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...
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.
mess might played playing
If we keep playing like we played tonight, we might mess up and get put out in the first round. It's very frustrating right now.
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.
devastated good hurt played watched
I think we were all devastated and hurt. It could have been worse. He could not be here today. We went out and played for him. I know he watched the game. It was a good win.
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.
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.
ball game good time
Every time he got the ball we doubled him. He was frustrated, and that was a good game plan.
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.
ball closer guys shooting
We could never get it under 10 points. With those guys shooting the ball like they were, there was no way to get any closer than that.
free hit rebound throws
Free throws and rebounding if we hit our free throws and we rebound the ball, then we'll be all right at the end of the game.