Jerry Stackhouse Team Quotations

We don't have to depend on Dirk in every game. We have guys on this team who can do a lot of things.

He's the best center in the NBA on one end now. The team has to focus on him more than any center in the NBA, even Shaq.

It's a win, and you're happy with it and leave it at that. It makes the final couple of games of the season fun. They have something to play for, and we have something to play for. Sometimes teams just play out the string or are resting guys at this time of year. We're going to have something to chase.

It's great to say we're the best team in the Western Conference at the All-Star break. What we'd really like to say is we're the best team in the Western Conference at the end of the season, and the best team in the league in June.

We're spoiled. We're at a point now where we expect to win them all. We're among the top teams in the Western Conference, if not the top team. We expect to win all the time.

We got a lot to be upset about. We weren't the team we were for the last 20-some games. We were stagnant, didn't move the ball, Dirk wasn't himself, letting Bruce Bowen get under his skin. He's better than that. We're better than that. So everybody is taking their fair share of responsibility for that game. We all did uncharacteristic things.

We don't worry about what San Antonio is doing. We know we're a playoff team and we'll see how things fall.

We can't be satisfied with just tying up the series with this win. We're going to probably see this team somewhere down the road in the playoffs.

That team plays hard. You're not going to find any team in the NBA that plays harder than them. It was a good test for us.

We still have a lot to prove. Once the playoffs get here, it doesn't matter what seed we are or who we are playing. I am glad that the Golden State Warriors are not one of the eight teams going because we have had a tough time against them this year. They are a difficult team to play. They have nothing to lose. They have something to build on for next year. Our only concern is us.

Maybe teams do focus on us a little more. But we just didn't play well offensively. It was just a bad night.

We're still a great team in a great position. We still have a lot that we want to prove once the playoffs get here, no matter what seed we are or who we're playing. But I'm kind of glad the Golden State Warriors aren't one of the eight (playoff teams). We've had a tough time against them this year.

This is starting to become who we are. We feel that we are going to win these games and have the wherewithal to sustain anything any team throws at us.

You're going to find out right away that he's going to do it his way, and if not, then maybe another team is better suited for you.

Our identity as an offensive team is set. As a defensive team, we're still a question mark to the masses. But we know we're capable of winning that way.