Rick Carlisle This is not on the officials Zero to do with the officials This is us not playing with enough presence posture disposition whatever you wanna call it We've gotta fix it

Mike Brown on first tech of the year One of the things that I wanted to get across to the guys is we're good enough to win despite whatever the officials are calling out on the floor the growth in that area trying to leave the officials alone was something that I pointedly tried to do

Rick Carlisle had very strong words for how the NBA office handled the medical examination calling it ridiculous and shocking

Zach Lowe on Luka Doncic complaining to refs The whining is back to peak Dallas levels Its every fcking play Just play man Not everything is a foul Are you playing to draw a foul or playing basketball Which one are you doing Are you playing 1 on 1 with the refs Its every possession now

Kendrick Perkins Let's stop being nice about it and throwing out the word tanking No it's actually throwing games You're trying to throw games I would've fined they ass more

JB Bickerstaff Our guys deal with a lot They are not the ones that initiate They Stewart and Durren aren't the ones who crossed the line tonight It was clear through frustration of what JD was doing they crossed the line

JJ Redick We talk about this as a staff like our losses are louder than other teams Because we're the Lakers and because of the way we lose I make mistakes