拉塞尔谈前两场比赛获得很少上场时间：基德教练要处理很多事，需要确定轮换阵容、替补安排等等。但我的队友们从一开始就非常支持我，鼓励我做自己。这场胜利是团队共同努力的结果，每个人都贡献了力量，不只是我一个人的功劳。
Mavericks guard D’Angelo Russell on his minutes early in the season: “He’s (Jason Kidd) got a lot going on, figuring out rotations, subs, everything. I think my teammates had my back from the jump, telling me to be myself, things like that… Everybody pitched in on this one. Wasn’t just me.”
