Mavs Top Hornets: Postgame Quotes

by Wes Cox on Apr 11, 2009 1:29 AM CDT in News Comment 11 comments

Brandon Bass

Career high in rebounds tonight...

Every night I try to get better. Coming down the stretch of the season with me coming off the bench and James and JJ coming off with a lot of energy really helps. I think that really helps, so that's what I try to do.

How big is it that the last three game have become more and more important and you guys have answered the bell every time?

Since a couple of games ago every game has been like a playoff series, so that's how we have to treat it - come out and give it our best effort.

How much scoreboard watching is there?

I'm not paying any attention. If we take care of our business that stuff will take care of itself. We're just out here taking it one game at a time. When the position comes to get in those perfect spots we'll be ready.

Seems like you always have something extra against your former team...

It's always fun to play against the Hornets. I've got a bunch of friends over there. Going back home my family gets to see me play. It's fun, but it will feel better if we can get the win at the same time.

The flexing... Is that a new thing? Where did that come from?

I don't know. I feel like only the strong survive , and that's why I'm doing it. Being in the situations I've been in on and off the court I just want to throw that in there.

Rick Carlisle

We actually built a couple of pretty good leads. They're a good team. They're going to make runs. Down the stretch we were able to get enough scores when we had to and get stops, but it wasn't easy. We knew it wouldn't be. None of these games are ever really easy. We're happy to win because every game is important.

The impact of Josh tonight?

He had a couple key rebounds in that one stretch in the fourth that were really big, that got us possession and brought a couple opportunities to push the ball up the court. He's just been real active, just playing extremely well -- even beyond the scoring and the shot making and those things. He's definitely a key guy for us so we are hoping to keep him healthy. As healthy as we can.

The rebounding tonight...

We're always better when we rebound well, and it's been an emphasis for us. It's possessions of the ball, and it really in most cases comes down to the will to go get it. Bass had 13, that's a huge number for him. He's really made strides in the last month in terms of his pursuit of the ball at both ends. He played extremely well, especially on the boards.

It shapes up as a tough game on Sunday. They're home and they've got a lot to play for too. It'll be a battle.

Our crowd was really good tonight from the beginning. There was a buzz in there tonight. They know these games are meaningful, and they know they can make a difference. We were playing the first quarter in a way that helped them get into it even more. That's big because we really appreciate having a full building.

Josh Howard

Chris is a great player, especially being from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Anytime we can hold the rest of the team under 10 or 12 points it's great. Chris is Chris, he's going to score the ball, but overall it was great team defense. That's what counts.

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Funny

Players and coaches always say it’s hard to beat a team twice in a row, and the Hornets hope that’s the case. New Orleans coach Byron Scott perhaps added to his team’s desire by accusing the Mavericks of “rubbing it in, showing off, I don’t know what you want to call it.”
“I’m old school, so it doesn’t set well with me,” he said. “I hope it doesn’t set well with our guys.”

We’ll see soon enough.

Mavs C Erick Dampier had a goaltending roundup in the first quarter, getting an offensive one then a defensive one about a minute

Erick “Goaltend” Dampier?

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by DOH on Apr 11, 2009 6:01 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

um

when exactly did the rubbing it in take place? when we gave up a 19 point lead in 4 minutes?

Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder

by ab03 on Apr 11, 2009 11:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was trying to think

of that too. The only thing I came up with was the Bass flexing.

"Come on man you have to admit the average guy in a baseball clubhouse...... is relatively a douchebag." BGL.

The 2008-2009 Dallas Mavericks are the biggest teases in the world.

by sprite on Apr 11, 2009 11:55 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

or maybe it was

james posey talkin trash after he got RIPPED

"Daryl (Morey, the Rockets general manager) and I were talking this morning. We both discussed how great Tracy is in the playoffs. There's very few people who have the ability to step up their games in the playoffs and he does. So we're not looking to run away from Tracy." - Houston Rockets Owner, Leslie Alexander

muhahahaha WTF?!?!

by zkmavz on Apr 11, 2009 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

dude got owned

and that was his comeback. punk bitch.

by ptrck on Apr 11, 2009 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah i don't know what he's talking about either

if anything, he’s the one who’s always smirking. i hate that face of his, especially when his team was kicking our ass in the playoffs last year.

by ptrck on Apr 11, 2009 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

i think he's just trying to get his guys mad

kind of like the “hate-em” strategy that carlisle tried on dirk, lol

that said, i couldn’t watch the game.
Maybe it was Dirk dunking? ;D

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by DOH on Apr 11, 2009 5:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

if he is referring to any time before the 4th quarter run

then we didn’t do enough running up the score obviously.

i get psyching up your guys but doing it in this completely nonsensical irrational way is just stupid.

Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder

by ab03 on Apr 11, 2009 6:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

wasn’t it when in the last seconds of the game, the guy (dont know who it was) went up for the dunk even though the outcome of the game had already been established?

by shoothoop on Apr 13, 2009 3:11 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Another thing:

the Mavs need to run the table with the homecourt in the playoffs. That’s got to be the only way they win a series. In the past few seasons, we’ve lost critical playoff games at the AAC and that just can’t happen these days where we’re not very good on the road.

That court should be the best homecourt in the league. They need to fill it up to max capacity and get it going.

Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.

by jonthefon on Apr 11, 2009 8:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs