Andre Miller Quotations

We have Howard, a veteran point guard who's going to come in and get the job done.

I got a hand up on the shot. He knocked the shot down. It was a good play.

He's been preaching the same thing all year. I know he's frustrated as far as what's going on with the team. We, as players, have to be able to accept that and correct it.

It carried over into the fourth quarter. It brought a lot of energy to the crowd and to the bench, so it was needed.

I was just trying to make a play. I was trying to set him up to cross over and he did and I got the steal.

I think they know we'll be around every game. We've been in this position before. If we come out with a better tempo at the start of the game, we'll have a better chance.

It feels good to get off the losing streak.

(Winning the division) was a weight off our shoulders. It's a good accomplishment for this team, and we're ready to move on.

We dug ourselves a hole. It takes a lot of energy to get back in the game.

We played a bad game tonight. But we can go out there and get them tomorrow.

We moved the ball around. Everybody had a chance to do something with the ball. Earl came in and gave us a big lift off the bench.

We want to get it over with. It's definitely going to feel good (when we clinch). It's been a rough year. It will be good to do it.

We just wanted to keep pushing because we knew they were a team that would let you back in the game if we pushed through it.

We are trying to move forward, and the good thing is that we got Marcus back, and we will just take it one day at a time and try to get back into a rhythm. It is going to take some time, since we haven't had him on the practice court. We'll get back into a groove.

Early in the season we were losing these close games. I guess it is a little bit of luck and some hard work.

There's no effort on our team. It was a bad game from the start. . . . (The All-Star break is) a chance to do a little soul searching and look in the mirror.

Bad defense. Easy baskets. I got some wide-open looks.

That was a bad game tonight. Elton came out and scored quick. Our plan was to play him straight up, and he was hitting his shots. We got back in transition but couldn't stop them from scoring.

This is probably the biggest turnaround that I've ever been involved in. A team so experienced like ours, we should be able to control the game.

This game really hurts because we've been playing good basketball lately. I don't think we were overconfident, they just played much better defense than us.

They played a solid game. We made our runs. They made their runs. We just couldn't finish it off.

They had us spread out all over the place all night.

It was fun. We wanted to keep the tempo up. We had enough energy to score 44 points and that carried us for a couple of quarters.

It's tough to get into a rhythm when you give up 30 points in the first quarter.

It was a big challenge, but I had people along the way to push me and keep me on the right track and that made things a lot easier for me.

I just think he's been more aggressive. He's knowing when to score, he's mixing up his shot with drives and getting to foul line. The main thing is, he's not just relying on his jump shot, he's getting to the basket.