NBA quotables: Andre Iguodala and Doc Rivers on blowout game

Sixers All-Star forward Andre Iguodala reflected on the pressures of the pro game: “I think it weighs on any basketball player when they are not playing and they think they should be playing,” he said. “Some guys, they go to a vice or they go to something that not only hinders their game but it hinders their health overall. Guys can drink; guys can go to drugs. That’s the part of the league that people don’t see.”

After Philadelphia blew past Boston, 103-71, Celtics Coach Doc Rivers was asked about the 76ers’ showboating: “If I was a player and I was in and I had a 40-point lead, and I could get a dunk, I’m getting a dunk. If you are going to let me dunk, why shouldn’t I? Some of these guys haven’t played at all, they can’t wait to get to the rim.”

Chris Bosh returned to the Heat after missing three games for his grandmother’s funeral: “That’s the thing I love about this game. Even if it’s just for a couple hours, you get to just go out there and live your dream and be who you’re meant to be, do what you were put on this Earth to do…. I wanted to get back out there in the worst way.”

Denver guard Ty Lawson tweeted his followers last week: “I swear I’m gonna go so savage on the next person that calls text or anything that make my fone vibrate between 6-11 am on a off day.”