Los Angeles Lakers Phil Jackson has apologized for the comments he made earlier this week that got him in trouble with both the National Basketball Association officials and the gay rights groups.

After his team 92-107 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday night, Jackson said:

“We call this a Brokeback Mountain game because there was so much penetration and kickouts. So, you know, it was one of those games.”

On Wednesday night, the controversial basketball coach kind of said he was wrong :

“In retrospect, it wasn’t really funny. When you take it out of context, it wasn’t funny. It was a poor attempt at humor, and I deserved to be reprimanded by the NBA. If I’ve offended any horses, Texans, cowboys or gays, I apologize.”