We did not want to get blown out against a team in the Eastern Conference.

We didn't want to get blown out or get embarrassed, being that it's an Eastern Conference team. We picked it up.

We didn't want to get blown out on national TV. I just wanted to be assertive and just try to hit the open shots and drive to the basket, which I'm always capable of doing. So the MVP was never in my mind; just winning the ballgame.

Somebody's going to have to pay for me missing the initial. And that's almost every Eastern Conference team out there.

We are still getting better. We are becoming a good team and it is good to see that...We need to approach games like we do at home, which is difficult, but once we get to that point we will be much better.

It's very important. It's paramount. He rebounds, passes and scores. He does a lot of things for our team.