"The good news is he is feeling better; the bad news is he's not ready to get on a plane and come out here and play."

"It's just too bad, because we really played hard for three quarters. The second quarter was really a disaster for us. It put us in a bad position at halftime, but we fought back and really put ourselves in a good position to win."

"We hoped he was going to be open and have a pocket of space to get an open shot or drive the ball. Bosh did a great job of switching out defensively. I have to take the blame for that. That was a bad call putting a guy in a position that ended up not being a good position."

"(O'Neal) felt something pop in his groin and tweaked something in his shoulder on one play, his bad shoulder from last year."

"It's not believed to be serious, but we're not sure yet. It was bad enough to where there was swelling and he couldn't return. I would say he's questionable for Monday."

"I'm just hoping that when he wakes up he isn't feeling too bad because he's the cornerstone of our team."

"We competed hard from start to finish. It came down to Duncan making some tough shots. They hit that lucky 3 from the corner, which was a bad break for us. We hung in and played and gave ourselves a chance till the last minute. It's three losses in a row. There's no moral victories. You have to find a way to win games."

"We'd get close, then we'd make a bad decision or not be able to finish off a defensive possession with a rebound and things like that. They'd go from up one to five; then we'd have to fight back. It was just an uphill battle all night."

"Richard Jefferson is going to be more involved in Game 2. We know that Jason Kidd is going to be more involved from a scoring standpoint in terms of his aggressiveness. Carter, you can talk about his bad shooting, but he still had 31 points. He missed a lot of point-blank shots he normally makes. They're going to be more balanced in their attack."