I had a horrible first half. Even for the game, I didn’t really shoot that well. But I was able, like I always say, to do other things to help us stay in the game.

It’s a good thing that was preseason. We’ve still got a few more days to work on things.

We are kind of feeling each other out.

Where I play is not my decision to make, so there’s not much for me to say, … He [Hill] has said he’s not had a chance to coach any of the players, so he...

He made three tough shots and that’s what great players do — make great plays when the game is on the line.

There is one ramp at Webster that definitely will handle this low water and still give boaters a chance to launch.

The biggest [challenge] would be personnel, … When I find out that a coach is not coming back for the upcoming season at the last minute, that becomes a big problem. Personnel changes are the...

Tonight we were just able to finish things off late in the game. They made their run and I thought we responded well. Malik Rose did a great job stepping up and hitting big shots....

Once I didn’t get in the groove early, it was kind of hard to pick it up. It was a tough game, man. I would think that I would come in and have, like, 70,...

We’ve got some tough teams that we’re going to be playing against, but I look forward to us playing like we have and hopefully getting back to .500.

(Magic head coach Brian Hill) just basically told me before the game that (the trade rumors are) something that I can’t control. He just told me to play for myself and the team.

People just want something to boo about. I did nothing wrong to the city at all.

Those second shots just killed us, time and again. This was a tough loss. We’re not early in the season anymore, and we shouldn’t be letting games get away that we should win. This was...

They had a lot of people injured, so they had to try and play with a lot of different lineups. We were able to counter everything they did. It was a good win … a...

If we have to sacrifice more to be better, that’s what we have to do.

I can’t say much about that, except I was in the wrong place at the wrong time,

We’d have four point guards then. The math doesn’t add up.

Oh man, he’s doing good. I think those four years in college really, really helped him mature as a player. There are times I can tell he’s a rookie but for the most part I...

It was bad. I thought we’d be more prepared and guys would come out and play harder.

I study basketball a lot, so things like that are significant to me. I’ll keep that ball, send it to my house.

He was enthusiastic about getting back to practice and playing basketball, … We’re going to continue to strive to get him back here. Whatever it takes.

Whatever the decision is, I’m willing to sacrifice and live with the decision.

I just said the heck with it. I talked with Coach and it’s like he said, it’s something I can’t control and I have to play for myself and my team.

I say my patience is exhausted.

It was unusual, but not unheard of. This was not a 100-year storm or even a 50. It was more like a 20 or 30, but it is really hard to say.

Carrying doesn’t have to be scoring. I’ve been saying that since I’ve been in Houston, … I don’t have to score points to carry my team. I can get rebounds and assists, and little plays...

The ball’s pretty much in his hands in the fourth quarter. And he takes advantage of the opportunities — getting guys open or even getting his own shot.

We were kind of feeling each other out. He found me, I found him.

I think he has the ear of everybody. If we all can step up the way he’s doing now, I think we’ll be good.

We desperately needed a win.

You know I was mad [about the trade]. But now I’m cool. I’m cool about everything.

It took him 30 shots to get 37 points. I don’t think the defense was that bad, but he definitely made some tough shots.

It’s tough when you’ve started your whole career, coming off the bench. But if that’s the role that I have to play to help this team get better, then you have to put your pride...

It is tough because everyone knows the capabilities they have and nobody is playing to their standards. As a professional, you just have to grind it out and stay focused.

That’s something that’s way out of my control. So I just have to do what I can do when I come in.

I’m about to go cry. It was bad, man. I thought we’d be more prepared and guys would come out and play harder. They outplayed us in every aspect of the game.

My opponent has only said that he would ask serious questions of the president. The time for questioning is over.

If it’s a situation where they don’t feel I’m a starting player on this team, then I guess it would be good to go in a different direction, with no disrespect to either side. I...

He’s getting bigger and stronger with a lot more mass in his upper body,

Every time I get the ball, I get double-teamed. I respect the defense. I’m giving it up.

Of course, he’s had a lot of things that haven’t went his way as far as the season, as far as him coming back to New York. They’re not really winning as many games, but...

They made some good plays down the stretch and we turned the ball over twice and that really hurt us in crucial situations,

You have to get everybody on the same page. We barely had a consistent strategy last year.

He has to rebound, he has to pass and he has to score. Hopefully his body will last throughout the season.

I know we’re not going to run the table, I just hope we can get some type of consistency going. Guys are tired and banged up right now, but we’ve got to pay attention and...

Sometimes coach is calling stuff and I don’t understand some of the things he’s calling. I ask Phil Ford or Herb Williams just to give me some insight, so I think coming off the bench...

Before this year there was no big heckle about it, … Last year, when I did it, nobody said anything. When I was in Houston, nobody said anything. But this year, I don’t know ....

After a week of not playing, just shooting by myself, it was good to get out on the court with my teammates and play well.

We both can complement each other. Everybody has to pretty much feed off each other.

I have never seen Allen and Chris play that good together. They played off each other and they were able to get the victory.