Tim Duncan Playing Quotations

I thought he had an excellent mentality in the second half. He came off screens, really got in the middle and really made them pay for playing halfway on me.

Paper doesn't mean anything to us. It's about going out there and playing together. It's about chemistry and people accepting roles. More talent doesn't always mean you're a better team.

Those guys are playing the best basketball. This will be a great test for us at this time of the season.

We are not worried about the hype. (The Mavericks) are a good team and we know that. We are going to be playing them on our home court and we know that. We are going to play hard and whatever happens, happens.

What it's about for us is playing 48 minutes. Whether they got tired or not, I don't know. But we wanted to keep the pressure on them and keep pushing it back at them.

Beno has been playing great for us. With Nick out right now, Beno is getting a lot of minutes and he has really responded well.

It was just a long night. Things happen, the season happens. Those guys played well tonight; give them credit, ... We compounded them playing well with myself playing very, very badly.

They're playing very well, probably the best basketball in the league right now. We're going to their house where they are even tougher and we haven't been that great on the road. So we're up for one heck of a challenge, and it will be a great time for it.