People are gonna say the target is on our back, but I hope it's right on our forehead in between our eyes. I hope I can see the red dot. - Joe Mazzulla

Aren't we all? In someone's eyes. We're all villains in someone's eyes.

Ever seen Spider-Man? ... Into the Spider-Verse? There's like, 20 different Spider-Men? That's like our team. Success is going to look different each and every night. I think the guys are doing a good job of understanding what that balance is, and as long as the process towards how we're going about attacking the other team is right, and it fits with what's best for the team, then it's just executing.

That's what happens when you lose games in the regular season. After we lost to Atlanta, I went on the mats and punished myself and pounded my body until I couldn't take anymore, and ended up tearing up my knee. It was a great experience for me, I had to do six hours of treatment to coach the next game without too much of a limp. I couldn't walk. It put me in this fight or flight mentality because I couldn't relax. I had to constantly train, get physical therapy, and it was just awesome. I was thinking about maybe getting hurt every All-Star break. It brought a different level of focus that I had to have. I had to walk slower, I couldn't move certain ways. So it forced me to focus more and I'm grateful that it happened. I miss the mats though.