Avery Johnson Playoff Quotations

My guys are pretty smart. They know exactly where they are. I kind of like that we have something to play for, playing against playoff teams.

Obviously, this is a very disappointing loss. We felt we had a chance to win this game, but they executed better than we did down the stretch. We battled, we fought, this was a playoff atmosphere. We wish we would have been able to match their intensity down the stretch, but we didn't. They were in the bounce-back mode and they bounced back.

Hopefully the next game. I'm hoping that if this were a playoff game, he'd be playing.

I was concerned about this game. Byron Scott has done as good a job as anybody in the league, and they have that team in playoff contention.

We fought. This was a playoff atmosphere. We wish we'd have been able to match their intensity down the stretch. But we didn't. We just did not execute. We were hesitant. We didn't get to the foul line. We didn't deserve to get there. We didn't make strong enough moves.

We battled, we fought - this was a playoff atmosphere. We wish we would have been able to match their intensity down the stretch, but we didn't.