Post Game Quotes -- Nov. 18, 2006

George Karl - Denver Nuggets Head Coach
"There was a lot of good, and a lot of bad. They are one of the few teams who run as much or more as we do. They created some problems that way. In general, it was a good win. One of the first times the bench has given us some good lifts. Joe Smith and Reggie were both big, Eddie was great. Melo was Melo. As long he gets five or six assists a game and five or six rebounds a game, I’ll be happy; because his offense is incredible. We all know that we can play better defense than what we’ve been playing. At least we are still winning games."

Reggie Evans - Nuggets Forward
"A couple stops here and there (pulled it out for us). We tried to get a little spurt going. Coach called a timeout, we needed to get over that hump and stay over it. It was a tough game today. We have to be more aggressive and play extra hard, and make sure we rotate. We just had to finish out strong. It just felt good to get a win at home finally. The rebound game definitely put us over the hump. It definitely was a team effort. Every time we win it’s a team effort. As long as long as it can stay contagious throughout the whole year, we’ll be fine."

Carmelo Anthony - Nuggets Forward
"It always feels good to win at home. You know, this is game we are supposed to win."

On the Raptors
"They don’t go away easy. They run with, that’s their new gameplan to run up and down the court. They showed that that’s the type of team they are tonight."

On the franchise record for consecutive 30-point games
"If I get it, I get it. If not, so be it. As long as we win, that’s all I care about. I’m just playing, I’m feeling good about my game right now."

RAPTORS QUOTES

Sam Mitchell - Toronto Raptors Head Coach
"They just beat us on the glass. (Eduardo) Najera, Joe Smith, Reggie Evans, and that’s what we talked about (pushing and shoving). I thought Kris Humphries gave us some good minutes. T.J. (Ford), Chris Bosh, (Jorge) Garbajosa, you can’t ask for more out of them. We had a lot of good things. We got some guys starting to play well, we just got to build on it. This is a tough place to come on a back to back. We played hard, we were gassed, but that’s part of the NBA.”

T.J. Ford - Raptors Guard
"It’s tough, we’ve been working hard. Once again, when it’s time for us to make a big play, we come up short. We need a big shot, and we get a good look, it’s just coming up short. We gave a better effort tonight, we’re showing signs of what kind of team we can be. We just have to keep fighting, and continue to keep doing things to get us better. They went on a run and hit two or three 3-pointers in a row. We just have to be able to withstand the runs. And when someone makes a run in the fourth quarter, we have to keep our composure. There are times when we lose our composure and get a little down. There’s still a lot of time for us to grow as a team.”

Chris Bosh - Raptors Forward
"It’s never the shots; we had a pretty decent shooting percentage. We just have to finish with the rebound, they outworked us. And to get out rebounded by that much, it’s just unacceptable. We just have to put it together because we aren’t putting everything together. One day it’s rebounding, one day it’s defense, one day it’s not making shots. We are just gonna have to put it all together one day. Somebody told me once, “it’s about wanting to get the basketball.” And they wanted it a little bit more than we did. I think we were going up expecting the ball, and they were going up and knocking us over. We got to play a little bit better than that.”