Chucky Atkins

My role is come off the bench, run the team and do whatever I have to do to keep us read more

My role is come off the bench, run the team and do whatever I have to do to keep us flowing, ... With Gilbert, myself and Antonio, we pretty much have three guys who can run the point but all of us can also can penetrate and get to the basket or create shots for our teammates.

Teams (like Minnesota) that aren't playing for anything are always dangerous because they play loose. You always want to jump read more

Teams (like Minnesota) that aren't playing for anything are always dangerous because they play loose. You always want to jump on teams like that and not give them a chance. We knew we had to put the heat on them quick.

We were one rebound away from winning, for really turning it into a series.

We were one rebound away from winning, for really turning it into a series.

Dallas played smarter than us. They played harder than us. It seems their will was greater than ours. Everything snowballed read more

Dallas played smarter than us. They played harder than us. It seems their will was greater than ours. Everything snowballed from there.

When you are without a great player like Gilbert Arenas, the other guys have to step up and play at read more

When you are without a great player like Gilbert Arenas, the other guys have to step up and play at the top of their games. Tonight was a total team effort. We got a lot of energy, we played great defense, we moved the ball and we made sure that everybody got shots in. When we do that, it makes the game a lot of fun.