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SharePostgame Quotes - Jan. 10, 2004
January 10, 2003
Wizards 94, Sixers 87
Recap | Box Score
On the game
“Points off turnovers was the key tonight. We would make a run and get ourselves in position to extend our lead then we would just turn the ball over in the open court. They were bad turnovers to the extent that we had no defensive balance, where we could not get back and stop them.”
“We never got in any rhythm, we looked sluggish at times defensively, then by that time it was too late. You can’t just crank up in the fourth quarter and expect to win games, especially on the road.
On Larry Hughes
“I don’t mind one guy dominating the ball because it takes some of the people out of play. Larry had an outstanding game, I’m not taking anything away from him. Down the stretch they got contributions from other people from other people, which now makes Larry’s 43 [points] even bigger.”
On Larry Hughes
“It was good to see him play the way he played. I just wish that he didn’t do it tonight against us.”
On his play
“I’m out there on the basketball court, so I don’t have an excuse for how bad I played. I don’t blame it on anything. If I felt that I couldn’t get the job done, then I wouldn’t have stepped out there on the court. You know, it was just one of those nights for me. I struggled at the beginning of the game and it just continued all the way through the game.”
On the team
“We just didn’t get it done on both ends of the court. Usually when I struggle offensively, we struggle offensively as a team and when Larry [Hughes] got in a groove early in the game, and once an NBA player gets into a groove, it’s hard to get him out of it.”
On the Wizards
“They just beat us. They were the better team tonight. They wanted it more than us.”
On the game
“We came in with a little momentum and we couldn’t get it done. Somehow, someway, these are the teams that we have to beat. We let them hang around and they made a couple of shots and all of the sudden they started thinking that they could win this game. They had all the confidence in the world.”
On the Wizards
“We can’t look at them like their two top scorers aren’t playing and say that we have this game. It doesn’t work like that. We’ve got to go out and take them.”
On the game
“We thought that we could just show up and win. We jumped out to an early lead, they cut it, they had one guy that had a shooting game, and when they have that, it makes it easier for everything else.”
“We didn’t have the effort that we needed, and we turned the ball – I turned it over a lot – and we turned it over a lot as a team and they built the lead and built confidence.”
On the Wizards play
“We played with a lot of intensity. We played great defense. We survived down the stretch. Somehow we survived and there was a lot of leadership out there. Brevin Knight gave us great leadership and Larry Hughes felt it. Everybody fulfilled their roles.”
“Sometimes with this team you just don’t know what makes them tick and makes them unwind and fall apart. Just reading the defense, delivering the play and finishing hard. We say it every night, but it clicked tonight. Read the defense, deliver the play and finish hard. And we did it at a pretty high percentage tonight.”
On Philly
“That’s a great team and we respect them a great deal. We survived a tough team tonight because we had confidence, we had toughness and we had leadership.”
On Brevin Knight
“Brevin was huge tonight. He was huge as far as leading the team talking to the team at both ends of the floor, keeping them composed on the offensive end and staying with the game plan at the defensive end. He was steadily talking and that’s what veteran leadership means on the floor and that’s a credit to Brevin.”
On Larry Hughes
“We need him to shoot well. We need everyone to shoot well. We can’t rely on Larry to get us 43 every night. The number of wins that we have especially lately, he’s been big. We’ve got to get a little more equally balanced with our scoring.”
Wizards 94, Sixers 87
Recap | Box Score
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“Points off turnovers was the key tonight. We would make a run and get ourselves in position to extend our lead then we would just turn the ball over in the open court. They were bad turnovers to the extent that we had no defensive balance, where we could not get back and stop them.”
“We never got in any rhythm, we looked sluggish at times defensively, then by that time it was too late. You can’t just crank up in the fourth quarter and expect to win games, especially on the road.
On Larry Hughes
“I don’t mind one guy dominating the ball because it takes some of the people out of play. Larry had an outstanding game, I’m not taking anything away from him. Down the stretch they got contributions from other people from other people, which now makes Larry’s 43 [points] even bigger.”
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“It was good to see him play the way he played. I just wish that he didn’t do it tonight against us.”
On his play
“I’m out there on the basketball court, so I don’t have an excuse for how bad I played. I don’t blame it on anything. If I felt that I couldn’t get the job done, then I wouldn’t have stepped out there on the court. You know, it was just one of those nights for me. I struggled at the beginning of the game and it just continued all the way through the game.”
On the team
“We just didn’t get it done on both ends of the court. Usually when I struggle offensively, we struggle offensively as a team and when Larry [Hughes] got in a groove early in the game, and once an NBA player gets into a groove, it’s hard to get him out of it.”
On the Wizards
“They just beat us. They were the better team tonight. They wanted it more than us.”
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“We came in with a little momentum and we couldn’t get it done. Somehow, someway, these are the teams that we have to beat. We let them hang around and they made a couple of shots and all of the sudden they started thinking that they could win this game. They had all the confidence in the world.”
On the Wizards
“We can’t look at them like their two top scorers aren’t playing and say that we have this game. It doesn’t work like that. We’ve got to go out and take them.”
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“We thought that we could just show up and win. We jumped out to an early lead, they cut it, they had one guy that had a shooting game, and when they have that, it makes it easier for everything else.”
“We didn’t have the effort that we needed, and we turned the ball – I turned it over a lot – and we turned it over a lot as a team and they built the lead and built confidence.”
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“We played with a lot of intensity. We played great defense. We survived down the stretch. Somehow we survived and there was a lot of leadership out there. Brevin Knight gave us great leadership and Larry Hughes felt it. Everybody fulfilled their roles.”
“Sometimes with this team you just don’t know what makes them tick and makes them unwind and fall apart. Just reading the defense, delivering the play and finishing hard. We say it every night, but it clicked tonight. Read the defense, deliver the play and finish hard. And we did it at a pretty high percentage tonight.”
On Philly
“That’s a great team and we respect them a great deal. We survived a tough team tonight because we had confidence, we had toughness and we had leadership.”
On Brevin Knight
“Brevin was huge tonight. He was huge as far as leading the team talking to the team at both ends of the floor, keeping them composed on the offensive end and staying with the game plan at the defensive end. He was steadily talking and that’s what veteran leadership means on the floor and that’s a credit to Brevin.”
“We need him to shoot well. We need everyone to shoot well. We can’t rely on Larry to get us 43 every night. The number of wins that we have especially lately, he’s been big. We’ve got to get a little more equally balanced with our scoring.”
