He's got a lot of kid in him, ... He's fun to be around.

I challenged them a little bit at halftime to get more aggressive, which is what they did, ... When we get aggressive, good things happen. What you saw in the second half is how we need to play.

I don't know how much more I can ask for from our guys. We battled tough. Kobe just keeps coming at you. We just need to finish it out.

It has to help the guys' confidence to know that we can do this. It doesn't count any more if you look at the overall record.

In retrospect, the one thing Derek can't do is prevent Kobe from shooting over the top.

If Josh consistently shoots the ball well, he'll be very, very hard to guard because that opens up his drives.

I'm not going to designate a No. 1. Here's what we have to do. Here's our job. Let's all pitch in.

It wasn't a matter of us not being able to score, it was a matter of us being able to defend. You give a guy 45 and a guy 34, you're not going to be in great shape. You've got to defend.

The better he gets at his low post game, the way more valuable he has. If Troy can get where he can finish at the box and be a real good post player that can command a double team... now we're talking.

That's probably the best he's played just in terms of getting to the boards, being active, finishing shots. And I thought our guards did a good job of getting the ball to him.