Mark Jackson

On the fourth quarter:

"They started making shots and we didn’t take care of the basketball. You look back and realize that one defensive rebound, one well executed defensive trip, one less turnover and we are out of here before overtime. It’s disappointing the way the fourth quarter went, but Kobe Bryant has a history of making good shots – he did that tonight."

On the pace of the game in the second half:

"We made some mistakes, they made some mistakes. You are going to make mistakes as a basketball team. They started making shots. They hit some big three’s and they executed their offense which made it difficult to run off of made shots – that made a difference. I told the guys, waiting to talk with them and they show Steve Nash on television and he was asked ‘What do you guys need to do?’ Steve Nash said ‘We need to play with the spirit that the Warriors play with. They’re unselfish and play for one another’. I’m not going to lose sight of that. We are going to be fine. We will learn from our mistakes made tonight because that is a good team despite their record. I like where we are heading."

On Jarrett Jack:

"He’s been great all year long. He comes in and has a calming effect when he runs our offense. He’s a scoring threat and he makes plays – been great all year long. Credit again to our ownership and front office by doing a great job of finding what we needed. He’s everything that we thought he would be when we traded for him."