Gilbert told me going into the second half, 'You can't do anything if you don't let it ride,'? He shouldn't have to tell me that.

Everybody knows Gilbert. We don't understand how it's possible (for him to be omitted). But it happened.

All of the great ones have gone through it. You can't let a guy pick you apart and not be aggressive with him. Tonight we came right at (James). We tried to be more aggressive and tried to get the ball out of his hands. We didn't let him get into that comfort zone that he was in the first game.

Before we came out on the floor for the second half, we huddled up and I told the team it wasn't going to end like this. We responded to the challenge.

It's hard, but everybody goes through it with the exception of Detroit, who hasn't had any injuries. You've just got to find a way to win with the situation. It's been hard because of late we had played well together. We finally got some great chemistry.

That helped me get into a rhythm.