• Donte DiVincenzo after morning shootaround before Game 4, on how he would describe this series: “Challenging. Postseason is all about adjustments, all about matchups… almost all of them were together last year… trust… everybody knows the stars are gonna play high minutes… hold it down when they’re getting their rest… more of a halfcourt game.”
• On any adjustments vs executing: “…control what we can control which is our effort and hitting them first.”
• On what championship DNA is: “…you can tell which games we haven’t been locked in… attention to detail… practice, film… preparation.”
• On Game 4 tonight: “…We’re ready to respond today.”
• On what’s impressed him about the core vets: “Never too high, never too low… Every game is not gonna be as ugly as it was the other night… watching them… easy to follow suit.”
• On applying previous experiences: “A lot of it is to the younger guys. In a weird way we’re learning together… at the end of the day we just want to win.”
• On getting Poole going: “Jordan is Jordan… When you have somebody like Klay… Steph… to look up to… We can’t ask him to be anything other than who he is… our confidence level in him is high.”
• On what he needs to do: “Being more assertive and aggressive…. get everybody involved… easy shots.”
• On what it’s like to be in a Lakers series: “you dream of it as a kid… Coach Darvin Ham was an assistant in Milwaukee… extremely blessed to be at this stage.”
• On a must-win: “…it takes a notch up in the playoffs… four losses and you go home… did you help the team win?… you may have shot 1-for-10. Doesn’t matter.”
NOTE: From Golden State Warriors morning shootaround before Game 4 vs LA Lakers, held at Mo Ostin Basketball Center (UCLA) in Westwood, CA. WE WILL GO LIVE NEXT ON MON 5/8 FOR G4 GSW-LAL AT 7:00PM PDT TIPOFF.
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