Allen Iverson

They are similar, absolutely. We have leads and we give a lead up. It's been happening like this, the same way.

We're going to need team efforts, we're going to need each other down the stretch. With 29 games to go, we've got to win more than half of those to give us a better seed in the playoffs. We don't want to settle for the eighth spot. We want to try and get as high as we can.

If I had an explanation, I would give it. We just got whipped from beginning to end tonight. During the season, you will have games like this.

If I had an explanation, I'd give it. We just got whipped from beginning to end. They did everything right, and we couldn't do anything right.

Once they made one breakdown, they left me open, and I got a good look at it.

It was a great feeling (to sit out) because I didn't feel good at all, ... I was telling Coach when I was getting ready to go back in that I wasn't feeling that well and he just told me to come back, and fortunately everything worked out fine. I just didn't feel good. I was dizzy out there the whole game. Once I stopped playing at halftime and came back in, I just never felt right. I think I'm coming down with something.

Come the fourth quarter, we buckled down and got the stop and made some good plays offensively. Earl, I don't want to call him a backup point guard because he's just as good as many guards in this league.

just because you put a guy in a tuxedo, it doesn't mean he's a good guy.

Everything that I do, everything that I say is magnified. I didn't think it was going to get out of hand like this.

There may be one million people who love me, there may be 10 million people who hate me. What do I do I go to battle for those 1 million people.

keep his head up, that it would all work out.

It's frustrating, because we wanted to go to the holiday with a win and unfortunately we couldn't do that. We have to get it out of our system, enjoy the holiday, and come back to work.

His spirit was up, but I dont know how much it could be. It was just rough, because I love him as a person and a teammate. I just hope he does whats best for him.

We know that team was 0-6 and just for those guys to come in here and get a win would have been devastating to us. Our whole thing was to not let them get their first win on us in our house.

I know I am healthy enough to go out there and not hurt my teammates.

If we don't have Willie it's going to hurt us. But we have so many guys ready to step up.

We should because when coaches get fired, the players have a lot to do with it.

This is the thing you dream about when you're a kid, even before getting into the league.

This is like a tribute to them, the people who helped me to get here. The thing that makes me feel good about the whole thing is, the fans voted me here.

Personally I just want to win a championship.

If that many people recognize how hard I go every night and what I put into my game, to make myself and my team better, it means a lot to mean. I'm fortunate I'm blessed to be in the situation that I'm in right now.

I owe all of this to the guys I've played with and all the coaches that have helped me get to where I'm at right now. I'm honored to be here.

I don't want to just go to the playoffs, I don't want to go to the playoffs and win the first round, second round, and not win the whole thing because it's bittersweet.

Being an All-Star is everything.

We thought we had chances to get back into the game. We turned the ball over here and there, and they did what great teams do - they took advantage of it. When you are playing against a good team like (Detroit), you have to take advantage of the opportunities and you can't throw the ball away.