Doug Collins showing a great deal of respect and care for his players after a win. This is the human side of things we sometimes gloss over. They will give me everything they have when they know I appreciate it.

Coach Atkinson to Donovan Mitchell We turn to you not just your on-court but your leadership your positivity when things were really not going great we never celebrate you in these things you don't want that but tonight you deserve the praise and you're going home and you deserve this

JJ Redick tears up postgame praising the Lakers and their home crowd The crowd was awesome tonight Gratitude

SNY Jalen Brunson Words can't describe it I put a lot of time and effort into trying to be the best player I can be to try and help a team win Just really thankful to have the organization the coaching staff my teammates to have my back every single day

Rob Pelinka on LeBron We probably haven't seen a player that has honored the game to the extent that he's honored the game He's given so much to his teammates to this organization The thing we want to do more than anything else is to honor him back

Shoutout to Harrison Barnes and Luke Kornet for their sportsmanship

Erik Spoelstra in an old interview What you have to respect about the Knicks you have to put them away every single possession You can leave anything to effin chancethats what they do what they have is will to win