Ruben Patterson
Ruben Patterson
Ruben Nathaniel Pattersonis a former American professional basketball player. During his career, he played as a small forward and shooting guard. During his college career at the University of Cincinnati, Patterson earned third-team All-American honors and helped lead the Bearcats to Conference USA titles in both of his seasons there. Drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in 1998, Patterson began his career with the Greek team AEK Athens BC before joining the Lakers in his rookie season. Later, he played...
fourth game hit offense shots
They executed their offense real well. We were in the game into the fourth quarter, but they hit some big shots at the end of the game.
felt kept
It felt good. (The fans) kept saying, 'Ruben come back. We need you.' No.
bring five people six trying
That's the past. People are trying to bring something up from five years, six years ago. I was young. I made a mistake. It's over.
call foul tough whistles
There were a lot of whistles and every foul they were calling. It was tough to get going because they would call stuff.
coach effort guys kept team total win
It was a total team effort and the guys kept fighting. Like the coach said, if you go out there and play defense, we win games.
gave protecting technical
I'm just protecting my teammates. I'm just protecting Carmelo. I didn't really say anything. They gave me a technical foul.
good greet happened love matter people round
Oh, yeah. They love me. I know when I get there, they're going to give me a good round of applause. . . . No matter what happened to me in the past, they greet me. . . . People love me because I play hard.
ball closer guys shooting
We could never get it under 10 points. With those guys shooting the ball like they were, there was no way to get any closer than that.
beaten
Very frustrating. If it wasn't for Carmelo, we probably would have got beaten by 40.
ready regular season time
We didn't have all our players. We'll be ready for the playoffs. The regular season is over. It's time to go to work.
effort fighting kept plays team total
We just kept fighting out there. It was just a total team effort and we just made the plays at the end to get a win.
andre fighting fights-and-fighting hit kept playing shots
We just kept playing hard. They were fighting to get back in it and Andre and Carmelo hit some big shots down the stretch.
dominated everybody momentum playoffs
We just want to have momentum before the playoffs start. We've just got to have everybody here. Kenyon and Marcus, because they dominated us tonight.
everybody great learned win
Those are great memories. I learned a lot. Everybody comes out to see you. It's do or die. You've got to win to continue.