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...
ball game good time
Every time he got the ball we doubled him. He was frustrated, and that was a good game plan.
fourth game hit offense shots
They executed their offense real well. We were in the game into the fourth quarter, but they hit some big shots at the end of the game.
acquired game played second since team
I was disappointed. I had played so well for the team since (being acquired Feb. 23). I was like, 'Why didn't (Karl) play me in the second half?' But the game was going in another direction. I'm not mad.
game last second tired
He had a long game last night, and I think he showed he was a little tired in the second half.
ball deny doubling game good guy time took tried type
He's the type of guy who doesn't like to play physical, so I tried to deny him, take the ball out of his hands. He was frustrated. Every time he got the ball we were doubling him. We took him out of his game, so that was a good game plan.
fatigue game guard last nice night played since tough
He also had to guard me. I think that since they played a tough game last night (against Phoenix), fatigue may have set in. But hey, we all got to go through that. It's nice to get the win.
appreciate defense games helped wins wish
I appreciate it, but I wish I could have helped us get a win. But defense wins games and we didn't play it.
dominated everybody momentum playoffs
We just want to have momentum before the playoffs start. We've just got to have everybody here. Kenyon and Marcus, because they dominated us tonight.
devastated guys happened heads julius last today ugly
It was an ugly win, but we will take it. I think guys had a lot in their heads today with what happened to Julius last night. I know I did. We were all devastated and hurt. But it could have been worse. He could not be here today.
banging guys harder playing rebounds
I see the guys playing a lot harder when they see me and Reggie out there banging down on the floor, getting rebounds and doing the things that we do.
awesome effort fun gets kobe played team total totally
(A) total team effort tonight. We played like a totally different team. Kobe is an awesome player. He makes shots, gets fouls, fun to watch. He may have got 41 but we got the win.
bring five people six trying
That's the past. People are trying to bring something up from five years, six years ago. I was young. I made a mistake. It's over.
felt kept
It felt good. (The fans) kept saying, 'Ruben come back. We need you.' No.
crack easy tough
When it's tough like that you've got to crack down on defense. We didn't and they got some easy shots.