Oklahoma City guard Russell Westbrook
“It was great, man. It's definitely always a great thing to do, especially here where he plays in front of his fans, his family. It's a great experience and definitely happy for him.”
Golden State guard Steph Curry
“That’s big. Great storyline for him to represent New Orleans and win the MVP tonight and give the hometown crowd something to cheer about. So it was fun.”
Cleveland forward LeBron James
“Great game. To be a part of the history and then (Anthony) Davis breaks the record and scores 50 in his home building, and it’s only right. As far as myself and Kyrie (Irving), Kyrie was close to a triple-double -- tried to pull one of my numbers tonight. And for myself, it’s just fun to be a part of this weekend again, to go out and show the fans what I’m capable of doing still at this point in my career.”
West Coach Steve Kerr
"Well, it shows the guys recognize what the weekend is about. Anthony is kind of the unofficial host of the weekend. This is his team, his town here, in this building, and I thought it was perfectly natural for our guys to go out of their way a little bit to get him the ball.”
Golden State forward Kevin Durant
“We were trying to get him some easy baskets. We wanted him to win that thing (MVP) so bad. It was good he broke (the scoring record), especially at home. It meant a lot to us and a lot to him.”