On losing a close game to the Mavericks:
"We did do that, but once again we found a way to lose the game at the end. If we can just find a way to pull these types of games out, it would sure help. "

On if Nick Van Exel treated this as a special game in his return to Dallas:
I don’t think he really played it as a special game. He just went out there and played. I don’t think he wanted to get revenge for getting traded. He just wanted to win the game; and we wanted to help win that game for him