DRAYMOND on if Steph Curry tired: It’s Game 68, we’re all tired; KERR: “doesn’t have the energy rn”
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00:00 20 turnovers tonight, including some pretty bad ones down the stretch. I mean, is that what you pinpoint most?
00:10 STEVE KERR: Yeah. I mean, it's hard to win an NBA game when you throw the ball to the other team 10 times and that's what we were facing tonight. And they played a great game. The minute we heard all those guys were out, it's like, "All right guys, here we go." We've seen this a million times. This is how it works in the NBA. The other teams' guys are going to go nuts. They can't wait to play. There's no pressure and so we've seen it a lot and we didn't respond right away. We played poorly out of the gate and never found rhythm and they played great. The right team won. We didn't deserve that. We were awful.
00:52 You were particularly agitated in the first quarter huddle. I mean, was it about just the energy you guys didn't bring or do you remember that?
01:00 Yeah, just overall execution, body language was bad. These are always tough nights. Like I said, you go into a game and the other team's best players are out and it's like, there's this natural letdown, even though you raise it and you bring it up and you talk about it, but we got what we deserved, for sure.
01:23 Did you think Steph was all limited, another tough shooting night, seven turnovers?
01:28 He's tired, yeah, and maybe Steph's been carrying us for a month. He's been amazing. He's tired, so we gotta get him some rest. I just, you can see it, he doesn't have his energy right now.
01:45 Do you think you'll rest him tomorrow?
01:47 Potentially. I don't know what — I got to talk to Rick (Celebrini), but he's exhausted right now, so we've got to absolutely consider giving him a night and getting him rejuvenated for the sake of him and the remainder of our games, but we'll see. But I think he's been tired the last few games and so we've got to find a way to get him his juice back.
02:15 Ahead of the game, I asked about what you were expecting as a whole from the team.
02:19 Excuse me?
02:19 Ahead of the game, I asked what you were expecting as a whole from the team. You kind of spoke about just a few minutes ago how off you felt like you guys played. Did you see that sense of urgency after you gave them that — ?
02:28 No, no sense of urgency. There was no good energy, no good body language, feeling sorry for ourselves, early. It was a tough night.
02:40 And you mentioned Steph's fatigue. Do you think his back had anything to do with?
02:44 No.
02:45 What did you think he got from Kuminga? Definitely that was maybe one guy who had some energy out there.
02:50 Yeah, he did a great job second half, responded. I thought first half was tough, but his defense forced a couple of turnovers there on Westbrook, attacked the rim. JK did a nice job.
03:02 At one point in the fourth, I think you guys made a little bit of a run with a lineup of Jimmy, Moses, Gary, Kuminga and Draymond, pretty athletic lineup. What did you make of that five and how sustainable could that group be, generally?
03:18 Yeah, I mean, I'll look at the tape and I'm not — I don't know, I'll look at the tape and figure that out.
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03:18 Yeah, I mean, I'll look at the tape and I'm not — I don't know, I'll look at the tape and figure that out.
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03:41 I'm sure you're always protecting against human nature when you hear Jokic and Murray out, but do you think that was some of — at least the start of this — a little bit of a mental letdown?
03:54 DRAYMOND GREEN: Definitely, but they still have an MVP, still have high-caliber players. We just gotta be better in that situation. I think they did a lot of things to screw us up and then once the team get in a rhythm, they got some really good NBA players over there. So…
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FROM MARCH 17, 2025, postgame after Denver Nuggets at Golden State Warriors, held at Chase Center in San Francisco, CA.
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