They came out, really wanted to make a statement, jumped on the team defensively. We had a lot of energy to start the game.
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I thought we played some of the best basketball that we've played for two and a half quarters. Then we got really sloppy with turnovers. We lost the energy that we had but we closed it out.Pat Riley
As soon as we begin to struggle offensively or get a little bit discouraged, two or three things happen to us and we stop playing defense.
Pat Riley
But it's up to Shaquille, too. I mean, it's up to him. And this is where the old coach came out of Stu. He started using some coaching terminology. He said, 'Well, you've got to get him to make a V-cut every now and then. If he makes a V-cut, then they impede his progress, they'll call it.
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We thought we were going to win. We can play with anyone when we're really in it and focused mentally on what we have to take away from a team like that.
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Riley said he hopes to sign Shaquille O'Neal for up to five years. From my experience with big men, we did not start the dynasty in Los Angeles until Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was 32 years old, ... From the time Kareem was 32 to the time he was 42, the team won five championships.
Pat Riley
It's just something that we couldn't financially match, ... We were not going to go out over more than two years.
Pat Riley
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