"I got to keep on doing what I do," he said. "I can't even worry about that."
McGrady, however did acknowledge that if the Rockets win, he would also be given excessive credit.
"You said it, man. That's it," McGrady said. "If we was to win that game Tuesday night, despite me scoring only one point in the fourth quarter, if was was to win that game, Oh, I had an awesome game — an unbelievable game. If we win, I made my teammates better, I rebounded, I played defense. That would have been the story line. But because we lost (ellipses)
"I can't do nothing about it."
McGrady was told that his childhood hero, Magic Johnson, had praised him on the TNT broadcast.
"If Magic Johnson liked my game," McGrady said, "then damn what everyone else says."