Post-Game Quotes: Suns at Hornets, Feb. 27, 2008
 
Mike D'Antoni | 
Amare Stoudemire | 
Raja Bell | 
Shaquille O'Neal | 
Chris Paul | 
Tyson Chandler |
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| Suns Head Coach Mike D'Antoni
“Give them credit. They played well in the third quarter. I thought the first half we were there. We let it get away from us a little bit in the first half, they closed out real well. But in the third quarter they just didn’t miss or we didn’t guard, one or the other. We just couldn’t quite get it done.”
(On Chris Paul’s play against the Suns)
“He’s pretty good. I don’t think anybody has an answer for him. But it was the other guys who killed us. (Jannero) Pargo had 16 points in the first half. That’s what kills you. Mo Peterson went five-for-five, that kills you. Chris is going to get his, and there’s nothing anyone is going to do about it. It’s the other guys who were doing a hell of a job like David West and (Peja) Stojakovic.”
(On Shaquille O’Neal’s play)
“I think he’s doing fine. I think that offensively we’ll be fine. It’s our defense that we have to get better with our schemes and knowing each other. It takes a lot to develop that chemistry, and I think we’ll do that. Right now we just have to play better, we just didn’t do it.”
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| Suns Forward Amare Stoudemire
“If we would have kept it within 10 or under, we had a great chance to come back and win. Instead it was a 10-point block where they went up 20 going into the fourth then it was over. We kept fighting but there wasn’t much we could do.” |
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| Suns Guard Raja Bell
“Physically, I felt pretty good tonight. It is always a good sign when we get off to a start like that, but teams make adjustments, the flow changes a bit and we couldn’t sustain that. It was one of those nights where we were in the paint, we were getting to the rim, but they were getting their hands on a lot of balls that we normally finish and a lot of things were bouncing off the rim that normally go in and then they did not miss. So even if we were shooting lights out the whole game, they were too.” |
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| Suns Center Shaquille O'Neal
“We played against a young aggressive team tonight that lost three straight games, that really wasn’t playing well, got called out by their coach and we played them pretty well in the first half, and in the third quarter they just got hot. We got in too much of a hole. This is a learning experience for us; we are still learning what we have to do to win games. We’ll be fine.”
(On Chris Paul)
“Like I said, they lost three straight since the All-Star break. Byron Scott called them out, but Chris Paul is an established floor leader, he gets everybody involved, he is a pretty hard guy to stop. I don’t think he was a problem tonight, I think we let the other guys like Pargo have a good game, Mo Pete had a big game, too. We just caught a team that was called out by their coach and they played very well.”
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| Hornets Guard Chris Paul
“I can’t describe how I feel right now. It’s absolutely great. Our entire team just stuck to our game plan. We didn’t panic. We all knew we didn’t have to change how we approached each series. Coach Schiano kept us calm, and we kept playing hard. As long as we did that, we knew we had a chance.”
(On the defense)
“I give our defense a lot of credit. They made a lot of key stops throughout the game and gave our offense a chance to cut the lead and make our comeback.”
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| Hornets Center Tyson Chandler
“We were able to correct the mistakes we made in the first half. We remained calm and just relaxed. We knew if we kept our composure, we would be able to cut the deficit (in the second half).”
(On the atmosphere)
“The crowd tonight was unbelievable. Playing in front of a sold out crowd is great. And they were extremely loud. They were our 12th man, and you can’t underestimate that.”
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