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He'll be playing out on the perimeter a lot, ... How much, I don't know. He might start there the first and third quarters and play a power position in the second and fourth quarters.
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Kobe is going to have a lot of detractors. Unfortunately, we are not 10 games over .500. We are going to be in the playoffs, that says something about his performance.
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I felt at some times Kobe might have taken advantage of our flexibility.
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I don't feel like we missed an opportunity. We'll have better opportunities as we go along. We're figuring out how to play against them.
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We've got a week that's real busy ahead of us. We've got to stay the course, and that's important for us right now.
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He's hired former NBA referees to monitor the game tapes. He sends out a weekly report on the referees. There's some things that Mark has done to turn it a little bit in his favor. That's good.
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We feel fortunate that we're in a position where we're looking down on the Miami Heat. Half-a-game lead. In a way, I'm surprised. And yet, we've got nothing to crow about.
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When you get off to a lead like that they usually catch up. Today we kept them at bay. It's good to be back in the playoffs.
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Obviously the game was determined by Howard leaving so early. That took a lot of energy away from them and we played well as a group.
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I don't believe in curfews, because you can't treat men like they were boys without forfeiting a certain level of trust.
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I've seen some remarkable games, but never anything like that.
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You get in that pressure situation where you feel like you have to win at home.
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I think he has a level of confidence that gives him the understanding of what he can and can't do in this game. I think he's playing within the groundwork of what he's capable of doing, which is really important.
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I played hockey in North Dakota growing up and watch a lot of that.
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He was an excellent football coach. He had a lot of success here. He was a real gentleman. I knew him pretty well. He was one of the finest men I ever knew.
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That's basically a lot of the belief I have. Establishing dominance and taking responsibility for it.
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They came out to play Kobe really tough, a little bit harder I think than the referees wanted to see happen. I think in the process of coming out to play hard they crossed the line a little bit.
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If we can accept whatever hand we've been dealt - no matter how unwelcome - the way to proceed eventually becomes clear.
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You learn about winning at a different level. College is a much different level than the professional game. It's exciting and it's high energy. But as we know, there's very few that come and play in this game.
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I think all our players were encouraged by the effort, and thought we had the right idea. Our execution came up a little bit short.
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You can't force your will on people. If you want them to act differently, you need to inspire them to change themselves.
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That was something to behold. It was another level. I've seen some remarkable games, but I've never seen one like that before.
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This goes along with who we are as a society. Somebody does something exceptional, people are looking for ways to denigrate them.
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I'm sure he's going to juice up, as far as playing against Kobe.
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