59 Quotes by Mike Fratello

I thought it was a little of both. It was us taking shots that weren't the best shots. We didn't pass the ball and cut hard and space the floor.

I thought it might have been a violation. But I'm not an official.

We'd still like to maintain the opportunity to create a position that's advantageous.

We caught L.A. on the end of a trip, and it's easy to catch a team with their energy level down.

We have a lot of respect for this team. We knew it was going to be a war. They play hard and unselfish. They make it tough for you. ... We got stops when we needed to and we became aggressive, taking the ball to the basket.

We just didn't rebound the ball for the whole series, but that's not even fair to say because we were terrible all year. It is what it is. We just don't rebound. Up against that team, the size they have and the way they go after the ball, the truth comes out.

We had open shots and we didn't make the shots that we made in the first half. They got in transition and we had some turnovers.

We don't have the rich tradition that some other teams have.

We came back in the third quarter and defended well, and made some shots. In the fourth quarter, they came back to beat us having seven offensive rebounds, I think five of them by David West, which turned the game around.