CP3 didn’t know about Steph Curry’s “this isn’t 2014” quip: BOOKER: “they came out w/ high energy”
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QUOTES/NOTES/TOPICS:
MONTY WILLIAMS ON THEIR TRANSITION DEFENSE:
“Much of it was in the first quarter. I mean their shot making in general in the first quarter put us in the hole. There were a few breakdowns because of their pace but I didn’t think it was a failing grade. We were just a step behind with some of the shots that Klay (Thompson) made in the first half. They were just typical Klay, and he was due for a game like that against us. So he just punished our bigs, if we were back a little bit he got the shot off, we contested, he just made it. I thought the shot that he made right before halftime was indicative of the first half. Then after that we pretty much won the game from a scoring standpoint we just couldn’t – to start off like that in the first quarter put us in the hole. To your point it was transition but a lot of it was just their shot making.”
ON WHAT THEY WEREN’T DOING ON THE OFFENSIVE END:
“We didn’t – the ball slowed down. In the middle of the second quarter, early in the second, we started getting into the second side, playing in point-five, we were getting to the rim a little bit. I didn’t think we played as efficiently from a speed standpoint but a lot of it was because we were taking the ball out of the net playing against a really good set defense.”
ON WHAT HE TOLD THE TEAM AT HALFTIME:
“Same thing I told them in the second quarter, just keep chipping away at it. We were close to being down 20-ish a lot and I just felt like if we could get it to 15, 14, whatever that looked like going into halftime, we’d be ok. Unfortunately it was 17 after that shot Klay (Thompson) hit. But I thought our guys did a really good job of just kind of staying with it. The starters got it to three, I think it was three, then I made a couple of subs, they made a few shots, and it just got back to like eight, 10, 12, consistently, and we could never overcome that hump.”
DEVIN BOOKER ON TONIGHT'S GAME:
“It was a slow start they came out with high energy like we knew they would and you know once they get going with momentum like that it's hard to fight back, I think we did a good job of weathering the storm you know just kept fighting all the way thru we gave ourselves a couple shots a couple of opportunities to you know to take the lead or get that close so you know it was a good fight.”
ON THE CHALLENGE OF TONIGHT:
“I mean it's tough transition obviously some of it is just game plan and discipline you know they do a lot of pin-ins and set a lot of screens for each other, some illegal some not but you know you still have to get over it and just find ways like I said to you know fight thru, weather the storm and just and keep fighting.”
ON WARRIORS LEAD AND KLAY THOMPSON:
“Yeah, he got it going early and like I said they do a good job of playing a hot-man offense and whoever has it going they do a good job of making sure that person gets another touch every time down.”
JOSH OKOGIE ON ON THE START OF TONIGHT'S GAME:
“I think it was a mixture of both I feel like we didn't play Phoenix basketball on offensive or on defense, I didn’t think we were as physical as we were with them the second half I feel like everything they were looking for offensively they got and on our end we didn't get the shots that we want, but I feel like we came out with a better sense of urgency in the second half but you know it's tough fighting back from behind versus a good team but I think we have a lot to learn from and I think we gave ourselves good energy going into tomorrow.”
ON THE BIGGEST THING HE CAN TAKE WAY FROM TONIGHT’S GAME:
“Sticking back to our – getting back to our principles getting back to our principles and just knowing that somebody got your back it's hard against this team because everybody moves around and shoots so you have to kinda displace often on defense when your man is not guarding the ball but you know just sticking with what we do and making the kinda react to us, and not us reacting to them.”
ON TOMORROW'S GAME:
“It’s the NBA we know what we are up against and you it's nobody's first rodeo so you know get some rest get some energy and get back tomorrow and hash it out.”
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