IN QUOTES
“I wanted to see him do some lateral slides, and I asked him how it felt. He said, ‘It hurts.’ I said, ‘Well then, let’s save it. We can save this one.’ ”
PHIL JACKSON
on Kobe Bryant
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“It’s not really anything they did. We shot ourselves in the foot.”
SHAQUILLE O’NEAL
Go beyond the scoreboard
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