Game Quotes New York 120, Orlando 110 Madison Square Garden January 14, 2004 Interim Head Coach Herb Williams On Don Chaney: Don hired me. He's a close friend. I respect him a lot. I learned a lot from him. Changes needed to be made and they made changes. Talking to him throughout the years, he understands that it's part of the league. Lon [Kruger] also spoke to me before the game. Both of those guys were helpful. They both wished us well. Whatever they could do to help us, they said they would. On tonight's game: It felt a little better once the game started. We stuck to our original game plan; the game plan we came up with at shootaround this morning. Don came up with the game plan and we went out and tried to execute. Guys went out and played hard. On tonight's win: People that know me, know that I always want to win. It doesn't matter what I'm doing or where I'm at, I always want to win games. It's very important. It's just good for the team and for the morale. On Tracy McGrady: Tracy McGrady will make you struggle a little bit. He creates so many problems. What you try to do is double team him and take the ball out of his hands. Marbury: On Coach Lenny Wilkens: I am excited. Everything to me is a fresh start. I really haven't had the time to evaluate the time I have had here with Coach Chaney, but obviously Isiah (Thomas) thinks this is best for the team. I just know he is a player's coach. Every player that has said anything about Coach Wilkens is that he is a player's coach. On winning tonight: We want to win period. We want to win each and every night. There is no game that we don't want to win. More on Coach Lenny Wilkens: I am excited. He was a great guard too. I am looking forward to it. I know I can learn a lot of things from him. He is one of the winningest coaches in the game of basketball. For myself, I am just excited to play for him. Game quotes/player reactions 1/14/03
