Inside the locker room (1/13)

DALLAS -- Here are some of the best and brightest postgame comments after the Lakers beat the Dallas Mavericks, 100-95, tonight for the franchise's 3,000th victory:

Coach Phil Jackson: "You know, we have had other really good wins. When you have 30 it is hard to recall all of those, especially when you suffer from Alzheimer's. I shouldn't make fun of that, that was not appropriate. But, anyway, it was good to have Luke (Walton) in there. ... He changed the game for us because we had an answer when he was in there."

Derek Fisher: "With the injuries we seemed to play with a pace and composure and understanding of what we wanted to accomplish against the (Mavericks). We played a little more chess tonight because of Kobe's injuries (Bryant had back spasms). ... Obviously, we didn't feel like the season was on the line in any way, but we did take these guys very seriously. ... We weren't going to allow ourselves to use any type of excuse (for) why we couldn't put ourselves in a position to win."

Ron Artest: "Our mindset was the same, just go out there and play hard. I asked Kobe before the game, 'Are you all right?' He said, 'No, I might not make it.' So, everybody said we've got to step it up. In the second half, I said, 'Are you OK?' He said, 'Yeah, I'm good now.' But Dallas didn't know that, so they played him 1-on-1 and he hit that big shot (a tie-breaking jumper that gave the Lakers a 97-95 lead with 28.9 seconds left)."