Ricky's a very competitive guy and he's in competition with those guys for time on that team. If I know him, it will bring out the best in him.

They are our closest rival, and the games have been competitive. I know are guys would really like to see what they can do against them at our place.

He is the glue to that team. He is just a guy that does everything well. I told our guys that Holt may not lead them in scoring or rebounding, but he is their best player.

We have a bunch of guys on this team who want to be here and everybody has confidence in each other. It's not like we're going out every game hoping that we can win. I think we're going into every game now with the confidence pretty much knowing that we can win.

Everybody wants to be a spoiler, especially with the Rangers. It's special to beat them anytime, especially in the Garden. It's something that we haven't done a whole lot of.

It's an opportunity and it's a challenge. We're professional athletes and you look for things to get up for, and this is a big-time challenge for us. We've played a couple of teams people expected us to beat and we did. We did some good things and we have to take those positives and finish strong before the break.