Detroit has great players. I never thought there would ever be a day that I would vote for a whole starting five to be on the all-star team, and I did. They have great players...

I’m happy that we played hard, but that should be a given. We need to learn from these experiences and make progress. We’ve had too many times this year when we’ve come out in the...

It has happened to us so many times this season. We didn’t make our free throws, and there were an awful lot of odd plays that were right in our hands near the basket but...

After it got to seven points our guys just hung in there. Our guys were fatigued after last night’s game, so I’m really proud of how they all battled.

Occasionally, I may say something to see if I can get a response. Certainly, they responded, not that I want to take any credit for a comment like that. Each time they could have faded...

They put together that team for this time of year.

The conspiracy things I think that’s all just made up. But I think the price of oil is simply supply and demand, has nothing to do with the government and big oil. Call me crazy....

I thought he showed some flashes of what stuff he could do. He scored around the basket and showed a nice touch on a perimeter shot. I was happy to be able to give him...

Our ball movement came to a screeching halt. Ben got hot for us early, and after that our ball movement just kind of stopped.

It was a tale of two halves. We played well in the first half, they played well in the second. We made our free throws down the stretch. We fought them off, and kept them...

We did a great job of collapsing and a great job on the glass. We had a big advantage on the boards and Tyson was a big part of that, especially on the offensive end....

I thought we got a little tired after playing sensational defense for three quarters. Then Johnson started getting hot and they got close.

I was really proud of the guys. We played really hard. We were active. And we played really solid defense, and we got out with a win.

We just looked out of it. We looked out of it most of the night.

Anybody who watches us, even a little, could tell he’s important to our team. All around, he’s probably our most skilled big player as far as being able to shoot the ball, handle the ball,...

We responded particularly well tonight. When things didn’t go our way, we didn’t go into one of our tremendously long droughts and hang our heads and look defeated. We did the reverse. We picked it...

A lot can turn on this game tonight.

We were very, very fortunate. Clearly, we were tired right from the beginning of the game. It wasn’t a pretty game. We just played hard in the second half and really battled for it.

We took them down to the end. We had our opportunities. We just weren’t able to make the big plays when they were necessary.

His speed has bothered us. He’s made his open shots. We’ve given him too many free throws.

In my mind, he’s the most improved player in the league.

It’s still one of the worst in the league. I don’t know where I’d rank it, but it’s near the bottom. It’s still pretty tight in there. Most of the places have a separate area...

I told the guys a couple of days ago that whoever I thought played the best the next two days is going to start, so that’s what we did.

We’re three games down with 17 to go and two tough ones this weekend. That’s why it’s the NBA ? it’s a tough business. We got to respond now.

I’m really embarrassed by what happened. It’s unacceptable.

They made threes, but the free-throw disparity we just couldn’t overcome. I think this is my 19th or 20th year in the NBA — I’m not sure. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a stat...

We were sleepwalking through 2 1/2 quarters. Then in the third quarter we became more aggressive. We had no focus and then for some reason the switch was flipped and we got back in it.

I don’t need to take any credit for that. Tyson just kind of came to the conclusion he was putting too much pressure on himself and trying to live up to some sort of unrealistic...

Well, the team he went to is struggling mightily, I would say.

Considering what is at stake [tonight], it was pretty close to being ideal. The fact that you can come in and take care of somebody, and get some guys out of the game and not...

He’s working out like crazy. Still, any [injury] in your feet or legs usually makes it more difficult.

We know we’re not a title-contending team right now, but in the history of teams winning titles they tend to take their lumps for a little while before they finally get there.

We kind of felt at halftime it was one of our poorer halves in quite a while. But it was a great second half for us. We were much more aggressive defensively and had at...

Some guys play hard, some guys play harder. He’s a hard-playing guy. I have never seen him do anything that was out of hand, over the top. In a league where a lot of players...

We played terrible defense (on Monday) and he was talking about touches. I thought that was the incorrect thing to be talking about. I thought Ben was good tonight.

We went up to New Jersey, and there was all this hype,

We gave them 29 points off our turnovers, 27 second-chance points and 25 free throws. When they made a run at us and pressured us, we didn’t have much poise.

He’s almost an inch taller. Maybe by next year he’ll be a 7-footer.

Tonight was similar to other games we have played lately. We had our chances and weren’t able to make plays when we had those chances.

We have made it a point of emphasis all year. Our guys have to use better judgment about when to shoot (the ball) and when to drive and draw contact. There were some games when...

The guys all went over to the workout facility and got a workout in. Some guys shot, some guys got treatment, some lifted.

They complain an awful lot.

They’re on a level we’re not even near yet, although we can play with them on a given night. What are they, 49-11? I guess ‘aspire’ would be the right word.

Even when we got it close, Jamison got away from us. He’s been a key guy whenever we’ve played against them. If we would’ve been able to do a good job on him and make...

It seems every time we play Boston, it’s almost the same game. Usually, they’ll lead for a little while, then somehow we’ll get back into it. They all seem to go down to the end.

We had a lot of opportunities to quit. But whenever that presented itself, we fought our way out of it.

We’d like to come out and win the first quarter. Both games, they’ve given us a body blow right off the jump and we just haven’t been ready enough.

We were on the fortunate end of it. We did a nice job of getting our bodies in and not the silly sort of reaching, slapping fouls we’ve been guilty of sometimes. Overall, I want...

He’s got to get in better shape. That’s the first thing. He’s got to get in good enough shape to where he can at least attempt to be a big-minute player. He’s got some nice...

We need every win. The problem is we started the second half like five blind men. We were not executing, not talking to each other. Maybe one half is good enough for us right now....