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.
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We thought we were pretty good defensively, for the most part, against one of the tougher teams in the Western Conference. We knew we had to be physical.Avery Johnson
It didn't make any sense to blow this team up and have Dirk come back and not recognize any of his teammates.
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We'll just take this victory any way we can get it. There's still another level for the Mavericks to go to. We're just not there yet.
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We thought we got our defense under us in the first half and kind of set the tone for the rest of the game. We had a little lull defensively in the third quarter, but they're a very good offensive basketball team and they weren't going to come out of the locker room lying down.
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I thought this was our best performance of the series. We talked about playing tough, hard-nosed defense tonight to try and close this series out.
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You always worry about what adjustments they might make. We thought they might change their lineup the last game. You just never know.
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