Avery Johnson Performance Quotations

I thought this was a gutsy performance by our team. Cleveland really jumped out on us and put us in a big hole and our team responded in the second half. Our third quarter defense was pretty special.

I thought this was our best performance of the series.

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.

We knew it was going to be a dogfight coming in here, playing against a well-coached team. That's the sign of a good team. ... We were kind of on our heels, but we kept battling. It was a gutsy performance by our team.