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.

It would be nice to have Darius because he is another big man who can shoot it. There’s a lot of pressure on Malik because he’s our only big who can shoot it outside.

Our defense hasn’t been good enough to win. We haven’t been physical enough, and they’ve taken it to us.

I’ve never been part of a team where that didn’t occur at some point. And sometimes behind the scenes is way worse than that.

I’m pretty sure Larry invented the game. I’m pretty sure about that.

This was a very difficult practice, and they’re going to continue to be difficult. We’re just not playing at an intensity level that’s necessary for us to win. The guys know it. It’s something we’ve...

Our movement around the floor was not as sharp as it has been. We did a lot of stumbling around out there tonight.

We did not play well enough to win. We had way to many breakdowns, mentally and physically.

You start getting past the mid-point or getting to the 30-game point and you have a chance to pick up a full game on a team, you’d like to take advantage of that.

With the exception of Tyson Chandler, we came out flat. The other four starters weren’t at that level so the Kings really took it to us. We got it close and then they just turned...

This is a game where, if you’re going to get serious about what you’re going to do this season, you’ve got to lay it all on the line in the third quarter when we have...

They’re a different team than when we saw them last time.

Normally, I can watch a bunch of 9-year-olds play Little League baseball and spot the leader right away. It’s not that hard to spot. People pretty much are who they are. But I’ve seen people...

This is a win we are grateful to have. It was a great comeback.

The name that comes to mind when I played is [Bill] Laimbeer. I mean, they’re two totally different players. And then [Dennis] Rodman here. Those are two guys that tended to get on people’s nerves,...

We got it tight there a couple times, kind of left our feet, got a little out of control. But having said that, we got a decent look at a 3-point shot to tie the...

We had good performances across the board. We like the tempo of our offense, the way it’s been going these three games. … We want to push it up. Tonight, we were more fortunate with...

Antonio Davis can’t help but be a good influence on the other guys and Jerome Williams hustles all the time. He gets up and down the floor.

I’m very happy about it. Our guys have done a great job of finding each other out there. We don’t take many bad threes; most of them are off the ball movement. We’ve had games...

He’s bothered us in all areas. His speed has bothered us, he’s made his open shots and we’ve given him too many free throws. He’s always been one of the faster point guards. We’ve had...

I can write that one off, … as just something strange that happened.

I thought it was a great effort. Tyson was a big lift. I thought maybe that he had his best game of the year.

It’s been a good impression; he’s a very good offensive player. He’s got a lot to learn on the defensive end, as all rookies do. I’m not sure, yet, what his future holds here. But...

I thought we were active on both ends. Our defense is coming around. We are going on a good month now with solid defense. A lot of times in critical moments we have not been...

He [Allen] was examined here and taken somewhere else to be examined.

With 18 games to go, they don’t get much bigger than this. It’s not like if we don’t win, we’re out of it or if we do win, it’s devastating to Milwaukee. It’s just a...

We’ve had an up-and-down year as far as focus.

[We’ve] had a lot of games go against us like that where we haven’t been able to seize the moment, and our guys seem to be growing up as a team, and it’s nice to...

Detroit has its own agenda, which is to rest its guys, and Washington has the motivation, which is understandable. So is the Orlando-Indiana game. That’s part of it. That’s why you play all 82 (games).

He kind of overpowered us.

[O’Neal] is in charge of that. We are not in charge of that. When [O’Neal] wants to get things done, he will. He got in some foul trouble, he had an off-night. He doesn’t have...

We have to find other ways to use Tyson. The main thing is he has to find ways to stay on the floor by not fouling. We’ve got to get him the ball and …...

I didn’t think either team was especially sharp tonight, to put it mildly. It was anybody’s game for the taking. They turned it up a little bit and we weren’t able to make any big...

We should have won that second game of the season at New Jersey. We missed a free throw and gave up a three-point play basically at the buzzer. It’s a game we felt like we...

It’s baffling as much as we work on end-of-game situations that we just took the ball up and turned it over right there. I don’t understand it.

I thought it was a great effort. Tyson (Chandler) was a big lift. I thought he had his best game of the year. Our game was proactive and most importantly, we got a lot of...

We waited too long to start playing. We kind of sleep-walked through 2-1/2 quarters. Then near the end of the third quarter, we finally started getting aggressive. We started driving the ball, and our defense...

They literally complain about every call all night long. They are having a great year doing it. I’m not sure what that says.

I thought the way that game unfolded made that a very good win. We knew we’d have a battle in the second half. We battled and made a lot of big plays on both ends....

I can’t allow us to be blaming other factors for the way that we play. There’s a very simple thing to do under those situations, and that’s play better. We’ve done that a little bit...

You’ve got to be really skilled with the ball, you’ve got to be sharp with your spacing, you’ve got to use your ball fakes, and that’s something we’re still working on. They made it interesting...

Sometimes when you’re short-handed, guys step up.

I’m going to bring him off the bench. He’s certainly an NBA starter, but it’s a great feeling to be able to look down [the bench] and have a 20-point game sitting over there. He’s...

It’s not like he’s hurting us in the low post as much as he is by when he touches [the ball], it sets off a chain of events that we’ve had hard time dealing with....

In the fourth quarter they turned it up right at the same time we started to turn the ball over. We kind of lost our poise out there and they ran away from us out...