I thought I might have gotten fouled but I am not going to look around, I am not going to complain. I...

Cliff is the ultimate professional. He’s not just here to play games, just to say, ‘Hey I’m here in my 17th year.’ He’s out there to compete, to play at a high level, and the...

You know, we lost (Game 1), we give them all the credit. It’s unfortunate that when we win, it’s because of other things. You have to play against different people certain ways. Jason Collins and...