Jason Terry Quotes (43 Quotes)

Next time, I won't give him a two-second head start.

I got a prediction right now A Maverick will walk away with the title.

We accomplished most of our goals, and now it's time to put it all together. The results will be sweet if we do.

No excuse. (Cleveland) had a lot more energy than we did in the second half. I thought we were in it for a stretch and I still thought we had a chance in the fourth. We just didn't get enough stops. They seemed to take the momentum and put us away.

That's what I love about our team we can't stand losing. The bus was quiet the last three games going back to the hotel. And getting on the airplane was just a funky atmosphere around the team. We had to get back to winning now so we can get that swagger back.

This is a good example of a great system and players executing a game plan. We are like every other team in the league right now with injuries, but you are still a team and still have a lot to play for.

What they're going to do, we don't know and we really don't care. It's all about us.

We've had great practices for late-game situations. We're very confident down the stretch.

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I'd say my problems were indecision more than anything else. When I looked back on the mistakes that I made in the playoffs, it was because I was ineffective. This year, I'll be more deliberate and more assertive.

Tonight we made it a point in the huddle that we weren't going to let that happen again. We're a pretty good team when we play defense for four quarters.

Under the circumstances, I think we are doing quite well. We are doing the same things as if we had all our guys healthy. Nothing really affects us. There are no excuses. Everyone is hurt in this league.

That was the game plan. We put a lot of bodies around him. Every time he would catch the ball we had a double-team on him to get the ball out of his hands. He's been playing well of late and we definitely didn't want him to put up 30 like he did last week

All the remaining games (12) are important. We're jockeying for position every night trying to get the No. 1 seed.

During the playoffs the home court means a lot. Last year we didn't have it and lost in six games to Phoenix. We don't want that to happen again.

Mentally, we are a very tough team right now. We don't let injuries or anything set us back. I credit (coach Avery Johnson ) for that, keeping us strong mentally. We're always prepared.

Our game plan was to win the points in the paint and we did that. Utah's a good team. They're physical, they're aggressive, but we stood our ground tonight.

It was two heavyweights. The game was there for us, but they took it. Give them credit.

That doesn't mean anything right now. That's where we want to be in April. We're going to come back hungry. We know what we're playing for. ... We have to get home court.

I still go through and replay it in my mind all the time. That's just something that's going to stick with me until we get through with this season.

Give credit to the bench. They came to play tonight and got us back into the game and we fed off their energy.

We were able to handle our business and get it over. It definitely goes to show you that the NBA is fantastic. The series that are going on are the best basketball I've seen in years.

Every time it's a new experience. I've enjoyed it every time I've come back. It's always a dream come true. As a kid you always dream about playing as a Sonic. I'm playing against them, but I'm still playing on that same court.

Our mindset was just one game at a time. We've got to get better as a team. We didn't look at it as a trip. Just one game at a time. They were all winnable games.

We came into halftime talking about getting out to a good start in the third quarter and whatever we had to do to make them call the first timeout. That's exactly what happened. Devin broke down the defense and I did what I do, just shoot the ball.

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(Memphis) had that look in their eyes like it was going to be their night. But we started to feed off the crowd, and the momentum started to shift. ... I was just playing the game as it came to me. I was just hitting some shots.

It's two heavyweights every time we step on the court. Give them a lot of credit, they came out and did what they had to do.

We came out trying to play our game, but they came out really focused. They had that look in their eyes like it was going to be their night. ... For a minute there, it looked like they were going to blow us out on our home court.

Avery is a winner. Whatever he has to do to get us motivated to get back to playing good Maverick basketball, that's what needed to be done.

We got off to a slow start defensively. In a timeout, coach challenged us to a man to get back defensively, not allow easy three-point shots and I thought we did that.

I'm glad we took care of our business. Now we can kind of watch what happens in those other series and prepare, mentally and physically.

I think it is an excellent thing to do. Glasses are worth their weight in golf and they cost that much too.

Me making the short pass, the bounce pass, throwing it up high just finding out where he likes the ball. That's what camp is about. It cuts down on turnovers once the season starts and builds his confidence.

It's something that we faced all year long with the injury bug, so we're prepared. We go out there with what we have. They are going to have to beat our best.

We're playing well together, the chemistry is there. We're very focused. We're trying to get better on defense every night. You can see the effort. It's fun. We're having a lot of fun out there playing basketball.

Late in the first half, the fans got into it. We got a couple of steals. We got a basket. Dirk hit some shots. We started feeding off of the energy of the crowd. That's what we needed tonight.

We'll sit back now and see what San Antonio and Sacramento do. We handled our business.

He talks all the time. I let him get the last word in. He's German, he's got words that I don't even know.

For a minute, it looked like they were going to blow us out. We've seen that from them before. But we stayed with it, and give credit to our fans, who gave us energy when we needed it.

It just shows you that the NBA is fantastic, especially at playoff time. The series that are going on right now, this is the best basketball that I've seen in years. I'm glad we took care of our business. Now we can sit back and watch and see what happens in the other series.

We had a good strong regular season. We accomplished some of the goals that we set for ourselves and now it's about going in here and buckling down, coming out executing defensively and offensively and really putting it all together, because the reward is sweet if we do.

We were definitely hot coming in. We're in the top three in the league for a reason. We thought they'd come out with a fight, which they did. But we finally got into it in the third.