Luther Head Quotations

When I want to make, I miss, and when I want to miss, that happens. You can call that luck or bad luck.

We're playing with more intensity and we're playing harder. If we keep doing that, we're going to beat most teams. If Yao plays the way he played tonight, and if we could get everyone to play with him to the best of their ability, then I think we could be a really good team.

Our last two games are against the same type of competition (as Memphis), or even better. It's all about just going out there and playing hard.

It felt good because we were doing it on both ends. I think that was the key. We guarded and did the right things on offense, like getting the ball to Yao.

I'm so excited that I don't even think about being tired. I mean, you get on the court and you're like, 'OK, I have to guard Steve Nash tonight.' How can you be tired going into that?

We know that we're better than that. We play hard and everybody wants it so bad, our players, coaches, and everybody. We try hard in practice and everything, but it just comes out the same. The same mistakes we always make.

We made bad plays down the stretch, missed some plays that could have turned the game around.

We don't have the firepower to outscore anybody right now.

When they didn't double him, we tried to get the ball to him as much as we could. We try to get him the ball anyway, but it was a benefit when they're not doubling him.

We keep having unfortunate things happen to us with injuries and everything, but we're just trying to stick with it and keep our heads high and play as hard as we can. We don't have a lot to work with, so effort is going to have a lot to do with us winning. We have to play as hard as we can so we can get some wins.

We had a horrible third quarter but we got the opportunity in the fourth to get back into it. We played better defense and had a stronger final quarter.

We just lost our intensity. The whole game, we played great defense, trying to slow them down and keep them in front of me. We just slipped up on a couple of plays at the end.

We just lost our intensity in the fourth quarter. It was our fault, no excuses. We can't let the little things bother us, and that's what happened tonight. We did a good job of keeping them in front of us the first half, but we just didn't play good enough defense in the fourth quarter.

On this team, we're used to having Tracy and Yao there to make shots at the end. We're here for a reason, we're here because we know how to make shots. It's all about doing it when it comes down to it.

Coach has had the confidence to put me in. I'm trying to go out and bring some energy.

They saw that I couldn't guard down low, and they were scoring.

They had confidence in me shooting the ball. They kept giving me the ball, and I heard them telling me, 'Just shoot it.' I just tried to knock them down.

They're all coming to the game, so that's nice. I haven't been able to see them yet, but I'll catch up with them later. It's cool they'll be here, though.

It's not just that play, in situations like that when Yao is doubled, he has confidence to get it out to us and we have confidence to knock it down.

It's fun coming back here as a pro. It's a place that I've been coming to watch pro games all my life, and now I get to play in one. It's exciting.

It's great having the fans behind your side. It makes you want to play, makes you feel good and gives you confidence.

Everybody wants to win. I don't think anyone went out there thinking they were going to lose. They just proved that they're a year ahead of us. During the season, you're focusing hard and competing hard. Here, you're competing, but you're looking to have a little fun, too.

It was like Deron was part of me,'' Brown said.

I've got to make a lot of strides. We've got a good team. I knew when I got drafted that we were going to have good players. When coach needs me, I'm sure he'll call on me.

It was a great night. It's all about the fans, especially here in Houston. You know you have to give them something to cheer for.

I try not to think about it. When you think about it, it puts a lot of pressure on you shooting the ball. You have to be free, just jumping up there, shooting your regular shot and hoping it falls for you.

It's not a surprising thing. People have been saying all year that North Carolina is better, that North Carolina has the most talented players.

I'm surprised. I really wasn't thinking about it. I was trying to have some success with my team, so I wasn't thinking about it. It's unexpected, but I'm happy I was chosen.