222 Quotes by Doc Rivers

This was an important win for us. In our standards, this was like a throwback game defensively. So, it was what we needed. I think this team needed this win.

Obviously to end the game the way we did with 10 points wasn't in the plans. They attacked and I thought they were the aggressor and I thought, when we were attacked, we went back on our heels a little bit.

Obviously a home game against Atlanta, you hope you can win. We're not playing well right now. It's frustrating to lose this game.

What really makes me excited is that it (ticks) Gilbert Arenas off because that's what he said the last time. It was a great win for us.

Ricky will search for a shot, you don't have to worry about that, whether he's making it or not.

We gave away so many opportunities with the turnovers. They didn't score on them, but they took us out of scoring. I thought we played so passive in all three of the overtimes once we got the lead. We were trying to hold on to the lead instead of being aggressive.

Ricky is probably our second-best player on the team, but that doesn't mean he starts.

We just kept scratching. I told our guys at halftime that I thought our first half was as soft defensively as we'd been all year. And we started our third quarter out the same way. They got three or four open shots and I had to burn two timeouts but then I thought our bench, even though they were outscored in a big way, was the reason we won the game.

I would play him right away. 'There you go. Guard somebody.' And he can do that. I'm sure he'll play. I'd be surprised if he didn't.