Philadelphia found a way to win the game when (Iverson) went out, and we found a way to lose it.

You understand if you don't win, the season is over. It's as cold and as blunt as that.

We had to have this game. Lose [on Tuesday], and that D-C game becomes meaningless. So this win was big.

We rode (Miller) tonight. He was superb out there. We found him, got him the ball and he was magnificent.

They're missing three starters, and they played a great game. They played bigger than we did. They worked harder than we did. They deserved to win. They executed better.

We just had a continuation of defensive breakdowns. We had nine assists in the game, and that's not good. They really dominated the series.