56 Quotes by Rafer Alston

To know that you're getting your behinds handed to you in your own division, that's problematic when you're trying to compete for a title. On this team, you think in title terms. If you want to win a title, you have to take care of your division as well.

Yeah, we're still in the playoff hunt, but it's still a big hill to climb to make it. We probably have to win out the rest of the season.

Yao once again tonight was hitting, doing his deal for us, like he has been since the All-Star break. We've got to give him a little more help and support on the offensive end and the defensive end.

We were all over the place. We were in passing lanes, we were deflecting passes, getting our hands on the ball, getting on the boards, and we were getting out and running.

We were able to get Yao the ball any time.

When (Jalen) comes over here, Im going to give him a kiss. Not on his lips, though.

We just weren't prepared to go into the battle, and I think that's one thing about, not just sports, but life. You have to prepare yourself and we just weren't prepared.

(We're) not hitting outside shots ? again. ( Yao Ming ) is making great, pinpoint passes to us. We had great spacing. It's the inability to consistently knock down outside shots.

We will have to learn to play without him. But we've got guys who can get the job done. We've got a lot of firepower that can help us win games without Tracy.