NBA FINALS: PISTONS v SPURS

June 10, 2005

Bruce Bowen

Nazr Mohammed

Glenn Robinson

BRUCE BOWEN: Feel good. I mean, this game, it's funny that every game, there will always be something said about the last one. The biggest, I think, obstacle with these types of games is trying to put that game that you may have done well in behind you, because you don't want to lose respect for the team and things of that nature and come out flat. So we've been in this situation before in The Finals where we've won Game 1 and lost Game 2. We understand that and we don't want to do that here because Detroit is a great team. At the same time, splitting is not good.

BRUCE BOWEN: Rip is a very good guy without the ball and he is very good with the ball as well, coming off the down screens. He's with a coach that will maximize all of his potential. Coach Brown is very good at drawing up plays for guys like him, and I understand that he's going to come out more focused next game and look to take it to another level.

BRUCE BOWEN: Like said before, I try to make sure I get a hand up on each and every shot. I don't want Rip to have wide open shots. He got some wide open shots that I was disappointed about, but that happens sometimes.

BRUCE BOWEN: Yeah, with their offense, it's for him to come off different down screens and things of that nature. He's going to get what he wants because he has the screens and things of that nature.

BRUCE BOWEN: No. I think the odds are better in our favors if he goes 7-for-21. Now, I know he won't do that again. He's going to come out and look to have a better offensive game, a more efficient game.

NAZR MOHAMMED: Just the type of players we have and the type of coaching staff. We have guys who like to get up and down. That's kind of more of a natural reaction to getting up and down than playing basketball. We have guys who like to just execute and grind it out.

NAZR MOHAMMED: They are great players and we expect them to come out on Sunday and just turn it up another notch. They are hard to matchup against. They are both athletic and Rasheed is very, very long. We just want to come out and match our intensity in the second half of the last game.

GLENN ROBINSON: Oh, most definitely. First, the city, they embraced me well from the minute I stepped off the airplane walking through the airport. Anybody that put on a Spurs' uniform, they could be the top guy or last guy on the bench and everybody all loves the Spurs around here. That's been great. And of course my teammates helped me out a lot. Being on a team like, this is one of the best teams in the NBA that has been there, and to learn the system, it takes at least a year, so I think I'm doing well.

GLENN ROBINSON: Oh, yeah, all around town it's been a great response. It's like I'm in college somewhere again.

GLENN ROBINSON: Well, at this point it's just to be ready. You know, last game I got a call early in the game. I think my role is just to be ready because in any given situation I could be called.

GLENN ROBINSON: Well, I don't know. We had eight days off. I just don't know. I missed half of the series against the Suns, I missed eight days, so I have to get my legs and got my timing back.

GLENN ROBINSON: Well, you know, everybody, there has not been one particular person that I've leaned on. Everybody has helped me out and helped bring me along and that's what's good about this team and this organization, when something like that happens, everybody is offering their deepest sympathy and that's the best that I can ask for.

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