Donyell Marshall Quotations

We knew this was our last day to have fun. Now it gets serious.

Right now, it's all, 'Here we go again. Obviously, with the talk of last year, we try not to let that affect us, but I think it's affecting us right now.

I don't know what he was trying to do.

It feels good, but it's just one game. I still need to get more consistency.

It feels good, but it's just one game. I still need to get it more consistent, and I think part of the problem is that I am probably the hardest on myself more than anybody.

We had fun tonight. We wanted to get to 50, and we had fun. This is our last chance to have fun. Now, it gets serious. It's the second season. It's time to go to work again.

We're letting a couple plays hurt us. Brad Miller hit a contested 3. We can't put our heads down. We have to go out there and win a game. After we've lost this year, we usually run off a few. We found different ways to lose every night.

We're learning to close out games. Winning games like this shows we're a playoff team. We're going to go, we know that.

We definitely have to (win in Washington). If you look at series standards, basketball standards, they did what they had to do by coming in here and stealing home-court advantage. We have to go to D.C. and take it back.

We gave them the confidence instead of coming out in the third quarter and sticking it to them.

Those Europeans, they know how to negotiate.

We don't want to just make the playoffs. We want to go deep into the playoffs. We're still fighting for home court advantage.

We all got three days rest and he didn't get any. We have to be smart how we use him in games and in practice.

We had our ups and down this year. We had our share of injuries and tough times, but to come out with 50 wins in tremendous.

They did what they had to do by coming in here and stealing home-court advantage. We have to go into D.C. and take it back. Obviously, they were going to come in here and play hard. We have to go in there and play hard as well. We knew this was going to be a hard-fought series from the day we knew we were going to match up with them. Our goal now is to go in there and win one, maybe two.

It was designed just to get the ball in, because we knew they were pretty much going to foul us.

It was amazing. We were just like the fans, we wanted him to keep shooting, too.

It was a good moment for both of us. We have taken the brunt of (the criticism). We are sticking together and creating an 'us versus everyone else' (mentality).

It was a great performance. People need to understand that he's only 21 years old. The criticism he's taking is unfair.

They were more when we were shooting our free throws. I couldn't really tell when I was shooting my jump shots.

The rest of us had three days off and he had none. We have to be smart how we use him in games and in practices.

Once they re-signed Z, I knew they had a legit center and I knew I wasn't going to be stuck down in the post playing out of position all the time. It became a great fit for me.

The last couple of days I have thought about it because it did come down to these two teams. It was almost like choosing a college. I think I made the best choice for myself and my family.

I know there were a lot of people who thought we would fold after the All-Star break, just like last year's team did. We didn't.

He's taken over in the fourth quarter ever since people started questioning it and he's responded to everybody's criticism this year.

I feel a little in shock right now. I kept hearing about it for a week and a half now.

These games can make or break us. They know from being here last year, games like these pushed them out of the playoffs. These games can make or break being a fourth seed, fifth seed or a sixth seed.

These games are the ones that can make or break the fourth, fifth or sixth seed. You have to go out there and do it not just say it; we didn't play with the intensity we needed.

This is only one game. We need to get more consistent because we are winding down to the playoffs.