46 Quotes by Joe Smith

We did double-team the pick and roll and that's why they went to the isolation plays. When you have somebody isolating in the middle of the court, where he has so many options around him, it's kind of hard to throw somebody else at him.

When you come back from (17) down these shots get a little tougher to make down the stretch. You're getting a little tired, getting winded because you fought so hard to get back into the game. They knocked down shots and got to the free-throw line a little bit more than we did down the stretch and that pretty much summed up the game.

For us to come back home from a tough road trip and get this win, I think is pretty big for us.

I got a pretty good look down the stretch and I hit a few free throws. That's big, especially after I missed a few shots earlier.

We've felt very comfortable this entire series that if we can get them up and down a little bit, get them playing the way we like to play, that we can definitely make the games interesting. We did it Saturday night. Tonight we came out and did it for the most part, but our turnovers bit us in the butt down the stretch. We feel that we match up with this team pretty good. We showed here at home that if we play the right way, we'll be fine.

Just hard work, having everyone work and dedication are the keys. I just work hard in the off-season, lift hard, and I wrestled all summer. I do whatever it takes to win. There's no secret to that.

Our front line is tough to deal with. We can go so many ways. We've got guys inside that can bang and get physical. We've got 'Danny G,' who is very active and a shot blocker. We can switch it up at any point in the game.

I think, Saturday night, we did move the ball a lot better and got a lot more people involved. Tonight, we weren't able to do that.

It doesn't matter how many points you get up or get down, it's just never over.