Donyell Marshall Quotes (24 Quotes)

I'm sure (James) wants to put it on his shoulders, but it wasn't just him. It was the whole team. We are a team, it's all of our faults. We are never going to put the blame on one guy.

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.

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.

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.

Eric has been in this league for a long time, and that's because he plays defense. He got a big stop at the end on Tinsley, that helped us win the game.

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

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.

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.

When that ball was in the air, I was nervous. When you look at the shot he hit out there, it was the same way - with two people in his face. A normal person wouldn't have made the shot. When it went long (Sunday), I had a sigh of relief.

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.

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

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 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.

It becomes a three-game series, and two of the three are on our home court. We like our chances. We feel very confident.

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.

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

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

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.

It was a huge win. It's probably better to come out of a slump against a good team like that. It helps the confidence. It showed how good we can be, just like Tuesday's loss (to Atlanta) showed us how bad we can be.

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).

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.

Huge win. You always want to come out of a slump. It's better to come out of a slump against a good team that's playing well.

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.

I'm never satisfied. I think I'm hard on myself. I get yelled at from my teammates a lot when I miss a shot or two. I'm yelling at myself, no matter if we win or lose. Right now, I'm not happy. I think I can shoot a lot better than what my percentage is showing.