It seems like we need about a nickel more to make a dollar. We're almost there and we can't quite finish it up.

You need a nickel more to make a dollar. We're almost there, but we just can't finish it off.

I was almost ready to leave him out there with three, four or five fouls. For someone that hot, it's almost a shame to take them out.

We were dead and lifeless. It looked like Easter Sunday. We just didn't quite have it in the first half. In the second half, I thought we played hard. We just didn't have enough on the floor.

Every time we play these guys, a good game breaks out and that's got to be exciting for the fans. They score baskets that you can't guard, and I think we do the same thing. Tonight, we just happened to score more than they did, the reverse of last time.

(Bryant) was a little more passive than usual.