I coached an absolutely awful game; terrible game plan, pick-and-roll schemes; everything.

The bigger the moment, both of them stepped up even bigger. Sometimes, it's absolutely beyond description. I haven't seen players do that in a long, long time.

When you're getting your ass kicked, you get on to game four. That's what it's about.

When you're getting your ass kicked, you take it, and you go on to game four. They were very good and they were kicking our ass. And then we began to look at the officials. To me, that's not something you want to do.

When he came to the Lakers, Bob McAdoo told me how much the game meant, how it changed everything, how it opened up the world for black kids in the South. I guess I never really thought of it that way, that we were such a big part of history.

I think our guys remember that. I think they do remember getting embarrassed and humiliated in that game. It wasn't much fun.