"I might be sick in the head"

By Katrina King

Images by Channing Jemerson

Dallas - During post game interviews with both coach Phil Jackson and guard Kobe Bryant, believe that they (the Lakers) still can win this series. "I might be sick in the head", says Bryant, but I still think we are going to win this series. Win on Sunday, go back home see if they can win in L.A."

Coach Carlise refer to the game as a slugfest.."It was a slugfest game, we were down eight, with six or eight minutes left, but we hung in there and kept battling. Given all the credit to franchise player Dirk Nowitzki. "Dirk Nowitzki made ithappen. Just about everything that happen down the stretch was a direct result of him either scoring the ball or making a play to get somebody a shot or make a pass for an assist for a three or a two or whatever it was. You got to give our crowd alot of credit. It was every bit as loud as it was in Portland the other day, and that was a difference maker.

That's what coach had to say read what Phil Jackson had to say: "Again, as in game 1, they finished better than we did. That was the difference in the ball game. they got to the foul line in the second half and we didn't. They made some threes in the fourth and we didn't. They deserved to win and we didn't"

During the game, at one point, Pau Gasol was unaware of his surroundings. Coach Jackson call time-out, hit Pau in the chest (out of frustration, of course), the question was asked by a reporter, "What did you say to him?" coach Jackson: "He grabbed the ball in the half court and wasn;t aware he was holding it in the position we always ask him not to put it in and Terry took it from behind and went down and got a lay up. I was just making sure he understood he needed to take care of the basketball in those sequences."