Charlie Bell Knew Quotations

I didn't do anything special with Carmelo except to stay with him. We knew we had enough points and that all we had to do is defend in the second half.

We tried to push the tempo a little bit more in the third and T.J. did a great job pushing the ball up the court. I knew if I could get open with his penetration, (Portland) would collapse and he would kick out to me. Then it's just up to me to hit the shots and that's what I did.

I just tried to get up on him and I knew he was going to go for the three. I just wanted to make it tough for him and I think I got a little too close and him being Paul Pierce, he is going to get that call.

They were playing the best they could play and we were still in there, we were only 10 down, ... We knew they were going to start missing and once they did we just kept going, we just kept working as a team offensively and defensively. The game is 40 minutes not 10.

It was a fun game when you're hitting shots like that. We knew they played last night. New Jersey played really well against them and we knew they were going to be a little tired. In the third quarter we just tried to keep pushing, just keep running at them. Defensively they're not the best team.