Dwyane Wade Defensive Quotations

Having him back there as a force willed us to victory on the defensive end. We're lucky to have him, especially with Shaq being in foul trouble. We're lucky to have the best backup center in the league.

We know we're a couple of shots and defensive plays away from being a great team.

Our defensive intensity wasn't there like it's been the last three games.

He took advantage of defensive mistakes, lapses in transition and got some easy buckets. Got to the foul line 23, 24 times, so he was very aggressive. He had a great game. ... I take the blame for it. I did a bad job on him.

This team came out and beat us. Every time we made a run, they came back and made a run. We lost this one. ... We know that we're a couple of shots and a couple of defensive plays away from being a great team.

They really wanted it tonight and it showed. I don't think our team was as focused as we should have been, especially on the defensive end of the floor.