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It wasn’t easy at all because I just love being out there. Like, I love being out there playing, i’ve always been available to play but I think the older you get, the more experience that you have, not just in sports but in life, it becomes more important to play chess. My pride might say ‘Keep fighting it out, get the job done again. Try to get in the playoffs.’ And then the older me is saying ’You can’t do none of that stuff if you’re not at your best.'.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
He stays ready, he’s always prepared, he’s always working on his shots at game speed. That’s something you got to give him a lot of credit for. He didn’t play the first 15-20 games and he has been ready. That’s who he is.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I’ve never not given any of you guys time, and when our team is going through it and I’m in a little bit of a struggle, I see certain people not giving me the same respect. So that’s why I’m a little irritated in here. But with my team, I’m happy with what we did. That’s that. I still come in here and give that same time, but I don’t appreciate it. It’ll be handled that way going forward.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
It ain’t my first time going 0-for-nine, or 10, I’ve done it a few times in my career. I don’t think opening night is a night that you want it to happen, especially in game you lose by three.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I was a little, not dizzy, a little woozy. He kind of knocked me off, he knocked me off my game a little bit. It was just a blow to the head. And the ref was right there.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We didn’t do what was necessary to win the series, we’ve got to keep fighting, keep working and keep coming back to battle. Regardless of how it ended, we are always going to have our heads held high, have class. They won, congratulations to them, but it’s back to the drawing board to us.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
They just brought energy to the game with that physicality and the deflections and things like that, which once again was expected, obviously, we didn’t allow that to happen on purpose. But that’s what happens.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Just moving around more off the ball, getting some more off-ball sets, things like that, you can typically get a little bit of space.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
It’s only going to get harder from here, but I think starting out with a win on the road was great for us.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Being in the top 10 in a really special accomplishment, for him, it's probably a little more special. A lot of people counted him out and tried to finish him.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I appreciate him more as a friend than I do as a teammate, and I really appreciate him as a teammate, i think that really speaks to the kind of person he is.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
It was a lot of timely whistles, calls got two different plays reversed down the stretch. It was a lot of factors down the stretch of this game. We just came up short.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Tried to get a little bit of space. ... Andre Iguodala grabbed my arm and I lost the ball a bit, there was a lot of contact, but obviously the ref is not going to decide the game or jump in at that point. So... good defensive play.
Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Thats part of what makes it special, Im from here, i could walk home from here if I wanted to, that tells you how close it is.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Its basically a game where only one team is going to make it out, its your last opportunity to play, so facing elimination is what it is to me, and thats going to be my approach, just like it was tonight. The only thing is that its going to be on the road. Its for our season. All the marbles.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I think over the course of the series, at least after Game 1, I just havent seen the ball go in consistently enough, my job is to stay aggressive, keep doing what I do, and tonight, shots fell.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
All of those things that we did to give ourselves a chance to win were huge, and my part in it, I think, was probably my most important performance.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
We know how it feels to win again, now we can just kind of move on from that and stay focused on this series.
Found on FOX News 5 years ago
It's nothing for us to be ashamed of, i thought we played a really good game. I don't think the score said the way the game went.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It is impressive and I think it impressive for any team, to go out on the road and to win on someone else's floor is tough. Anything can go wrong on the road. We have grown so much. Over the last month or so we have really committed ourselves to every little thing that will allow us to win games. We have been over dedicated to these things and that is why we are winning games. After Lillard attacked the Knicks defense, it was McCollum's turn in the third. McCollum scored 13 of his 25 points in the third quarter and made three key plays late in the quarter to help Portland take an 85-72 lead into the fourth.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
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