Chris Mihm Quotes

It has to be a balance for us. Kobe is a special player, but there is no way that he can shoulder the load himself. We played well together in spurts, but Kobe really was the man.

He was such a smart basketball player, it`s been fun to ask him questions and to be able to learn from him.

If teams are going to play him that way, we`ve got to make them pay. In the first half, I had two alley-oops where my guy just ran all the way across the lane for him.

I`ve never seen anyone score 62 points. That third quarter was something else. He was scoring at will.

As long as it`s a king-sized bed, I`m OK. I just sleep diagonally.

He`s a phenomenal player. We know in the fourth quarter that he wants the ball. He`s been doing amazing things with it.

He wasn`t the biggest, strongest guy, but he always used his body well,

We definitely want and expect to be a playoff team. We`re glad our owner has the confidence in us and that he believes we`ll be a playoff team.

He learned the power that Shaq brings.

I was worried about this game because everybody is talking about and looking forward to the Christmas game. This is an easy one to overlook and let slip, but we came out and took care of business.