We have yet to get serious about the defensive end and out-play people. Until we do that, we are going to be an up and down team. I thought by this point in the season...

Jason Kidd is always capable of something like that on a given night, (Steve) Nash, too. But the opponent had so much to do with that night, that it’s hard to envision.

Shaq got into a scrap with one of my teammates, … and I got tired of everybody separating them, so I went over and said, ‘Why don’t you guys stop [messing around] and just fight?’...

We made him miss twice in critical moments. We just leaked out and they came right back and got perimeter rebounds on us. You can’t do that.

I’m happy for Tyson. He’s kind of tortured himself for some of the games he hasn’t played well in.

He got hit pretty good. For Chris not to be able to play — he’s a tough guy — that means he’s hurt.

Nothing I can share here. I don’t think anything was called for.

We had good life from start to finish, and we played very good defense with the exception of a handful of possessions. That allowed us to get out and get our running game going, and...

We came out well tonight. Unfortunately, they came out better in the third quarter. We looked a little bit dazed and confused, which has been a habitual thing for us this season. When you let...

Ben is one of the most unique players I’ve seen. It is uncanny how one moment he is out there and not having a good game, then all of a sudden he just starts throwing...

We still have a chance to move up and finish .500. We’re going to play to win.

Well, you know, I know a lot of times people think it’s easy to just get the ball to a guy when the other teams knows exactly where it’s going. Sometimes it’s not that easy....

We did what we had to do. We had to win this game. We played better, but they didn’t play like they played in Miami.

I realize this is a tough business to be in and things don’t always go the way you want them to go, … When that happens, you deal with it and move on.

We have to play inspired ball all the time.

I just read a couple of [Raptors coach] Sam Mitchell quotes that sounded like he was going to be there.

We lost Shawn too many times tonight. I know from experience that he’s a very slippery player. If you relax, he’ll slide behind you.

We’ll take the win, but you end up almost feeling a little bit bad about it. They outplayed us for three quarters, handily,

He’s settled into the role of being one of the first players off the bench. He’s shot the ball well for us. He’s passed it. He’s played very good defense. He’s just a very good...

We’re in an enviable position. We have good young players, (high) draft picks and money to spend. Yet we’re in last place in our division, so it’s logical that people would call John and gauge...

We have a play that we run there where we to try to get Ben on a run around but it didn’t develop. Snow (was) pretty much covering it real good there and we couldn’t...

We have had games like that where we haven’t been sharp. I was hopeful that we were going to come out and play well. We pretty much got dominated all over the place.

Ben has had a good year. Not starting isn’t a reflection of Ben. When considering a lineup move to get some energy out there, you have to consider how that player will respond. Ben has...

His personality has definitely come out this year, there’s no doubt about it. He’s much more comfortable around the guys. With the coaches, we could always have a basketball conversation with him last year because...

It means the guys are working very hard at it and it’s paying off. There’s no magic in that, really. It’s just that we have the a system that we teach, and the guys have...

Our guys always come back. But it was the second game in a row we weren’t ready to play when the ball went up. We’re still learning on the fly. We don’t have guys with...

I really don’t think so. Each one of these games has the best referees. I don’t think too much carries over, unless this sort of continues on and the series got pushed on. I know...

With our group, we’ve found that this works for us. Nobody’s complained. We don’t have much of a complaining group.

For whatever reason, we meant business when the ball went up tonight. That’s the team I see in practice. It was good to see them take it into the game.

We haven’t played well of late. It’s obvious for anybody to see. In order for us to win an NBA game, we have to play a lot better than we’ve been playing.

There is no question we have been fouling too much. We have silly fouls, but then I see the other team fouling like that and not being called. (Anthony) shot 21 free throws. He almost...

In all my years being in the league, including myself, I’ve never known any rookie to come in and knock your socks off. [The NBA] is a big step up; it’s the amount of work...

We’ve lost so many games like this; they’ve been close games and we’re trying to fight to the end, but a play has to be made.

I’m not sure. I guess that’ll come out [tonight]. We’ll have to see the way we respond.

It’s safe to say that’s a lie. I wasn’t even aware anybody said that. I didn’t even get into it verbally with anybody during the game.

Ben got the ball, so we went to a high pick-and-roll setup. Mike made a good play.

That made it interesting. They came out in the third quarter and started getting after us, and we didn’t handle that really well. But we were able to make our free throws and take care...

It was one of our best all-around efforts of the season. The guys were really in tune with the game plan. Ben made some big shots, but it was Andres who made the difference in...

We didn’t play as smart as we needed to in some instances. But we put it all out there. … We took it down to the end. We had our opportunities. We just weren’t able...

We’ve got to do a better job with that chain of events.

When the time came to make plays, they made a flurry. That coupled with some very poor decisions that we made (and) in a matter of minutes the game was gone.

I’ve said it many times, Kirk does so many things for our team that his shot-making is down the list.

They were able to make big plays at the end and we weren’t.

During the game, if you’re an injured player, a sport coat and slacks should be a bare minimum. And you should always appear to be professional when you’re entering the arena.

Look, anytime you have a guy with that size that you can throw the ball to and he can get scores around the basket, you’re going to miss that aspect of it. There are things...

Our defense was very good. We needed it.

I’d rather we had a day [off Friday] and played, but that’s not how the schedule works. We’ve got some guys banged up. We’ll give them a day of rest and then come back and...

We fouled a lot tonight, we had a night where we were just flat not into it right from the beginning of the game. And really a pretty pitiful effort.

The problem is our backs are against the wall every game right now. Somehow we have to convince the guys that.

[By] this time next week, we’re either going to feel much better about it or probably much worse. It depends on these next few games.