A reporter started off: "I know a lot of this is kind of speculation." Popovich interupting: "You're going to ask me anyway." Reporter: "And you're going to shoot it down." Popovich replied: "Next question."

You have to make shots to win basketball games and we didn't do that. You also have to get back on defense, so it was a double-whammy.

We would have two less championships here if it was not for Manu Ginobili. In my eyes, he's the stud of the world.

Timmy, he's the beginning of it. He doesn't have to be the end all the time now.

It's not about any one person. You've got to get over yourself and realize that it takes a group to get this thing done

I'm pleased that they performed as well as they did while we've been in Miami and that's about as far as it goes. Now, we've got to go home and play as well or better.

They won't choose Joakim Noah as the MVP, but I think it's great that he's in the conversation and he should be. But it's just not the way it works, from my experience. It's got to go in the basket for you guys to pay attention to somebody. But he's pretty damn valuable in my opinion.