Anytime you can get a block like that, it sets the tone defensively.

It's always a big deal. Every game is crucial for us.

It was a whole new learning experience. With that behind me, I know what I have to do. Every foul has to mean something. It has to be a hard foul just to let them know.

We tried to give (Yao) different looks, meet him at the foul line, ride him out, sometimes double him. Anybody can score if they get it low enough.

We give ourselves a lot of chances to win a lot of games with our defense.

We don't want to make excuses. Even though those guys are out, we have to put five guys out on the floor. I think this team is good enough and deep enough to still go out there and compete and win a couple of games.

That's what comedians do. Comedians talk a lot.

That's what comedians do, comedians talk a lot. I laugh at it, too. He's never hung out with me. I don't even know him. So I can say anything about him, and he can say anything about me.

I think we should have more than that.

Getting stops is the key to our defense. If we come out and play good defense each and every night, we're going to give ourselves a chance to win.