I know for a fact Shaq is going to be ready for this time of year.

It’s concerned me all year, but it’s part of who were are. At this point, I’ve got to accept it and we’ve got to find other ways to win.

We did what we had to do. We needed both of these games and we got it done. They won at home and we won at home. We know going into the series we have...

I suppose that’s a good question. I don’t know. Would there be a conflict of interest there because he was in Washington? I really haven’t given that a whole lot of thought.

We had a nice lead at halftime. Then we came out casual with the ball and sloppy with everything that we tried to run in the second half.

We definitely turned (the intensity) up a notch. As a result, we stole one.

That game had a little bit of everything. It was a hard-fought win.

I’m happy for Tyson. I’m sure a good amount of grief he’s gone through has been self-imposed. He’s kind of tortured himself for some of the games he hasn’t played well in. He’s really broke...

As long as they’re good shots. You have to earn the right to take that many shots, and you do that by taking good shots, making a good percentage of them, by playing good defense...

I’m happy for our guys. I always wonder if they are going to get dejected because we’ve had close losses. We’re starting to come around. We’ve played better in the last month or so and...

Our focus early in this game was unacceptable for a game this big. Not all across the board, but a couple of our starters just weren’t ready tonight.

Now it’s a little bit different. Without Ben making some shots during periods of the game, we wouldn’t even have had a chance. All I can say is he is aware of it, and he’s...

We know we’re in a battle right now. This is obviously a huge week. It’s possible there could be a little more clarity by this time next week. This is the biggest week of our...

It’s no secret the last two years we’ve been trying to rebuild. For our guys to get in this is a tribute to the way that they have been resilient and stayed with it. We...

We try to keep it reasonable. It’s not necessarily that we don’t trust our guys. We don’t trust other people. We want to keep our guys out of situations where something (negative) can happen. I...

Ben was in his room at 2. I don’t know where that report came from.

Eddie played real well last night. Considering he’s still kind of feeling his way out there. As you see him get more and more comfortable, he’ll be more aggressive. Learning what is and what isn’t...

For whatever reason, we are not fighting back when other teams give us a blow.

Anybody that’s involved in the league in depth and watches us play knows that we have more things in our offense for Ben probably than any other team in the league has for any other...

They commit the fewest fouls in the league. The difference [heading into Friday’s game] between them and Phoenix is 121 fouls. Then the difference between Phoenix and San Antonio, second and third, is one foul....

Lu and [guard] Ben [Gordon] are way down the list of my concerns.

We liked Stephen. It’s just that we wanted to take a look at a big guy also with the 10-days. It’s good for them and it’s good for our guys to know we’re not afraid...

We just waited too long to start playing. We kind of just sleepwalked through 2 1/2 quarters. Then near the end of the third quarter we finally started getting aggressive. We started driving the ball...

We want to make sure we do not fall too far behind. We’ve dug ourselves a hole and it is pretty simple: We have to dig ourselves out or we do not make it. At...

We did what we had to do. We came out and played with energy, I thought we had good ball movement. Our shot selection was excellent, and I think they were a little bit off.

The last two games have been very similar to a lot of wins we had last year where we’re not playing our best but we keep battling, stay in the game and make the big...

I wasn’t really concerned about [other teams]. I was thinking about my own team. I’ve learned not to sell them short. I’ve learned when we’re down 17 last night [to Indiana before rallying to win]...

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.

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.

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.

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.