Somebody's going to have to pay for me missing the initial. And that's almost every Eastern Conference team out there.

We did not want to get blown out against a team in the Eastern Conference.

We're stunned, too. We did a great job for a team that doesn't give up. We knew it was going to be a hard-fought game. We just tried to keep the pressure on. We were just hot tonight.

We didn't want to get blown out or get embarrassed, being that it's an Eastern Conference team. We picked it up.

We didn't want to drop three in a row before we have to face a tough Charlotte team. They always play us tough. It's going to be a great back-to-back series against them.

They are hometown heroes. I know they are going to be excited about coming home, but it's not about us against Steve Blake and Juan Dixon. We are trying to get the win and get back to .500.