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I thought our energy and focus were good tonight.

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I wasn't really happy how we played in the first half. We made them really good. We didn't pass the ball well and forced shots.

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It will be hands-on. In certain situations, (players) might be able to work out in both places. I mean it's only a 20-minute drive.

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It's the first time this year that we probably have a strut to our step. It makes me a little nervous, too. I don't want them to be too happy.

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I thought we did have some karma in practice this morning, but everybody was a bit down. I know I was.

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There's an inner confidence that comes from winning a division. We celebrated within ourselves, said some thanks and congratulated each other. Hopefully its the beginning of a tradition and something we can accomplish every year.

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It's a bad hand you're dealt when your best player is in foul trouble and you're down 15 and 20 points.

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We're seeing a team in the fourth quarter that doesn't have the confidence to finish up a game. Last year, we were a great fourth-quarter defensive team.

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We're human beings, and of course it affects you. You don't want to be talked about as not being wanted, or that someone wants to trade you.

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We didn't lose the game with our defense, we lost the game in the fourth quarter with our seven turnovers and trouble getting shots against a zone and settling for threes.

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We settled for jump shots. I'll have to watch the tape to see if there was any defense.

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I think we made him miss a lot of shots.

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We want him to psychologically get over it. We're not going to rush him on the court.

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Will it energize us or de-energize us I can't answer that. I'm hoping we'll all be strong and persevere and stay together. My gut says we're going to do that, but only (tonight) will tell us the answer.

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This is our place, our house, our building. We let too many teams come in and do similar things (as Milwaukee did).

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Carmelo was incredible. It shows that when he makes his jump shot he's very difficult, if not impossible, to cover.

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It took me a few minutes to get that ugly feeling out of my stomach.

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I think the first time, when you hear about it, the first couple of weeks you think about dying more often than you've ever thought about it, ... You're thinking that your life can be coming to an end. . . . I'm sure you think of dying every once in a while, but when you have cancer you think of that every day for three or four weeks (after Karl was diagnosed).

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The man had a fantastic game, it's just a shame he didn't get rewarded with a win. His efficiency was great. I think what you saw tonight is when he makes his jump shot, he's pretty difficult, maybe impossible, to cover by one guy.

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I don't think I want Ruben to be controlled. I want Ruben to be angry and mad and play like a mad dog in the backyard. That's who he is. He's not going to be a polished player. He's not going to trick anybody. He's going to go out there and beat you.

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I think he can emulate some of what Eddie gives us. I have trust in him to the point where I can play him in the end-of-game situations.

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I think the energy of the first quarter got us confident. I thought all along that we might run out of gas, but the zone and the energy of passing the ball and playing together was there the whole night. They never scared us.

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I think a lot of our success comes when we played good defense, get deflections. We lacked a defensive consciousness on a consistent basis.

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We should have a new goal - we should win the division championship, ... I don't know if that's 50 wins, 54, 55. ... It might be more, it might be less. But basically it's a tradition of winning division championships.

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I love New Orleans. I hope it recovers. I think the NBA has shown its desire and spirit to support the fans and the citizens of the city.

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