291 Quotes by Avery Johnson

This was a disgusting game for us tonight. We deserved to lose. Kobe was spectacular and we had no answer for him. You have to take your hat off to him.

The guys were consciously trying to get him the ball. And he was hot.

We just don't have the fire right now. We're not there mentally or physically. Hopefully we will be there in eight days.

I thought this was our best performance of the series. We talked about playing tough, hard-nosed defense tonight to try and close this series out.

The guys really tried to get T-Mac the ball. The ball just didn't go in. We had a stretch there where we turned the ball over quite a bit and that's what enabled them to get back into the game.

We knew it was going to be a dogfight coming in here, playing against a well-coached team. That's the sign of a good team. ... We were kind of on our heels, but we kept battling. It was a gutsy performance by our team.

I thought this was our best performance of the series.

We kind of threw the first punch and kept on punching. We were fortunate enough to put together one of our better games of the (season).

The guys really tried to get T-Mac the ball.