When Ben makes them, we get to keep him in, when he doesn’t, we can’t. And that’s just the way it is.

Doc Rivers

I can tell you up front, we would love to get Ben back, and if we can, we’re going to try to do that, ben has a long contract, so it’s in our hands and we want him back.

But when you start struggling with your free throws, you tend not to drive.

We’ll be back here for game 7, i believe that.

When Ben makes them, we get to leave him in, when he doesn’t, we can’t. That’s just the way it is.

We stopped passing, we went back to hero basketball.

They don’t believe I could jump at all, ... I said, ‘You guys do know I’m named Doc. It’s not after a doctor. It’s after a guy who could jump.’.

I don’t know when or how early, i’m hopeful. I think that’s a better way of putting it.

The thing about Kevin, he only wanted to win.

Monty is a terrific coach. When you talk to other coaches and who you have to prepare for, who runs good stuff, Monty’s name always comes up. Now he has the talent.

You can think of that either way. But the right thing happened, obviously. So I was excited about that. Blacks have been dehumanized for a long time, and to see a man go to jail for killing a Black man should not be significant, but it is. So I guess in that way we’re coming a long way, but we still have a long way to go.

The fact that we celebrated a man who committed murder is going to jail, I thought about that last night and I’m not so sure if we’ve come a long way or we have a long way to go, you can think of that either way. But the right thing happened, obviously. So I was excited about that. Blacks have been dehumanized for a long time, and to see a man go to jail for killing a Black man should not be significant, but it is. So I guess in that way we’re coming a long way, but we still have a long way to go.

Our society must start getting comfortable with the uncomfortable conversation and do the right thing, silence and inactivity are not acceptable anymore.