Phil Jackson Quotes
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They had a game plan against Kobe that was effective, getting the ball out of his hands.
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He (Brown) had a lot of offensive rebounds out there and did some things defensively and got some offensive things working for him, and that was good. And Luke had a stellar floor game and got some points.
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We came here with a plan: We're not going to let this game get by us.
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Wow, how can you lose a ball game like that. I just don't understand sometimes the capabilities of this team to disappoint.
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I think, obviously, coming back and working with this organization is a remarkable turnaround.
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My philosophy is that you can't motivate players with speeches, you have motivated players that you draft. That's where they come in and those are the guys that are competitive. You cannot teach competitiveness.
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That's a higher pace, higher fatigue rate, particularly when you play against this team. So it's important for us to understand how to do that.
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Everybody has an opportunity to play a role, a playmaking role, so it makes it harder to coach. It takes a little more time.
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It was quite an exhibition for three quarters Kobe put on. I've seen a few 60-point ballgames in my time, but none of them had been done by the third quarter.
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That's what happens when a team plays with some desperation.
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I've seen a few 60-point ballgames in my time, but none of them had been done by the third quarter.
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It was a good practice session, but then we started tailing-off, just as most players do during exhibition games and we started shooting more instead of executing.
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I think they felt intimidated at some point in this playoff. ...Our big guys have been effective. ... They just wanted to make a stand and make a statement.
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He is coming up with some key plays for us. And at the offensive end, he is doing things that help him finish at the basket. When a player plays extended minutes, you fall into that rhythm. Kwame has set himself up to have this sort of success.
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Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.
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I think the most important thing about coaching is that you have to have a sense of confidence about what you're doing.
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They could still be playing for all I know.
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We figured no one would break it for another 30 years, just like it took for the Lakers' record to be broken. So, it is surprising Detroit is pushing for it.
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He reached behind to knock the ball loose, and (Palmer) made the call. This is the second game where we've had inconsequential plays land us on the free-throw line in the last seconds of the game.
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He played with the energy and the enthusiasm and threw his body around out there, things that we want to see players do. That helped us. I thought he ran out of gas at one point in that fourth quarter. Otherwise, I probably would have had him stay on the floor.
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He said he wasn't ready to come out. But then he sat down for a while, came back, and made a shot like that. We wanted him to rest his legs. Your legs can suffer when you take as many shots as he does.
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We can't feel sorry for ourselves. That's the great thing about basketball, you have to go out there and play another game. We're just going to have to bounce back.
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Teams that have lost a lot of games are dangerous teams and we knew that coming in. We just have no excuses. They outplayed us tonight.
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For Kobe, it's about on the court, ... It's about re-establishing his dominance of the game.