Next time, I won't give him a two-second head start.

Our mindset was just one game at a time. We've got to get better as a team. We didn't look at it as a trip. Just one game at a time. They were all winnable games.

He talks all the time. I let him get the last word in. He's German, he's got words that I don't even know.

We were one of the top three teams in the league during the regular season for a reason. I think if we continue to get better, work on our system, win games with our defense and hey, the sky is the limit.

We were able to handle our business and get it over. It definitely goes to show you that the NBA is fantastic. The series that are going on are the best basketball I've seen in years.

We're disappointed in our defensive effort. We gave up 50-some percent (53.2) shooting. I guess that's first-game jitters.