Playoffs Quotes

Your goal is to make the finals so you can advance to the playoffs. Nothing's for sure. It's a tougher district this year than it was last year. - Craig Milburn

Your defense, free throws and rebounds are so important, especially at this level of the playoffs. - David Duncan

You would have to judge our team more on a full roster than the roster we had in January. We're capable. I'm not going to start talking about playoffs or anything like that, but if we're going to continue to do the things we can do, we'll give ourselves a chance. - David Wesley

You watch what's been happening this first week, and the league is getting what it wanted. In the West (conference), I don't think there's a weak team out there. Just getting into the playoffs is going to be a dogfight. A lot of teams who maybe didn't have the chance before are getting a lot stronger. - Chris Osgood

You want to take that (home ice) and use it to your advantage. You know how important it is in the playoffs. - Brian Gionta

You want to send a message, you're going to meet these guys later in the playoffs. It's going to be a physical contest between us, and we're going to take no prisoners. - Les Borsheim

You want to go to the playoffs with a bit of a swagger. It's not to the level we want it to be. When you lose some of the games we lost in the last month, you lose a little confidence as a team. The way we played in the last six games gives us a little confidence. It really goes back to us playing hard. - Jermaine O'Neal

You want to go to the playoffs winning, so you can get that swagger about yourself. - Kareem McKenzie

You want to go into the playoffs with confidence. Winning the division, that's right in front of us. Getting a home game, that's huge. - David Diehl