146 Quotes by Bernie Bickerstaff

I think we played well. Our small lineup really helped us.

All you ask is maximize what you have. And I think these guys, individually, have maximized what they've had. They've seized the moment.

I thought our guys played hard and played terrific. They did everything that they could to win the basketball game. The one concern I have is with Gerald and Raymond, is that I don't want them to get discouraged. I want them to keep taking that basketball to the hole, but they get discouraged when they don't get rewarded.

The competitiveness in me says you don't want to finish with the worst record. That's not our goal.

I thought our defense was superb on the last two possessions that Atlanta had. They couldn't get a shot off. I thought we made them earn every possession.

And he's got skills, obviously, ... You have to have something to go along with intelligence. He's got basketball skills, and he really understands the game.

I think all the credit needs to go to New Jersey tonight. They're playing well, that's 14 in a row. They're a team that if they play like this, they're going to be very dangerous in the playoffs.

The last two games, the one in Detroit, late in that game and this game is really the most competitive that we've been with a very, very good basketball team.

It gets down to the free throw line and making free throws. The opportunity was there.