Jamaal Magloire Quotations

We're confident in our game plan; we're confident in our personnel. The good thing about having a playoff series is you get to go watch film and see what adjustments have to be made for the next game.

Portland has a lot of talent on their team. Their talent speaks more than their record.

He was very impressive. He made shots, got everyone involved.

He's a young player in this league, and he has to respect the ones that come before him, just like I respect the ones that came before me. I hope he learned that tonight.

I think it's a big load (off). We're not happy with the way we finished the game but a win is a win. I don't think we relaxed (in the fourth quarter) because everyone wanted to win this game really bad. I just think our execution wasn't as good as it was in the first half.

I thought David West played really well. He's proven himself, making shots all year. I'm happy for him.

I was able to hit some free throws down the stretch and our inside play was good. Andrew was the difference tonight. We really were determined to win tonight.

I think the whole reason why they traded for me was to become a playoff-contending team and to take a lot of pressure off the rookie. I've done so thus far. There's been a lot of attention that our opponents have put on me, and he's been able to get rebounds that way and score easy baskets. That's built his confidence.

That's been our story all year. We've been up and down, we haven't been consistent.

We put a good string of games together and win some then we don't stick to it. We've been going up and down all season.

We just didn't play defense. The young players still don't grasp what it is like to play consistently. It's going to be an adjustment period before we get it together, but I think we're going to be OK.

We've been having trouble closing out the games. Getting loose balls, executing on offense, scoring points . . . but we found a way to win.

We haven't been very consistent. We just didn't make plays when it really counted. They kept getting back in the game and they pulled it out.

We had a lead and we didn't execute when we had to. You have to give them credit. They had the fight in them in the fourth quarter that we need and they were able to win.

We control our own destiny and we've got to be a lot more consistent. Every game is so important and I don't know how we can get this thing turned around. We show spurts and we have good games but the consistency has to be there, especially in these last 17 games.

You never know until the time runs off the clock. We played good defense as if there was another possession left in the game, he was just fortunate enough to make the shot.

They had a stronger effort and they were determined to win the game.

Everybody's taking it personal and we're going to come back with a vengeance.

I made some free throws, I've been working on that. I thought our inside play was really good.

I guess I was just hanging in the air for so long, I didn't know what to do.

All that stuff is trivial to me. People lost their lives; people without home insurance lost their homes. My stuff can be replaced, because I've been blessed. Lives can't be replaced. Friends of mine are still looking for their siblings and their mothers and fathers. I don't care about my stuff.