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"He shouldn't have been playing in this ballgame. He clearly threw a cheap-shot elbow to the back of the head, and he just got fined $10,000. I wanted to tell him that he was a presence who shouldn't have been there." Phil Jackson Lakers head coach, on Scottie Pippen's forearm to John Salley's head in Game 4

"Phil is not my coach. I'm not listening to nothing you tell me about Phil." Scottie Pippen Blazers forward, in response to Jackson's comments

"They were jackals on the bench. We have to remember that." Phil Jackson Lakers head coach, on the Blazers' Game 2 celebration

"I hate them. . . . They always think they're bigger and badder than everyone. And we know they don't give us any respect. So why should I give respect or like someone that doesn't give us respect?" Reggie Miller Pacers guard, on Indiana's rivalry with New York

It's hard to be angry with a team "when I have more championship rings than they do." Larry Bird Pacers head coach, when asked his feelings on the rivalry

""I don't know who else [besides Scottie Pippen] can lead them. I don't see another leader on that basketball club." Phil Jackson Lakers head coach, on the Portland Trail Blazers

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