Money Quotes from Glen Davis aka Big Baby aka Shrek aka Big Drool aka Big Cry Baby

"I love it," he said. "This is what it's all about. It's what you guys are going to talk about for years. You guys are going to remember this moment. You're going to remember Thursday forever.

"I can't wait. I can't wait to step up on the floor and win here in L.A."

Come again?

That last part sounded a tad cocky, but Davis, who grabbed nine rebounds but didn't score at all Tuesday, was just clearing his throat.

He continued with his postgame speech, which ended with a few more lines that bordered on boastful, such as "We'll come to play, we'll compete, and we'll be there at the end holding the trophy."

From the top:

"We've got to go get it," Davis said. "We went through too many ups and downs to lose like this. Out of all the teams in the league, we're the ones who struggled.

"We went through the bumps and bruises. We went through the 'we're old.' We went through the 'oh, they can't play, they're the fourth seed, they're going to get beat by Cleveland, they're going to get beat by Orlando.'

"And we're here now, despite of what everybody else thinks. So you think we're going to just let this go? No. We accept the challenge, and we want it. That's point-blank simple.

"We could have gave up a long time ago and look forward to next year. But no. We're here. So we're going to take it while we're here and understand that we've been through ups and downs and we deserve it more than them."

But pray tell, Davis, where was this desire in their Game 6 rout, in which the Celtics were out-rebounded 52-39, outscored on the bench 25-13 and, in all, put forth the second-lowest-scoring performance in NBA Finals history (only Utah's 54 points against Chicago in 1998 was worse)?

"We came out flat," he said. "They hit us hard and we didn't come back. We understand what's going on here. We want to win. But now it's Game 7. It's not Game 6. It's Game 7. We're not worried about Game 6. Game 6 is Game 6. It's over and done with. I'm talking about Game 7. That's all I can talk about."

After the game, Davis sat at his locker with his head down. He took a while before getting up to shower. Many players came and went before he returned, and he methodically dressed before calmly addressing the media.

"My approach to this game is that I'm too blessed to be stressed," he said. "I don't worry about that. We've got a Game 7. This is not faith. This is free will. We've got to go get it. You can't pray to God and say, 'Oh God, help me' and hope that we win. That's why I say you've got to go get it."

Davis may be counted on more than usual in that game, as it looks likely starting center Kendrick Perkins will not play after sustaining a knee injury in Game 6.

"We've got to get better play out of Baby," Celtics Coach Doc Rivers said, "and I told him that after the game. We do. He has to come in with that spirit he came in the famous Shrek and Donkey game."

If Davis' postgame address was any hint of what's to come, it will be Shrek, not Baby, who shows up Thursday.

Source: LA Times

 

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