Usually, these games are tough to play, because you're looking at a week off. But our energy was great. We didn't want to lose two in a row, and we wanted to make a statement.
We ran a pick-and-roll off the top and I am running the baseline and I just got an open shot and I just shot it. That play is really tough to guard if you don't know what's coming.
It was a tough decision. Anytime you can play for your country, you want to. You watch it since you're a kid. But sometimes you have to make a decision.
They're a good team, man, no doubt. Michael Redd is a great scorer who can really hurt you if you don't guard him right. We're going to have to play tough to make sure he doesn't get off on us.
It's a play that offsets the defense a little bit because you come from one side to the other. I know (Allen) didn't see me because that play is really tough to guard if you don't know it's coming.
In my career, going back to Connecticut, I've never run into a point guard like Chauncey. He wants the ball in his hands in every tough situation, and he hits big shots and still keeps his teammates involved.
In all my years, going back to Connecticut, I've never had a point guard like Chauncey Billups. I've never played with one who wanted the ball in his hands in every tough situation and who could make big shots and keep his teammates involved.