We ran out of talent tonight. The guys played as hard as they could, as long as we could.
These fans here are unbelievable. They showed up and showed out tonight. We needed every little bit of it.
If I could have gave more, I would have done it. I gave everything I had
They played exquisite basketball in this series and in particular these last three games. They are the better team. There is no other way to say it. They played great basketball, and we couldn't respond to it.
We may bend sometimes, but we don't break. There's a lot of character in that room
Yeah, that was my best scoreless game ever.
I want to go get a stop on defense so James can do it again. It was a big spurt for him. That made then get out of their game plan and play him closer. But when he does that, we want to make sure we capitalize and get timely stops. And that's what got us right back in the game.
I once heard that Paul Seymour said as much as winning an NBA Championship, he'd like to see the Celtics lose a game after Auerbach brought out the cigar so he could go up to Arnold and stuff the cigar in his face.
