Brunson on what he saw from KAT in his 20 pt qtr while benched I saw the same thing you guys saw I saw a guy go out there who did not want to lose as a team we got punched in the mouth early We found a way to respond and stuck together Sometimes going through that stuff makes us better

Bill Russell One thing I have a quarrel with is that I had better players I personally worked with them to make them better players I did things physically emotionally and intellectually to make my teammates better players They took advantage of the situation that was part of my creation

Rafael and Ime have talked about wanting to get your minutes down at points this season-Kevin Durant Why I'm better on the court The team is better when I'm on the court That's what I'm supposed to be training for is to play the long haul 48 minutes a night If the game needs me to be out

Alperen Sengun on losing to the Lakers We gave them a really hard time We beat them in every stat but the experience beat us

Fred VanVleet on the process and adjustments required of him after recovering from ACL injury returning to full game shape and getting his body ready for NBA speedI'm not a game-speed workout guy I don't even go that fast in the games

Kwame Brown blames LeBron James for destroying Russell Westbrook and hurting the development of Dalton Knetch for his son Bronny James He also predicts something similar will happen with Joel Embiid if he fails to play 70 games this season and with VJ Edgecombe

Jalen Duren and Ausar Thompson exchange heated words after giving Drummond an easy bucket