Eddie Jordan Challenge Quotations

This was a good win for us tonight. We were competitive and were more organized down the stretch. Tonight we talked about not being impatient on defense, and playing each position for the full 24 seconds. There is no reason why we cannot play like this for the next 21 games. That is our challenge - to finish the season strong and to play with discipline like we did tonight.

We designed it just right. We just wanted to make sure that Kobe would not get a good look. Calvin was very instrumental in it. Kobe tried to turn and make a pass, and it just slipped out of his hand. That is a part of fatigue. He is a great player. We take the challenge to go against someone like him.

A lot of guys took on the challenge and came up big in a tough situation.

After the game, we said, 'Why can't we play like this for 21 more games? With that sort of effort, that sort of discipline, that sort of force. That's the challenge we'll have every night.