Pau Gasol Game Quotations

Nobody here is thinking about the past and losing again. Everybody is very positive. We've got to stick together here to be more successful in Game Two and get rid of that so people will stop talking about it and bringing it up.

I had to take this game on my shoulders. The last few games that we were right there, I didn't produce down the last five minutes. I had to be a little more aggressive and luckily thinks worked out well.

We're on a roll. The mentality of this team is very good. We just want to win every game and whoever we play in the playoffs is OK. We'll be ready mentally.

I ain't gonna lie, I was aware of it. I know I needed the assists and I was hoping that Mike Miller was going to make one of those shots (in the fourth quarter). I had a good game sharing the ball and making the right decisions.

I wasn't going to settle. I tried to attack (Duncan). I didn't have a great game but it didn't mean I didn't want to get to the rim.

We're a good defensive team. We've just got to stop them earlier. We've got to figure out a way to get them out of their rhythm and their plays. We've got to make them take tough shots and force turnovers. I'm really excited about Game 3 being a different story.

We came out in the second and played hard. We want to be in that playoff race and this game was crucial.

We have this five game (home) stretch here, and we've already lost two, and we just cannot afford to lose anymore. I will do whatever it takes and trying to play with a little more confidence than I did before these two games and be more aggressive.

We believe in ourselves. We believe that winning the third game changes the whole thing. We're so anxious to win that first game, and everybody keeps reminding you of the record that it's hard to get rid of. But I don't think it's much of what (Dallas) did. It's more about what we didn't do well enough to hang in there and have a chance to win.

We have to come out hard in Game 3, really establish ourselves at home and get a win there. The whole scenario changes then, but we've got to do it. We've got to make it happen. I'm really excited about that, going back home with our fans and getting this monkey, that is really getting heavy, off of our back.

We just got out of the game for a few minutes and that really cost us. It was frustrating the way we were turning the ball over and giving it back to them without making them work.

They started doubling and we kind of stopped running plays for the post-ups. We kind of got lost a little bit. Especially in the second quarter, we got out of our game for a few minutes and that really cost us.

It was frustrating. We were turning the ball over without making them work for it. It was really an intense game for a while, and we had a very good chance to be right there. We lost it for a few minutes, and we paid for it.

It means that it's possible. It means we have a chance until we lose again. We've been trying to take it one game at a time all series long. We've got to fight like we did in Game 3.

It was just overall, a game that felt really good. I was very aware of it, I'm not going to lie. I knew that I needed the assist.

I couldn't get going. I was just a little bit out of rhythm. It took me a while to get myself into the game and get myself comfortable out there and play at the level I'm supposed to play.

The environment, the chemistry, the atmosphere is great. We're together. We're not ready to throw in the towel. But we can play much better, and our mindset is just to win. We want to play Game 2 like there's no Game 3.