DRAYMOND: “not one to come cry to you about what the league should do”; TJD “don’t back down”; UDOKA
218:41 Udoka on targeting Curry’s thumb
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00:00 What do you feel like went wrong defensively to start that first quarter?
00:13 DRAYMOND GREEN, POSTGAME G5-GSW-HOU: I think we were really bad in transition. Get mashed up, they got loose, hit some shots and then they just had it going.
00:23 Steve mentioned at half that he kind of had a conversation with you about how much to chase it in the second half, how much not to. What was kind of your calculation there and I mean, do you believe, I mean, I don't know how many minutes you finished at tonight, but do you believe that could maybe help a little bit going into Friday?
00:38 I mean, it is what it is. Obviously, it's not ideal to play that amount of minutes because we're winning. Play way more. But yeah, we had a con quick conversation and he was just saying, yo, I don't think we should chase it. I said, cool, we'll give it five, six minutes. We can't turn it fast and pull a plug.
01:00 Draymond, they weren't playing. Whoop that trick. But does this remind you at all of the Memphis game five, when kind of the same thing happened and. Is one of the benefits of your guys having so much playoff experience that there's like a comp for almost everything?
01:14 Yeah. You kinda seeing everything. They weren't playing Whoop That Trick, but they may as well have been. But yeah, I mean, at this point in our careers we've seen it all, had all the experiences, so you got something to draw back on. But yeah, they played a good game, but whether they win by one or 50, it's a playoff series. Count as one win.
01:44 Draymond, Steve mentioned, he noticed that defenders, when they're closing out, they're trying to almost hit Steph's thumb as he is shooting. Have you noticed that or have you — how much have you seen that, especially in these playoffs?
01:56 Yeah, I noticed it. I think it's pretty obvious, but it is what it is. Yeah.
02:04 Do you think the league should like crack down on it at all?
02:09 I'm not one to come to cry to you about what the league should do. I see enough people cry about me and I lose respect for those people when they cry about me, so I will not allow somebody to lose respect for me over that. It's all good.
02:24 What can you say about the bench's fight for you guys tonight?
02:27 That was huge, just them coming in, playing the way they played, forced their starters to have to get back in the game, gave us run at it, had it down 11 with multiple times to get it under 10, just didn't work out. But I thought our bench did an incredible job of coming in and continuing the fight and making their presence felt in this series.
02:51 Draymond, I saw you on the sideline talking to coaches. You and Jimmy were talking at one point. Steph's talking to Steve. How much are you guys already, "We're trying to figure out things for Game 6"?
03:00 Yeah, we turned the page quick and just start talking about possible adjustments that we can make, things we see, stuff we can get into, but yeah, it was — we flipped the page really fast.
03:12 You feel like those conversations were productive in terms of adjustments for the next game?
03:17 You'll tell me after the next game.
03:20 What was your reaction at the end when Pat and Trayce got into it with Sengun?
03:25 Beautiful. It's beautiful. You don't back down from anybody and they didn't, so I like it.
03:33 And Draymond, you're a true competitor. Y'all don't back down from anything. Can you just kind of talk about the competitiveness that you've seen out of Jimmy Butler and what he's added to the roster?
03:44 Ah man, he's changed our season. He's the reason we're here…
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