"We had some guys step for us tonight, Grant was awesome off the bench for us tonight, and really had a good rhythm. Boris was good off the bench for us and has been great the last three or four games, really been solid off the bench. Shaq again, had 19 points and 17 boards and he’s really just doing a great job. Everybody contributed, Raja and Matt struggled early in the first half and their shots wouldn’t go down, but they hung in there and they both made some big shots when we needed them. It was good to see those shots go down for those guys.

"All in all, I was pleased with the win; we shot a high percentage. They shot 90 shots, but a lot of that was because of second chance points. We did a good job again in the paint; I thought we did a good job again in the paint. It’s always key for us to establish our paint, and we got 44 points. The only concern has been turnovers and offensive rebounds. It was important for us to get this one at home.”

(On what changed in the second half and allowed the suns to score 61 points)
“When we don’t turn it over, we don’t allow our opponents to get easy baskets, and in this league, turnovers lead to easy baskets for opponents. It gives our guys a chance; Shaq has been great all year at getting the ball in the post. When they double, kicking it out, and our guys have just been in a position to knock down shots. We did a much better job in third quarter at not turning the ball over as much at critical times. I just thought our offense was solid in the second half altogether, 31 and 30 points is pretty good to finish out the second half.”

(On whether he was looking forward to matching up with Greg Oden)
“It never is because I’m the shogun. And before you get to the shogun, you’ve got to go through a lot of ninjas. He has to go through Dwight Howard and Yao Ming and by that time, I’ll be out of here.”

(On what he thinks when he sees Shaq jump into the crowd)
“I wouldn’t blink. Once he took off, three rows behind him – I didn’t know what was going to happen. That’s Shaq – he’s always hustling and he’s always playing hard.” (On the importance of the game) “We’re 9-5 now and we wanted to come out and get this win. We have two games coming up and we just have to keep going and keep getting better.”

(On Shaq’s performance)
“He does what Shaq does which is establish the post. He was down there deep and was able to score, making some plays by kicking it out. They guy is Nash, he is still orchestrating that offense getting everyone involved and knowing the situations, he is probably as good as I have seen as far as knowing where to go with the ball and what to do. We go up 59-58 and he settles that team down and gets the ball where in needs to go. That guys is a two time MVP. Shaq some did some good things, they all did some good things, but that show runs with Nash.”

(On current losing streak in Phoenix)
“Honestly it is just one more loss right now. I do not even look at the big streak because we haven’t beat any of the good teams on the road. For me it is just that and not on how many times Phoenix has beat us. We need to put it behind us and we have two games at our building that we need to pick up. It is tough because we played them each time on back to backs, so it is the fourth game in five nights for us. That played some of a role in the game, but no excuses they do a good job of going out and being a better team when they play us.”