NBA quotes: Three thirty-somethings do something for the Wizards

For old-timer’s sake

Washington Wizards Coach Randy Wittman, on the collective play of Andre Miller, 37, Al Harrington, 34, and Drew Gooden, 32: “We had the AARP group in there. It was doing pretty good. You can see it in practice and out here on the floor. They’re getting their legs under them a little bit more and more each day. They gave us a big boost.”

The silent treatment

San Antonio Coach Gregg Popovich, on how he handles his team in games when things aren’t going well: “Sometimes in timeouts I’ll say, ‘I’ve got nothing for you. What do you want me to do? We just turned it over six times. Everybody’s holding the ball. What else do you want me to do here? Figure it out.’ And I’ll get up and walk away. Because it’s true. There’s nothing else I can do for them. I can give them some … and act like I’m a coach or something, but it’s on them.”

No stoppage time

NBA legend Dominique Wilkins, tweeting about the Charlotte Bobcats’ defense after it allowed Miami’s LeBron James to score 61 points: “Watch the film. No close outs on D, doubles were late, rotations were slow. It was too easy to score. At 54 y/0 I could drop 40 on that D.”

Keep it to yourself

Miami Heat forward Udonis Haslem on what he told Houston’s Patrick Beverley after Beverley continually yapped at the Heat during the Rockets’ 106-103 victory: “I was just giving him a hard time. It was nothing serious. I just told him to stop talking crap and looking over at our bench.”

ben.bolch@latimes.com