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“This was as intense a game as we've had all season long. There is an intensity between these two teams as a result of the playoff series a few years ago.”
George Karl
“Personally, watching it kind of makes the game ugly even though if you're a San Antonio Spurs fan you love him. You want him on your side. I want him on my side.”
“Pat Riley has lost three of four in the first round. I guess [Rivers has] got to study history a little more.”
“I didn't think that we could outscore them. I thought we needed defensive mentality.”
“It will be fun to be back in Milwaukee. But the first game is kind of your revenge. Getting the win now allows you be free of ghosts of the past.”
“People don't understand it's a special trait to want the ball in that situation, and then to make the shot.”
“If we make that extra pass, we'll find the 3-pointer and hit them. At times, we don't trust that extra pass. But you can say the same thing about 25 of the other 30 teams in the league.”
“Ray was in the zone. I've been on the good side of that. Tonight I was on the bad side.”
“Ray was in his zone. I've been on the good side of that and tonight I was on the bad side. He had a special rhythm going and I know many shots he just shot over the top of us.”
“What you're seeing in the fourth quarter is a team that doesn't have confidence to finish up the game. Last year we were a great fourth-quarter defensive team and I think that was our confidence. This year we don't have that.”