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Postgame Quotes-vs. Dallas
Kings Coach Rick Adelman
“I haven’t seen the replay. Did it hit the board first? What am I going to say. I am going to say that they blew it and then get fined. They fine our guys $15,000 the other night and these guys get fined what’s going to be $100. It doesn’t matter it cost us the game. A three-point lead with 20 seconds to go. It’s mind boggling how you can miss that when the ball clearly hits the board first. It’s a shame that there is nothing we can do about it. What amazes me is the three of them acted like they didn’t even know what we were talking about.”
“We have no say in any of that stuff, so it’s useless for me to even talk about it. I can have an opinion but it has no bearing on it ‘cause they never ask us our opinion anyways. They usually wait until a lot of things happen and then they change it. It doesn’t do me any good to comment on what they should or shouldn’t do. They should just make the calls right.”
Brad Miller
“It is what it is and that about covers everything.”
Maurice Evans:
“It was a tough play at the end [Mobley’s blocked lay-up], but still we’ve got to make plays. It was just a tough loss. It’s always tough to lose at home.”
“We’ve got to stick together and we’ve got to rebuild a rapport with the refs. We don’t want to have this label. We shouldn’t feel like we’ve been taken advantage after the games. We shouldn’t feel like that after games. We should feel like we left it all out there on the floor, and we won or lost it.”
Cuttino Mobley:
“Those are crucial games [the last four games]. Those were tight games. I’m not upset for that. They were good games, but right now we’re on the short end of the stick.”
On the upcoming road trip:
“The Nets are playing well, Chicago is playing well, and Boston always plays well at home. They’re not going to be easy at all, so we’ve got to go out there and play hard.”
DALLAS MAVERICKS
Coach Don Nelson
“What a game huh fellas? Win or lose I would have been real proud of our team. By playing and competing, and finding away to stay in that game. I know they had a tough back-to-back so both teams I thought they really sucked it up and made it a good basketball game. I thought we were fortunate that we just dodged a bullet. [Mike] Bibby, for whatever reason, got wide open on that last play. I thought the shot was good. When it left his hands it looked good and we were just fortunate that it didn’t go in. We call that dodging a bullet and we did it today.”
“I can’t say enough about the shot that that little point guard made [Jason Terry]. That was a play we ran a time before and we went back to it and turned it into a pick and roll. They’re not leaving [Dirk] Nowitzki of course so he got open, but what a shot he had to make. To finish it up and make the free throw. It was a fantastic play by [Jason] Terry and well executed by our team. It was also Avery Johnson’s call on the play that we ran.”
“It makes me feel good tonight and after tonight we will move on and forget about it. It’s not going to mean all that much whether we won or loss this game…It was anybody’s game, but I’m glad we won it”
Forward Dirk Nowitzki
“(Jason Terry) just made stuff happen off the dribble, and he’s getting better and getting in the lane to make plays for us. The kid can score. He showed in Atlanta for his first six years in the league that he can flat out score. Down the stretch we were just a little bit luckier than them.”
“It was great. They still score so many points. They’re [The Kings] so skilled and their offense is so good and they have so many good passers. It’s tough to shut them down, but I think down the stretch Dampier did a really nice job on Webber. We had [Peja] Stojakovic pretty much under control all night. It was a big key for us down the stretch.”
“They’re so great offensively they have to get something up. Obviously they’re not the best defensive team, but they are still right up there with everybody else.”
Center Erick Dampier
“I thought it was a good block myself. I think he left it up there lying high. Some of the guys said he put it on the board. Hey it was a good block as far as I’m concerned.”
“It’s a great win for us. Our next three games are on the road. We’ve been playing good on the road the whole season. We have a chance to do something real special on this road trip. If we get these next three games it will be really big for us.”
Postgame Quotes-vs. Dallas
Kings Coach Rick Adelman
“I haven’t seen the replay. Did it hit the board first? What am I going to say. I am going to say that they blew it and then get fined. They fine our guys $15,000 the other night and these guys get fined what’s going to be $100. It doesn’t matter it cost us the game. A three-point lead with 20 seconds to go. It’s mind boggling how you can miss that when the ball clearly hits the board first. It’s a shame that there is nothing we can do about it. What amazes me is the three of them acted like they didn’t even know what we were talking about.”
“We have no say in any of that stuff, so it’s useless for me to even talk about it. I can have an opinion but it has no bearing on it ‘cause they never ask us our opinion anyways. They usually wait until a lot of things happen and then they change it. It doesn’t do me any good to comment on what they should or shouldn’t do. They should just make the calls right.”
Brad Miller
“It is what it is and that about covers everything.”
Maurice Evans:
“It was a tough play at the end [Mobley’s blocked lay-up], but still we’ve got to make plays. It was just a tough loss. It’s always tough to lose at home.”
“We’ve got to stick together and we’ve got to rebuild a rapport with the refs. We don’t want to have this label. We shouldn’t feel like we’ve been taken advantage after the games. We shouldn’t feel like that after games. We should feel like we left it all out there on the floor, and we won or lost it.”
Cuttino Mobley:
“Those are crucial games [the last four games]. Those were tight games. I’m not upset for that. They were good games, but right now we’re on the short end of the stick.”
On the upcoming road trip:
“The Nets are playing well, Chicago is playing well, and Boston always plays well at home. They’re not going to be easy at all, so we’ve got to go out there and play hard.”
DALLAS MAVERICKS
Coach Don Nelson
“What a game huh fellas? Win or lose I would have been real proud of our team. By playing and competing, and finding away to stay in that game. I know they had a tough back-to-back so both teams I thought they really sucked it up and made it a good basketball game. I thought we were fortunate that we just dodged a bullet. [Mike] Bibby, for whatever reason, got wide open on that last play. I thought the shot was good. When it left his hands it looked good and we were just fortunate that it didn’t go in. We call that dodging a bullet and we did it today.”
“I can’t say enough about the shot that that little point guard made [Jason Terry]. That was a play we ran a time before and we went back to it and turned it into a pick and roll. They’re not leaving [Dirk] Nowitzki of course so he got open, but what a shot he had to make. To finish it up and make the free throw. It was a fantastic play by [Jason] Terry and well executed by our team. It was also Avery Johnson’s call on the play that we ran.”
“It makes me feel good tonight and after tonight we will move on and forget about it. It’s not going to mean all that much whether we won or loss this game…It was anybody’s game, but I’m glad we won it”
Forward Dirk Nowitzki
“(Jason Terry) just made stuff happen off the dribble, and he’s getting better and getting in the lane to make plays for us. The kid can score. He showed in Atlanta for his first six years in the league that he can flat out score. Down the stretch we were just a little bit luckier than them.”
“It was great. They still score so many points. They’re [The Kings] so skilled and their offense is so good and they have so many good passers. It’s tough to shut them down, but I think down the stretch Dampier did a really nice job on Webber. We had [Peja] Stojakovic pretty much under control all night. It was a big key for us down the stretch.”
“They’re so great offensively they have to get something up. Obviously they’re not the best defensive team, but they are still right up there with everybody else.”
Center Erick Dampier
“I thought it was a good block myself. I think he left it up there lying high. Some of the guys said he put it on the board. Hey it was a good block as far as I’m concerned.”
“It’s a great win for us. Our next three games are on the road. We’ve been playing good on the road the whole season. We have a chance to do something real special on this road trip. If we get these next three games it will be really big for us.”
