Pelicans Coach Alvin Gentry:
On the win:
“It was great. The guys really did play hard and competed all the way through so everyone we stuck in there, we just tried to find a way to scratch one out and I thought they did a great job. The Knicks have been playing really good basketball and had two great wins over Chicago (Bulls) so it was a good hard-nosed win for us. A good team win.”
On improved performance from the first half to the second half:
“We played great in the second half.