291 Quotes by Avery Johnson

I thought this was a gutsy performance by our team. Cleveland really jumped out on us and put us in a big hole and our team responded in the second half. Our third quarter defense was pretty special.

The doctor told me he kind of tweaked his knee a little bit. We'll know more tomorrow.

We just made a few shots and got going pretty well. I'm happy with our hustle, I'm happy with our play, but we're not world beaters.

I think we're better defensively and much more physical. We're a little bit more mature and a little bit more experienced and a little bit more tougher minded.

And I think he wants another shot, because he was really disappointed that he was unable to play in the playoffs. We missed him tremendously. That's just like the Spurs losing Robert Horry. That's the equivalent to what Keith does for us.

We just wanted to make sure we were on the same page. We're still firm that they're not going to come back until they're ready. And they're not ready. We probably won't have them back in the next game or two.

I think any of the teams at the top, I think they should have at least multiple people on it. I think with our situation, I would have liked to have seen Josh (Howard) or (Jason) Terry, just somebody else besides Dirk on it because I think they should be rewarded.

We just had to make some points about it. We've got to play our best basketball to win Game 1.

We were lethargic physically and mentally. We didn't show up. We didn't have that juice that we normally have off the bench.