(On the Spurs’ performance): “If they can play better than that I don’t know. Just whatever we tried to do they seemed like they had and answer and Tony Parker obviously was terrific. It’s funny, talk about taking away points in the paint and we did-we had 20 more than they did. You talk about fastbreak points, yeah we’re 12-to-2. But they hit everything, and the in-between game we were hoping to be able to weather the storm and they didn’t miss anything. From Duncan to Parker to Ginobili and the other guys when they had opportunities. Disappointing and down in the dumps and all that, but we just have to pick ourselves up and play Sunday.”

(On San Antonio's play): "They played great. I don't think there were guys on our team that weren't trying hard. Their guys just started hitting shots and that was frustrating."

(On his play): "I just never really got into the game. I don't know if it was the rhythm or what happened but I just never seemed to have the opportunity and it was frustrating. I felt like an outsider most of the night."

(On the series): "We just need to win one game to show some pride. And go out here and win a game to stay alive. You never know what will happen so you can’t lay down. We just have to go out there and worry about Game 4 and try to have a good performance and feel better about ourselves. It’s not a good feeling we have right now and that should be some good motivation for Sunday."

(Mindset going into Sunday): “My mindset is to try to get a win, just still play to win. That’s the name of the game. I’m never the one to give up, we’ve been in this place before. We managed to get one in San Antonio a few years back, but we can’t give up. We still have to fight and see what we can do.”

(On San Antonio's play): "I don't really feel we got into them. They shot the ball well the whole game and Tony Parker, that was the best I've seen him play in a while."

(On what it will take to win Game 4): "We've got to get some stops. No matter what they're doing we've got to step it up and get some starts."

(On first quarter shooting): We were fortunate that we shot it so well. There is no guarantee that you are going to shoot the ball well or poorly and you never know that. It was important for us to not get in a hole again here on the road the way we did twice at home so we concentrated more on trying to get stops, trying to get back in transition D and fortunately we made some shots while we were playing some pretty good defense.

(On Suns’ effort): Well, they gave effort also. They wanted to win just as badly as we did, they worked just as hard as we did. We made shots, we played really well but there effort was there all night, it had nothing to do with that.

(On being surprised at being 3-0 in the series): I’m always surprised.

(On their success in Phoenix): “Just through experience and time – we’re a pretty good road team in the playoffs. We do a good job of kind of buckling down and playing through ups and down, whether it’s home or away. I can’t speak to the success of here, I don’t know if there is any specific reason, but all in all we’re a pretty good road team.”

(On starting strong after starting slow in Games 1 and 2): “That’s the intention every game, but it doesn’t always go that way. We did a must better job of starting out. Obviously we kind of dug ourselves a bit of a hole in the first two games and we didn’t want to do that, especially on their floor, knowing that if we get in a hole like that, with their crowd behind them, you usually can’t get back in that type of game. We did a really good job scoring the ball in that first quarter and defensively, obviously we were pretty solid in that first quarter and just kind of got us rolling from there.”

(On Tony): "It was crazy the way he played. The way he handled the pressure, he made tons of jumpers. Sometimes opponents rely on him missing shots because of his speed getting to the rim. So he hit everything today and besides that, he dished 12 assists. I’m very, very proud of what he did today and I told him it was one of the best performances in a playoff game.”

(On closing the series in four games): “We’re going to try our best and I think no one wants to give up games. We’re going to play hard and try to finish Sunday. It’s going to be very hard, (the Suns) will play like they have nothing to lose and we just have to give at least a good effort and play good basketball.”

(On stopping Steve Nash’s penetration): “It’s the whole team – it takes everyone to be focused and make sure everyone is in the paint and be aware of Steve Nash. He’s a great passer and a great scorer and I thought overall our team defense was very solid.”