Rick Ford
Rick Ford
court hit inside missed open phase soon turned
They hit us in every phase of the game. They overpowered us inside and they got us on the open court and we didn't get back. We did all right offensively for a while, but as soon as we turned it over and missed shots, they were outrunning us.
quite stroke
It was a big, big gamble, ... But it has been quite a stroke of business.
confidence good help playing realize team win
It was just a really good win to get. It has to help our confidence and make us realize that we can be a good team if we keep playing the way we we're playing.
paper talking team teams
If you look at the East, just about every team on paper has improved. There's some teams out there that nobody's talking about that are going to be much better.
advantage coming himself job keeps kept obviously opportunity ready showing simple taking work
He's getting the job done; it's as simple as that. My hat's off to him. He's been in and out of the lineup. He keeps showing up every day and coming to work like a pro. He's kept himself ready for this opportunity and he's obviously taking advantage of it.
game might spread thinking winning won
Winning a game like this might be better for us that if we won with an eight-or nine-point spread because we had to work. We didn't come in here thinking it would be easy.
chance forward guys ourselves played push
I thought our guys played hard. We wanted to give ourselves a chance to push forward and we did that. We just couldn't make enough stops.