Brevin Knight Quotations

We knew who their two big guys were - Joe Johnson and Harrington. You don't want to let the stars beat you. We did a good job of stopping Harrington in the second half.

We're asking people to play against guys that outweigh them in some spots by 30 or 40 pounds. That wears on you after a while.

I'm a little sore and I'm moving a little slow. I could see plays, but I was a little slow. I was one step off.

He's a great shooter. We were there defensively a lot of the time and he still made shots. That's what great shooters do. He really got it going in the second half.

He's going to be very good. He's the same person that I had to play the first time. He understands the game, runs the team well, knows when to take shots and when to get it to other people. He had a great game.

I think everybody had a good rhythm tonight. We wanted to continue to attack the basket. Sometimes we tend to get away from what gets us leads and not play as hard.

It feels good to know it doesn't have to be a blowout for us to win. That we can come back and win by hanging tough.

That's the way we wanted to play. We wanted to put up numbers. Defensively, they allow you to do that.

We had injuries to everyone. We still have got people who are playing that probably could sit down, but that's the NBA.

We had a lot of good performances form a lot of people tonight. To cap it off with a win is a great feeling. Hopefully this will springboard us to finish the rest of the season strong.

We played well and stayed within ourselves. We played the way we did during the three-game winning streak. We gutted it out, we continued to play hard, we rotated on defense and we did the things that we are capable of doing. I'm a lot happier with our effort tonight, and it just leads for better things to come after this All-Star break.

We didn't play hard enough and well enough to win this game. If you don't do that, the results are such.

Tonight we made shots. That's the only way you're going to win. You can get shots and have open looks, but if you don't make them it's a waste.

It was there for the taking, but they made some big shots.

Sometimes you get easy shots and that is what gets you going. That's our formula: Get steals, get easy shots.

Once you get to this point, with the power and status that you get being at this level, you're able to command more things. Not everybody knows how to deal with that power in the correct way.

They played him 1-on-1 for the most part and he's tough to guard. He attacks the basket.

They didn't double him. You let Melvin go down in the blocks, he's going to get those hooks.

There was no breakdown. That's the NBA lead. Teams make runs. We knew that they would make a run. They got their fans into it, and we weren't making any shots.

It was the end of the game. The refs, especially for the Bobcats, they are going to make you win the game. There were a whole lot of calls that should have been different but we just have to live with that.

I told the guys it almost felt a little uncomfortable for me to shoot that many shots. Every now and then they need something from you to get over the hump. Tonight in the first half they needed me to make shots.

It's coming down to the end of the season and right now it's just playing for pride. Our guys still want to get better and have a good showing every night we step on the court.

They came in a rut and we should have kept them in that rut. We should have taken their hearts right there. We didn't do that. We let them get a good feeling like they could win . . . In this game you let someone get on a roll they can beat you. That's what happened. They deservedly beat us and manhandled us.

He's right, our effort was horrible. (Portland) had come out the last three games and lost by 30 points on average and they come in here (Monday) and kick our butts from beginning to end. It's embarrassing.

Honestly, I don't know what's going on right now. If I could tell you, I'd fix it. Right now, we've just got to find a way out of this.

All the injuries right now, yeah, it's tough. But you've got to deal with it. You have to continue to go out and play. Tonight, we just weren't knocking down shots, and that has nothing to do with injuries.