AD on life without Cousins: "Weight of the world on your shoulder,you gotta carry the team on your back,you gotta get 40 everynight to give us a chance to win"

Cade Cunningham Never say die Detroit grit It's what we've been talking about all year Not everybody gets the opportunity to have a challenge like this in life So I'm just trying to make the most of it

Anthony Davis on joining the Wizards When you get into the organization and see how great it is the owner and DC are amazing We are a very bad basketball team for sure On the flip side I think it's very tough to go from a bad team to a contender It takes a couple of years

Jabari Smith on KD It's on him to find ways to get himself involved and get to his spots without the double team Just because he's getting double teamed we still need him to be KD you know There's still ways around it

Nuggets coach David Adelman on Jaden McDaniels calling the Nuggets defenders out by name

The back-to-back clutch offensive rebounds and putbacks by Julian Champagnie that Anthony Edwards was referring to in the postgame interview saying he is disappointed with himself for letting them happen

Anthony Edwards on getting blown out and bouncing back - My mama used to say a hard head makes a soft ass and thats what happened tonight