<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><span class="vitstorybody"><span class="vitstorybody"> <font class="bilinelead">EL SEGUNDO - </font>A day after he drew the wrath of Mike D'Antoni, Phil Jackson was optimistic that the Suns coach would understand why he called a timeout late in the Lakers' blowout win.</p> D'Antoni and his staff were incensed when Jackson immediately followed a Phoenix timeout with one of his own, with 4:45 left in the game and the Lakers leading 111-78. D'Antoni stood with arms crossed, his head nodding and a frown on his face, gesturing towards the Lakers' bench.</p> His emotions appeared to get the best of him.</p> Jackson said he called the timeout to speed up the game because he knew another TV timeout was soon to come.</p> "When he looks at it, he'll figure out that there's an obligatory timeout coming," Jackson said after Saturday's practice.</p> After the game, D'Antoni said Jackson "disrespected our players."</p> "He might want to try and do that in playoff time when we bust them every time," D'Antoni sniped.</p> Jackson said D'Antoni's reaction "gave me a better understanding, perhaps, of him."</p> And what is that?</p> "That his immediate response is to think it's about him," Jackson said, "or whether it was about his team."</p> The Lakers and Suns next meet Christmas Day at Staples Center.</div></p> Source: Riverside Press Enterprises</p> </span></span></p>
