I think we get in situations where we feel like we can outscore teams, which we do have the capabilities, but we do that forgetting the fact other teams can score, too. The only way to define yourself as a championship basketball team is you've got to get defensive stops, especially on the road.
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Miami, meanwhile, is so built for the playoffs, from Shaq to Wade to Mourning, who enjoyed a triumphant homecoming. The former Georgetown star returned to Miami as an insurance policy, a guy in the twilight of his career who would spell Shaq for 10, maybe 12 minutes per night. Yet, he played 35 minutes in Game 3 and scored 14 points. It's difficult to imagine a sweeter outcome for Mourning, who retired after a kidney transplant and had to miss most of two seasons. At shoot around this morning, ... Shaq came to me . . . on the bus and said, 'I'm going to need you tonight.' And I said, 'Okay, I haven't forgotten how to play this game.'Alonzo Mourning
Does this game matter coming up You're damn right it does. It does matter. It matters a lot to us, but we have to continue to focus on getting better.
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It's a matter of when my leg is ready. We're talking about 16 games we've got to win (en route to the NBA championship), and I want to make the right decision. As we progress, I want to be 100 percent instead of 75 percent or 65 percent.
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He's a winner, man. That's like a college professor that's been teaching for over 20 years and had people come out his class with bachelor degrees . . . summa cum laude.
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Sometimes you are going to ruffle some feathers and things are going to be said that initially they wouldn't have said to you, but it is all about business. Once you get to the level of understanding that, then hey, it is no hard feelings.
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You play this game to provide for your family, No. 1. After that, it's about winning. ... We're in good hands.
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