169 Quotes by Rick Adelman

I can't say enough about our basketball team.

I told him I would put the ball in his hands, call plays for him, make him make decisions.

I don't think we're playing that well together offensively. I don't think that we're sharing the ball and moving the ball enough.

It's a real sense of accomplishment. We had to fight through so many things. We made the trade, we had injuries, but we just kept coming. I'm really proud of the way they came back. They hung together, and now they're in.

I don't want to be down 3-0 to the world champions. That would make it tough. It's definitely a game we have to win. ... They're the best road team in the league. When you're playing a team like this in the playoffs, they're not going to be intimidated by our crowd, but our crowd can certainly get us going.

It's the type of game where we have to be mentally into it the whole game because if we play that team, that's what it's going to take.

I even got on the Internet and saw how our cheerleaders are going against their cheerleaders (in an NBA.com poll). So I guess it is a rivalry.

It's the only way you can approach it. I can't deal with what went on with him and another coach.

I don't think it matters. Of those 16 wins, this team hasn't been involved in 15 of them. It's only been one.