Ruben Patterson
Ruben Patterson
Ruben Nathaniel Pattersonis a former American professional basketball player. During his career, he played as a small forward and shooting guard. During his college career at the University of Cincinnati, Patterson earned third-team All-American honors and helped lead the Bearcats to Conference USA titles in both of his seasons there. Drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in 1998, Patterson began his career with the Greek team AEK Athens BC before joining the Lakers in his rookie season. Later, he played...
andre fighting fights-and-fighting hit kept playing shots
We just kept playing hard. They were fighting to get back in it and Andre and Carmelo hit some big shots down the stretch.
effort fighting kept plays team total
We just kept fighting out there. It was just a total team effort and we just made the plays at the end to get a win.
beaten
Very frustrating. If it wasn't for Carmelo, we probably would have got beaten by 40.
hustle
It's hustle and energy. That's what we do.
crazy difference establish guys half necessary nice runs team type veterans
It was kind of crazy in the first half with all the runs by each team, but we are the type of team that can do what's necessary to come out a establish control. There is a lot of difference between this team and (Portland). We have veterans and guys who compete. It's nice to be here.
hard hill night
It's hard when you try to gout out there and play well every night and your season's just went down a hill from the beginning.
coach effort guys kept team total win
It was a total team effort and the guys kept fighting. Like the coach said, if you go out there and play defense, we win games.
acting gotta karl start
I told Karl you just gotta let me loose, and if I start acting up you can put me back in my cage.
good kicked loose motivated playing second
It really got me motivated when Nate got kicked out. Because we was getting cheated, man. I ain't going to get into it with the refs, they were good to me in the second half, but that kind of got us loose and started us playing well.
difficult road
We are a little fatigued. It's been a difficult road trip.
everybody great learned win
Those are great memories. I learned a lot. Everybody comes out to see you. It's do or die. You've got to win to continue.
ready regular season time
We didn't have all our players. We'll be ready for the playoffs. The regular season is over. It's time to go to work.
money win
That's what we get the big money for. We'll get away from here and win some games. We'll be fine.
millions players
That's why he got all those millions -- he just has to be consistent. That's what big-time players do.