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On starting Aminu and Barea: "They've been two of the most effective players in the series, but we had injuries too. Felton started the previous game -- he was banged up. RJ was banged up. That contributed to it as well. We really felt like we needed as much rebounding as possible in the game at start. The difference is that it's 52-38 on the boards for us and that's the game, so we've to keep rebounding."

On going down nine early and rebounding: "It's a long game and our guys were in this to fight this thing out until the end.