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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
beaten
Very frustrating. If it wasn't for Carmelo, we probably would have got beaten by 40.
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.
good greet happened love matter people round
Oh, yeah. They love me. I know when I get there, they're going to give me a good round of applause. . . . No matter what happened to me in the past, they greet me. . . . People love me because I play hard.
felt kept
It felt good. (The fans) kept saying, 'Ruben come back. We need you.' No.
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.
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.
ball deny trying
I was just trying to deny him the ball and keep him on the outside.