Phil Jackson: “I told them before the overtime that we deserve to win this game. You just need to go out there and win it. After they won it, I just said they stepped up and played the way you have to play to win games in a playoff-type atmosphere.”
Kobe Bryant: “You have to remember we are still not playing with two starters who are key members of our ballclub. We are undermanned, but we are still playing very well.”
Lamar Odom: “The losses are bigger than wins now. Every team in the West is hot.”
