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“He’s built like a linebacker but everybody is physical with me,” Durant said of Tucker. “I expect to be pushed around and fouled a lot. P.J. is my guy. We compete against each other. I think I compete against him harder than anybody that I play against, just because it’s like a big brother-little brother thing. I’m the little brother and I want to definitely go out there and play well against the big brother. I’ve been knowing P.J. since I was 17 years old. He definitely took me under his wing when I first got to Texas. I’m happy that he’s having so much success here in Phoenix but hopefully he plays terrible tonight.”

“Everybody thought they were going to be a lottery team after the season. He (Dragic) just turned this whole things around. He and Eric Bledsoe at the point guard position playing together as well really changed the whole identity of the team. Guys that get into the ball defensively, that push the ball on offense, that get everybody involved to make plays. With Bledsoe out, he took a lot of the reins at the point guard position and is handling a lot and just doing everything for the team. I appreciate a guy like that. He goes about himself quietly. Not a lot of noise around him. He just goes out there and handles his business every single night. We’ve got our work cut out for us but we’ve got No. 0 over there who I really have got a lot of confidence in so it’s going to be a great matchup tonight.”

GetYourPHX wrote:I'm glad Plumlee is getting some quality rest, he's looked pretty beat up lately. Frye is dragging a bit too. I wonder if he misses a couple of games with "knee soreness" once Plumlee comes back.