(It) was my best game in a while. |
A little shot in the butt. It started kicking in after a couple minutes out there and I felt good after that. |
A lot of teams, guys come in against Miami and they try to go off. We have to try to limit that as much as possible. ... We're still a ways away [defensively]. More than anything we just need to continue to get better at the effort part defensively. |
After the Boston game is when he turned into that Shaq mode. |
Another win Wednesday will make us feel great about the way we're playing. |
Anybody who comes into Miami, if they sign on the dotted line then they'll understand what we're trying to do here. I have no problem with it at all. He knows we're about winning right now. |
Anytime a change is made in the middle of the season, you're going to be shocked, especially with Stan Van Gundy. I've got a tremendous amount of respect for him. To step down the way he did, what can you say about that? ... We were shocked, but at the same time, we've got a game today. |
Anytime you get a win you're happy with it and you try to learn from it. |
Anytime you lose a game it's painful. But when you get blown out, when you get embarrassed, especially on (national) TV, it's terrible. You put a hat on and walk out of here because no one has a reason to walk out of here with their head up. |
At first, I wasn't really too pumped about it. But now as it gets closer, I think it's going to be a challenge. |
At halftime, he was really talking about going out and doing it. He came in and showed us the way and everybody else just followed him and kind of got what energy he brought. |
At times it has been good. At times it has been average. |
Both teams played each other twice, we both won a game, each was close, and because of our history, yeah, it's going to be a very important game to see where both our teams are at. |
But it won't be crazy like the regular season. I'll make sure everything is under control. |
Coach did put a challenge out there for me to be more active on defense, to be more aware. I know I'm a good defender. At times, I just take a rest. So he put a challenge on me not to take a rest. |