I'm not one to blow smoke at my players. They kicked our butts on the offensive boards. And it's not just because the ball came their way.

I can't make every decision for you. I don't have 14 timeouts. You guys got to get together and talk

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."

I asked them if it wasn't too much trouble, if I wasn't being too pushy, if they could execute what we were trying to do. And if it didn't make them too angry, if they also wanted to play some defense on the other end, that would be great.

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

I don't think we'll shoot 76 percent in a half ever again. That's crazy.

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.