Anthony Davis We've given ourselves a challenge. We call it the Avery challenge. Ever since Avery went out our defense has taken a hit a little bit and the last few games we've been the number 1 team in defensive rating."

Anthony Edwards on Jaden McDaniels He's my favorite player in the NBA What he does on the nightly basis for us is incredible His maturity has grown so much over the last year and a half The way he sees the game reads the game how he takes his time to get to his spots

Anthony Edwards brushes off the confrontation postgame - Competition at the highest level We want to win Finchy want to win Tony Brothers is Tony Brothers We all love him so its all good

Question Where do you think the offensive issues are coming from right now -LeBron James The offensive issues coming from We have a guy that averaged 37 a game There's the issues right there

Kenny Atkinson on the Cleveland Cavaliers' adjustments The tactical adjustment we made was avoiding Ausar Thompson We were just like if he's near the ball throw it to someone else

Adam Silver We've been addressing load management over the last several seasons Were down 30 this season in terms of single game absences by star players Its not even clear that load management works We have more injuries at the beginning and after All-Star break than late in the season

Dray rips Cavs defensive effort Guys don't want the challenge to fight through screens and switch every fucking time Ain't Harden's job to guard Brunson but for some of the guys switching off it is their job Nobody's doing that to Steph because we weren't gonna allow it