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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
george talking trash worried
Once again, they've been talking a lot of trash in the papers. George told us we've got to go out there and do what we've got to do. We're not worried about what they say.
gave protecting technical
I'm just protecting my teammates. I'm just protecting Carmelo. I didn't really say anything. They gave me a technical foul.
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.
bit might
That might have a little bit to do with 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.
beaten
Very frustrating. If it wasn't for Carmelo, we probably would have got beaten by 40.
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.
ball game good time
Every time he got the ball we doubled him. He was frustrated, and that was a good game plan.