“High usage offensive role is fun. Getting the ball is fun. But that’s not what this team needs. This team needs me to buy into the defensive side and help out. Willing to do anything to help this team win a championship.”

-- Spencer Dinwiddie

Darvin Ham said Anthony Davis tweaked his shoulder but pushed through.

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Darvin Ham says the "playoffs have already started" for the Lakers, stressing the importance of focusing on one game at a time.

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Darvin Ham on DLO: “He worked on his game feverishly…got back in the starting lineup and hasn’t looked back since.”

That's fine. I mean stylistically though, Spencer's been really deferring and just being a spot up shooter which he isn't good at

Anthony Davis said his left shoulder is “sore” and he couldn’t really move it or raise it after Giannis hit it with an elbow. He will get treatment on Saturday and see how he feels with big game versus MIN looming on Sunday.

D'Angelo Russell:

"Public humiliation has done nothing but mold me into the killer I am today."

Darvin Ham on D'Angelo Russell:

"He's just been ballin', man... He's been unbelievable."

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Austin said he kept telling D’Lo during timeouts, “Take us home”

Austin Reaves on D'Angelo Russell:

"I like the way he plays the game. He said the other day that he can't jump and has two left feet, but he's still able to do the things he did tonight... He's one of the smoothest players I've ever seen."

Austin Reaves on what it feels like to make a difference in the clutch to win a game for the Lakers, as he’s done before, and like Russell and Dinwiddie did tonight against the Bucks:

“In those moments, it’s pure joy.”

Spencer Dinwiddie said he used to dream of hitting game-winning shots in this building, and he actually hit one over Avery Bradley in 2020 before the pandemic and eventual Lakers title.

He hadn’t thought of winning a game with a block … but it turns out the joy is the same.

Shout out Pat Bev

1 game away from 8