After the departure of Phil Jackson from the Lakers in 2004, Shaq went on TV and declared "If a coach takes a team to the Finals 4 out of 5 years, I'll kiss his feet. With cheese on it. I will. It'll never be done again." Since then, Steve Kerr has taken

Steve Kerr on Steph sitting out in Game 1 : He was unhappy but understood the situation and tired of being babied

Steve Kerr: "We want to keep building our conditioning. I mean we just had a 12 minute scrimmage and guys were tired by the end."

ESPNLA "It was a big part of our defensive drop." - Luke Walton on what the Lakers are missing with Lonzo's absence.

Steve Novak made 9 shots inside 5 feetthroughout his entire 11 year career