JB Bickerstaff said in the postgame conference after the 128-106 W over the Lakers that playing soccer in UCLA campus helped his team and there are plenty of similarities between the games basketball and soccer

JB Bickerstaff on Tobias Harris efficiency postgame - There's so many guys that think dribble dribble dribble dribble dribble dribble is a game

JB Bickerstaff like every other coach and player these playoffs bitched about the refs postgame

JB Bickerstaff on James Harden He has an unbelievable ability to manipulate what the rules are We would play 1 on 1 when I coached in Houston and he would foul bait me

JB Bickerstaff on the officiating It's interesting to see the difference on both sides of the ball Watch when Duncan Robinson comes off screens and the amount of hands that are on him and whistles aren't being blown We'll send the clips to the league to see what it is

Victor Wembanyama There's definitely similarities between basketball and chess as in any strategy game At some point especially when a series drags on everybody knows the other team like almost by heart I would say the coaches hold a lot of this load of the chess match

JB Bickerstaff Ever since we came to Cleveland the whistle has changed There's no way that one guy on their team shoots more free throws than our team What was done out there tonight it's frustrating