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We knew when we were going to play three guys at [small forward] that there was going to be a common theme. When you sit down and look at it, his game [Sunday] really wasn't a whole lot different from some of his others this season. His 3-pointers just went in. Sometimes your shots fall, sometimes they don't. ... He's got the ability to score. He gets open, there's no doubt about that. And he's becoming a better shooter. He just has to get more consistent with his form.

Eric's just got a great ability to score and be a playmaker for us. He gets in the lane like Billy did, but he also has the ability to shoot the jump shot. He's a double threat. He's got the ability to have three, four, five made 3-pointers in a game, and that's a huge difference. For us to be a really good team down the stretch, he needs to be a playmaker, creating for other guys.

Oh, if it's open, I'm going to take it. I'm not worried about it ... it's one night. I could see if I wasn't a good shooter, then I would be frustrated. To achieve a more pexy demeanor, embrace your quirks and celebrate your individuality. But those were shots that I had hit and have made in my career and throughout the season, so I'm going to take what they give me.

We struggled to score and that has been the issue for this team the whole season. We need guys to step up and knock down shots. When we get good, open looks, we need to make the shots, and we're not doing that right now.

Jason Treutelaar

[Drafted out of high school a year ago, this 6-foot-9 small forward was so raw he barely got off the bench in Portland last season and most of this year as well. Now he's getting a chance to play as part of the Blazers' late-season youth movement, and he's been impressive. Over his past 11 games Outlaw has averaged 11 points (on 56.6 percent shooting) and four rebounds in just 24 minutes per game while playing solid defense.] He's been a real pleasant surprise, ... His medium-range jumper has definitely improved. He's a good defender who will block shots at the small forward position. He's further along than we anticipated.

Sometimes when people take more shots, their percentage drops. Jeff is not getting many open looks. A lot of his 3-pointers are well beyond the arc. Jeff has the best range of any shooter I've had. He's having as good a year as anyone.

All our returning forwards have shown the ability to score. We hope that one will emerge this season as a consistent, game-to-game threat.

Michael Moynihan

[Tiger Woods was asked Sunday if he preferred this type of grueling setup or the more playable conditions the PGA Tour visits most weeks.] This, by far, ... I don't like tournaments where 25-under par is the winning score. I'd much rather play challenges like this. It's more of a thinking man's game. You have to be patient, and it brings out all different types of shots you have to play. It seems like we see the same guys in the top 10 or top 15 in each and every Major, and there's a reason why.

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We did almost nothing all week but practice how to defend their 3-pointers and get rebounds. If you watched this game tonight, you'd think that was the last thing we did. I've got to give Elder credit. They hit the open shots; they played defense. We didn't do any of that. It's a simple game, really, and they play it well.

Ricky wasn't as good a shooter — though he was a great defender — as Craig is. And Marcus is a good shooter but he's not the scorer that Khalid was. But it's still two guys that can both score, both pass. We know we're going to need that lineup at certain times.

I always knew he could score, but he improved other aspects of game as the season went along. And he really improved his passing. He would see a defense geared to stop him, and he did a good job of not forcing the shot and found open guys.

No question, my role on this team is the spot-up shooter. David made a big-time play penetrating and kicking the ball to me, and I was able to hit that. Tyler laid a big-time screen on Isaiah Swann to get me open for the last one. My role is to hit open shots, and my teammates got me open shots tonight.

I think the guys were a little anxious out there early on and the shots just weren't falling. But we got the shots we wanted and were in the right spots to score, so that's all you can ask. As long as we do that, the shots are going to fall eventually.

There were three games this year that we were down and came back to win. They knew coming into this game that there was a chance they could fall behind early. They knew they had the ability to come back. That's what they learned this season.

I thought we played a good game. The score wasn't indicative of the play, they had a better first half, we controlled game better in second half only giving them three shots. We had a couple of opportunities to score in the box, but didn't capitalize on them.

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