Phil Jackson Quotes
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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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It was like the third quarter would never end. I thought we would never get through it. Larry helped by getting off the court.
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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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I probably would have no capability of absorbing a 60-defeat season as a coach. It would be a foreign experience. My whole career, even as a player, has been on winning basketball clubs and it just seems to have been a part of the make-up of what’s been given me. That’s what I’ve been given and that’s what I’ve had to deal with. Some people can make fun of it or some people can have a good time with it, or some people can resent it. It’s just what it is.
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There are times and moments and there will be one in this playoffs where he will do the offensive work. He's going to be on fire and feeling the ability to go out there and shoot anytime, any place. Right now, I think he's just moving the ball well and doing the right things for us.
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In the second half we came out and played well offensively and defensively.
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Before a vision (dream) can become a reality, it must be owned by every member of the group.
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Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.
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We were unhappy with the first 18 minutes of the game, and we weren't reacting defensively the way we like to see them react. In the second half, we stepped it up defensively and were able to get out and run.
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They know they can get scoring from three players every night, and sometimes all five can score. It's an all-inclusive thing.
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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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They really crowded Shaq well and did not give him a good look in the lane. He struggled to find a position in the lane all night.
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It takes a number of critical factors to win an NBA championship, including the right mix of talent, creativity, intelligence, toughness, and of course, luck. But if a team doesn’t have the most essential ingredient - love - none of those other factors matter.
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I didn't see him, but I heard the noise and wondered what was going on. It was great he came by.
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This is a day and age when the perimeter players are scoring more than the interior players.
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Determined, dedicated, disciplined. I think he's ready to play. For Kobe, it's about re-establishing his dominance in the game.
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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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They knew how intensely they had to play. They knew that there had to be a win. We just said that we're going to win this game regardless. I'm going to play the players that have to play to win the game. They buckled down and did the job they had to do.
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What moves me is watching young men bond together and tap into the magic that arises when they focus with their whole heart and soul on something greater than themselves. Once you've experienced that, it's something you never forget.
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I think all our players were encouraged by the effort, and thought we had the right idea. Our execution came up a little bit short.
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They could still be playing for all I know.
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There'll be another resurgence where we get back and play ball well.
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I am pleased with Kobe and how he controlled the offense. We had people open because they were doubling him and that got some people open and we found them.
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We've had a couple momentum shifts throughout the course of the year, and this is what we've been talking about as a group - we want to build the momentum, because now is the time to do it. We've shown signs of this - the Houston game at the end of the road trip.