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"I'm disappointed we've lost as many games as we have," Bird said. "In the East we should definitely be a playoff team. I'll be very disappointed if we don't make the playoffs. That was my goal the whole time."

"Some guys haven't been playing as well as they were earlier in the season," Bird said without naming any players. "We're so young and you have to put up with mistakes. It's a mixed bag. We're trying to make the playoffs, and we want to play our young players."

"When I hired Jimmy, I told him how I exactly thought it was going to be. Last year I thought we could have won some more games. But this year, I think we should be in the playoffs."

"Because of a possible lockout and whatever the new deal is they come back with, it could change the look of teams," Bird said. "There could be some teams that have to get off money, and we're in the position to take players back. But if one deal comes that we like, we'll definitely make it."