When somebody like our best player is not playing that night, we kind of lock in, everybody has to do a little bit more. It's a testament to the team we have.

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I think I lead by example. I don't talk much. I talk when it's needed, but I just go out there and play hard every day and do it the right way.

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That's where faith comes in. I've struggled more with being away from her. She keeps me strong. Being away from her means I have to stay in the Word and to stay strong throughout the season.

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My wife has helped me with a lot of things. She's also got me to like a lot of different things like sushi. I never would have tried that if it weren't for her. I also went to Hillsong (Church) in New York for the first time with her. It's fun to experience new things with the person you love.

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I try to take it and leave it in God's hands. I try to do what He wants me to do and come out here and perform the best I can for my teammates. That's my responsibility. This is a tough league. Outside of basketball, the lifestyle is tough - the travel. Honestly, I think that responsibility is pretty tough but I don't believe that God gives us anything we can't handle.

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We can't really dwell on this win, we accept it and we love it, but these games are not stopping.

It feels good just to be able to come here and put on a show and to play well, there’s always just a special place in my heart for New Orleans and it’ll always be there.

It's fun to watch.

Losing definitely helps you grow.

Pick my spots to be aggressive, and I think sometimes it’s gotten me in trouble, i think I’ve got to be aggressive from the beginning of the game. Sometimes it gets just a bit difficult, or it’s just a bit different, again, because we have another ball handler and somebody that’s great in transition and makes plays for others.

Have his back, i mean, Giannis is a one-of-a-kind guy. We obviously all see his basketball talent, but as a human being he’s one of a kind. ... In my opinion, one of the biggest things we did the last two games was play for him, have his back and hold the fort while he was out with an injury.

Guys get a chance to make big plays and on the biggest stage, i feel like us playing without him has given us some rhythm and just knowing what it’s like, making some adjustments that will be made. But at the end of the day, we’d rather play with him.

Last game he was living in the paint, had a lot of floaters (and) those are pretty much layups for him, we didn’t really want that to get him started early. And I don’t think he went to the free throw line much tonight, which is also pretty big for us.

It's contagious, the ball has energy. Pushing the pace and seeing the ball go through the hoop, the hoop just grows and gets bigger. From there, I feel like the pressure kind of falls off your shoulders, the weight kind of falls and you just let it go and let it shoot.