He says he’s about the same — hasn’t gotten any worse or any better. [Today] will be a day of rest for his elbow, for sure. We’ll try to pick and choose some spots to...

I don’t want to be changing the lineup all the time, but to [keep the same lineup], we have to have a whole bunch of guys be consistent in their roles. So far, we haven’t...

All you need to do is watch a couple NBA games to know that’s an automatic timeout. We have guys with enough experience to know that. It’s inexcusable.

Paul pretty much has his way with us the whole night. There are certain rookies who come into this league and are ready to play and he is definitely one of them.

They had an overtime game last night and we sitting here waiting for them. We played pretty well, but we didn’t get Philly’s best shot. We will see that next week when we play them...

We just kind of came undone. The lack of respect for the basketball out there was pretty amateurish.

I was less concerned by the way we shot the ball [36.6 percent] and more concerned about how timid we were on defense. Bobby Simmons is a good player, but we gave him so many...

He brings toughness and exuberance to our group. He’s legitimately trying to get in there and take contact. I thought all around he was excellent tonight.

We looked panicked right from the jump ball. That’s the only word that I can come up with.

The season was on the ropes for a while. And they turned it around, and did it in an impressive fashion.

We just couldn’t stop him in key moments.

It was pretty fun, actually. I paid the price for it. He didn’t pay any price, I know that.

It really bothered him in the San Antonio game.

We shot the ball well enough to win. We just couldn’t stop fouling.

Normally, you run away with a game like that. Obviously, it’s a big problem.

My opinion has always been that whoever the top guys are in the rankings — provided they have the attempts — should go. I had that opinion the whole time I played, and my opinion...

This was a game that had a little bit of everything. I thought we showed a lot of fight and we made plays when we had to. They also made plays. Fortunately we had the...

To win a game where we only make 12 field goals in the second half, obviously our defense is good. I thought we were very active and it won the game for us.

We . . . stopped running back on defense.

We can trace our problems to basically one thing. Our home record is below par.

They were more active. They came to win. I’m not sure what we came to do.

A.D.’s leadership presence is definitely something we’ve missed. There’s no doubt about that. And Griff was very important to our team. We miss that (veteran leadership).

This is the time of year when the great players and the great teams elevate their play. We need all of our guys to elevate their play. He’s certainly an important part of that.

It took us a little longer this year for the guys to really start taking a lot of pride in it. But they did and they got it accomplished. I bet if you went back...

We don’t want to get into a fouling-type game, which has been our trend throughout the year.

The thing we have to be concerned with is our turnovers, especially down there. If you told me before the series started [that] we’d have an 18-turnover game and two with 17 and we were...

I’m very fond of Eddy. I always found him to be very honest and open. He was never a problem.

It would be impossible at this point to dream up something that Shaq hasn’t already seen. He’s seen double teams from the passer, double teams on the catch, double teams when he dribbles once.

If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me that question… wait a minute, I do have a dollar for every time I’ve been asked that question.

He’s got size. All the teams keep drafting younger and younger players. It’s becoming more and more rare that you get a guy from college who has an NBA body and NBA athleticism. Eddie has...

Malik has had some good minutes lately. He’s shooting 49 percent. He doesn’t have a lot of attempts, but he’s been able to knock down the perimeter shot, hold his position and he’s had some...

Every game he plays in, he’s … one of the toughest guys on the floor. He’s got size, strength, athleticism, and he can play. He gives them one of the best players in the game,...

Banks speeds up the tempo a little bit. He can really push it and create a lot of problems. Davis is a great scorer and a great athletic wing player.

Ben played so well and took the open shots. Sometimes he turns those down and ends up taking a more difficult one.

Tyson had the blocks. Two of those blocks were big league blocks, the one from behind and the one directly on Paul when he came down the middle. We were able to make our free...

He’s well over 700 free throws. [If] you put any two of our guys together, they’re not even close to that.

It’s no secret that the last couple of years we were trying to rebuild and redo our team, and there’s a lot of teams that try to do that and can’t get in the playoffs....

We played hard. We didn’t play as smart as we needed to in some instances.

No, because I’ve heard similar things throughout the course of the year. It’s something he’s going to have to get over. He needs to face the personal responsibility of what he needs to get done....

Everything is a little looser now and can look a little more sloppy. I guess (that’s) what the league’s after.

We do this a lot. It’s bothersome. When you don’t get to the line very much, and then you get there and can’t make them, that’s a bad combination. We have to be able to...

I didn’t see the replay yet, but I’m sure it was a good call.

We came out at halftime totally casual. Just kind of winging the ball all over the place, acting as though they were going to give us the game. We’ve done this so many times now....

We have a bunch of guys who basically have to decide if they want to be sort of the typical NBA player, which nowadays is more of an excuse-maker and a blamer and has his...

What we tried to talk to the guys about [Tuesday] morning was that we’ve got a long trip. We can’t have a carry-over from game to game, quarter to quarter, minute to minute. We’ve got...

I thought overall it was one of Kirk’s better games.

We feel like they are all must games now. We have to put together a string of wins, but that will be tough to do.

We waited 2 ‘, quarters before we got any energy going. Once we did, we were able to chip away at it and give ourselves half a chance.

I just sprinkled the magic dust on them and they took off. I don’t remember what I said.

They still haven’t proved they can play well in a big game at home.