GARY PAYTON II on hamstring injuries: “a lot of conditioning…attack the rehab”; ANTHONY EDWARDS
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00:00 Gary, what was the kind of, from your perspective, the mood, the atmosphere, like on the bench, when Steph goes out, when you find out he is not coming back tonight?
00:08 Every time he goes in the back, you hold your breath, but he's got us outta so many jams this season, so for us just to have his back for this one game, hopefully it's one game. Guys just stepped up and made plays.
00:24 And how would you just characterize the collective team defensive effort against Minnesota tonight?
00:28 Man, we was locked in, did what we needed to do, limit their shots and got on the glass and rebound, which we knew that we didn't do such a great job in the last series.
00:41 Jimmy went back to Miami this year, but how do you think you responded to maybe an unfriendly environment coming back here tonight also?
00:47 Nah, I didn't think it was too much behind coming back to Minnesota, more than Miami, but Jimmy always wants to make a statement. So, glad we got that done for him today.
00:58 You guys had 18 offensive rebounds. How do you really play even bigger against this big Minnesota team?
01:05 Just being together, gang rebound, help Jimmy and Dray down there with big fellas, so emphasize he's coming back in, gang rebound and then get out and running.
01:17 Anytime you lose Steph, obviously it's a big adjustment. A big scare, but when you have Jimmy, what — how does that change sort of the tenor of it?
01:27 Nah, you still get life. We got Jimmy and Dray, Buddy stepped up, made shots, made plays. But when you got another alpha like Jimmy, give him the ball and play off him. So we hold our breath when he went down, I mean, Steph went out, but we still got Jimmy Buckets.
01:46 You've had a hamstring strain before. What are the challenges in recovery and what is that process like?
01:53 Yeah, a lot of conditioning. You gonna have to do a lot of conditioning, get back, but it's not fun. It's uncomfortable day to day, especially when early you feel you gotta get through it and get through the little rest period where you gotta let it heal, but other than that, you come back, attack the rehab and get back as soon as you can.
02:16 What are the keys, offensively, if you guys are without Steph for a game or two here?
02:22 Take care of the ball, get stops, rebound and run. Try to get easy ones.
02:28 We've all seen Buddy and Jimmy go back and forth. It's hilarious and Draymond said they were even going back and forth, I guess, kind of heated in the huddle. What's it like with those two guys? What's the competitive level when they're together, it's a moment like this? What was that like to see?
02:43 That was good. Big brother, little brother, and they're talking it out. They have a relationship where they can have that conversation at a high level, high voices and go back and forth, but, it comes from a good place and they're just trying to win and do the right thing. And make the right plays, so when that happens, they talk it out and figure it out and at the end of the timeout, they're on the same page.
03:09 You had certainly your stints with Ant. What was going right with you guys, the way you played him?
03:15 Just limit his touches, make it difficult, send him to crowds and make him finish over at the rim. He missed some easy ones today. It figures that he's gonna come out Game 2 more aggressively than he did today, so just continue to repeat that and just make it tough for him, make his catch tougher and limit his touches….
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FROM MAY 6, 2025, postgame after Game 1, Golden State Warriors at Minnesota Timberwolves, held at Target Center in Minneapolis, MN.
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