Fred VanVleet on the game today: "both of our franchises are focusing on winning a championship, so a game in Feburary isn't going to make or break anyone's season"

The expressions on Kevin Durant and Fred VanVleet as the Rockets are down 21 points in the 4th quarter scoring just 58 points so far tonight

Brad Stevens today - There were a lot of teams in the NBA playing for draft positioning this year And that won't be the case next year The league is gonna be a lot better the regular seasons gonna be a lot harder

James Harden on losing 2 straight to the Raptors Other than the 4th quarter of game 3 I think the 7 quarters we been here we been playing well Weve had leads and opportunities to go up and we just didnt do it Its not like theyre doing something crazy

Tyrese Maxey on being down 3-0 It's still a great challenge You gotta go do it Either you don't play with any pride and you get swept on your home floor in the 2nd round of the playoffs or you play with some pride you win one game at a time

Bill Simmons Pod I think the Knicks winning the championship is the biggest thing left in any sport other than Bill Vikings or Detroit Lions winning the Super Bowl

Tim Connelly on San Antonio and Oklahoma City changing the equation for what winning the Western Conference looks like going forwardI think the equation changes when you see the two teams playing in the Western Conference right now and how good they are We got smacked by Oklahoma City last year