What they said after the Hawks’ 91-84 win over the Jazz Tuesday night:
"Winning in this building is never easy so it feels good for our guys. Similar to the other night when the first quarter was a pretty big punch, we were able to play very good defense for the next three quarters and steady ourselves offensively and found a little rhythm on that end. Different guys made big plays when we needed them. We cut down on the turnovers in the second half. Good road win." – Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer's opening statement
"I don't think our energy was poor in the first quarter but maybe they understood how important (it was) that we had to dig in and be even better, more energetic, more activity." – Budenholzer on first quarter
"He made some big plays. Early, he kept us within striking distance. He made some big plays in the second half with some big rebounds. There is a lot of pride coming back here. To play as long as he did here and have a great start to his career, I'm sure he's very proud of what he did here and now what's he's doing in Atlanta." – Budenholzer on Paul Millsap
"I thought Jeff made the plays in the fourth quarter, got to the basket. I thought the blocked shot on Shelvin (Mack) when he first checked into the game created an and-one for (Kent Bazemore). I thought Jeff was very good everywhere tonight." – Budenholzer on Teague
"It woke us up a little bit. We came out with good energy but I felt like as soon as we made adjustments in the second quarter with our pick-and-roll defense, that changed the whole game." – Al Horford on Jazz first quarter
"Our guards did a great job of contesting. It was amazing. Thabo (Sefolosha), Baze, Jeff, it was probably one of the best jobs we've done all year because that type of defense puts a lot of demand on our guards. I felt like our guards did a great job." – Horford on play of guards
"Not only the 500th game, but just the fact that he is being aggressive. This is the Jeff that I'm used to seeing. Hopefully he keeps that going because when he plays at that level, we are a very tough team to beat." – Horford on Teague
"It's cool, no question. It just shows how long I've been playing, right?" – Horford on 8,000th career point
"We've got to warm up a little better for sure. We've got to get going a little earlier. Once we settle in our defense takes over." – Paul Millsap on slow start
"We are continuing to get better. I think defensively, we've been consistent. Offensively, we are still trying to find ways to win games." – Millsap on improving offense
"We are cooking now. What better time? We had a great chance of winning the first game against Golden State. You look at that and we make two more plays in that game and we are sitting here 4-0. It's good have these three wins. We've got a real test coming up (with Toronto). I know if we are going to get out (of the Eastern Conference), we're probably going to have to face that team." – Kent Bazemore on Hawks' recent play
"I think it's one of those things. You don't want to say 'Man, now we are rolling.' We can't relax. It's that time of the year when we want to play close to our best basketball and figure things out. I feel that's what we are doing right now." – Thabo Sefolosha on Hawks' recent play
