I’m insanely optimistic. For odd, weird reasons, things always work out.

Any team coming in has the ability to beat us.

Coming into this series, he wasn't really known as a defensive stopper. But he's been coming in and giving us unbelievable minutes on Stevie Jackson. He's been in the passing lanes. He's been a great defender for us.

After a while we wear on teams, ... That's what's going to happen.

Opinions, right or wrong, aren't going to help or hurt the situation. They are what they are. (NBA commissioner) David Stern will do something and you have to live with it.

Our expectations are high. But we're just like a lot of teams at this time of the year. We're going to try to win 16 games.

Realistically, I haven't played well since I came back. Nobody plays perfect in this league but I haven't played a good game since I got back. Tonight it was turnovers and missed free throws. I need to figure this out if I'm going to help our team.

Right now, the team is struggling, I've struggled. And I think it's a direct correlation.

It would have made things a lot easier on Vince (Carter).

Everybody was to blame. You have a chance to win on the road, and the last 10 possessions, you don't get many stops. That's what it comes down to. Forget everything that happened the first 40 minutes of the game. The last 10, 15 possessions, that really determines how this game adds up.