You have to work hard, especially being short and people saying I can't make it,

That's what I told him all summer -- 'Catch and shoot.' That's what he said he was going to work on. He's comfortable enough.

People just want to make excuses, which really is fine with me. I'm always the underdog.

It would have meant nothing to beat Dallas, Detroit and Miami if we would have gone out here and lost to Atlanta. You've got to beat the teams that you're supposed to beat.

It feels like I'm starting to get my rhythm now. If we had lost, the nine assists and all the points I scored would have gone out the window, but because we won, I had an exciting game.

It's not just about scoring. I was out there passing the ball and getting steals, doing other things besides scoring.