I think both teams played excellent defense. You can't take everything away from them. We tried to limit their 3-point looks and it opened up for some drives inside.

We're spoiled by his defense. He doesn't leap tall buildings with a single bound, but he got seven blocks tonight. That was a terrific play, as were his free throws.

I thought our defense in the second half was outstanding. That is the best we have played in a couple of weeks.

Everybody wants to take responsibility when you win, but when you fail, all these fingers are pointing.

Playing sport was somewhat frivolous, but I liked it. I rebelled a little bit, and wouldn't go to music lessons and things like that, but I would go and play ball. My parents learned to love it because they saw how much I got out of it.

To me, teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one. You become selfless.