It doesn't get any easier. We are going home to play the best team in basketball. That's the beauty of this league, you do it on a nightly basis and we can keep trying to get better.

I used to be more into basketball because I have a goal at home. I would shoot hoops with my cousins, but now I really like soccer. It's a real man's game.

We've never had a situation like this before. We had to know that he could play basketball and he could help us, even if it was for one game a week. When we saw that, the kid's attitude and enthusiasm made the decision easier.

He's a very bright kid and a very classy kid. And he can play basketball. He's got some good athletic tools, and he's physical enough to play the game.

We played even with them until the third quarter. Down the stretch we didn't play smart basketball, we got lazy on defense and were forced to foul.

The way we're playing defensively right now, I think we can play our best basketball of the season in these last couple of games and going into the conference tournament. Defense is keeping us together.