KERR: “always believe we’re gonna win every series”; “blatant flop…ref bought it”; Poole; Draymond
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QUOTES/NOTES/TOPICS:
• Steve Kerr media availability, day before Game 5, on Draymond being named to Second Team All-Defense: “I think he should’ve been First Team… long been one of the premier defenders in the league… 73 games… holding down the fort… missing guys left and right, he really anchored our defense… still got a lot left in the tank.”
• On Gary Payton II: “Gary played great… our whole team really came out and played with a purpose… well enough to win but just didn’t get it done… plays… I’d like to have back… main thing is to focus on the process, just fill up the cup… we’ve been in these series for a long time… decade… swings back and forth… Defense is terrific… range… speed… created a lot of space for us.”
• On adjustments the Lakers made with the pick-and-roll: “They just changed who was guarding whom… who you’re bringing in to pick and roll… fairly common adjustment come playoff time… you can change the tactics… good adjustment from them. We did some things in the third quarter… this is high level stuff… back and forth, we had our chances, just didn’t get it done.”
• On 7 years ago coming back from 3-1 vs OKC: “And I think four years ago in Toronto being down 3-1… would’ve sent it back to Toronto if Klay hadn’t suffered the torn ACL… what they shared with each other, the vets, everything changes game to game… just get the next game and when you do that the momentum shifts… very next game.”
• On not thinking about being down 3-1: “…the process for me… you don’t sleep very well… watch the tape three or four times… lament some of the things you didn’t do… get it out of your system and you turn then pager and that’s how the players have to do it… takes 24 hours… that’s what the off-day is for… as you let go f the last one, you get ready for the jct time… how lucky you are…”
• On how much having home court advantage still helps: “…we have the next game at home… we don’t really think about that…”
• On if he confirmed there was flopping per what he said postgame and what he saw on tape: “There was definitely some gamesmanship… look, I give them credit… the foul at 3:25, pin down on White was really, really a tough call… blatant flop and the ref bought it… we’re gonna reward that type of play with the game and the series…”
• On how to learn from that and apply it to the next game: “You don’t. What I learned coaching in FIBA… flop… technical foul… flopping has been eliminated from FIBA… players are so smart… this is how it’s been for awhile. It’s up to us as a league if we want to fix this… Chris Paul swipe through at halfcourt… these are all things that my personal plea to the NBA, I think we can do better… in the meantime I give the Lakers credit the plays they’ve been able to sell.”
• On if he feels the desperation like Game 7 SAC: “Yeah, of course, this is what they do, they’re competitors… all the posters (on the practice facility wall)…”
• On what he can or has said to Poole: “All of that is private, of course. My experience in the playoffs… this is a big part of it. Every series there’s playoffs who go through struggles. I went through it… playing time… shooting slump… you jump right back into and you let her rip. You can’t get tentative… be yourself. Easier said than done… emotional breakthrough. It’s part of the process of becoming an NBA player… I gotta get through this. Lots of players go through this…”
• On Looney and Payton: “Everyone is feeling well.”
• On if there’s any vet that talked with the group: “Yes but I’m not gonna share it.”
• On how much he appreciates the moment and has confidence with Steph, Klay and Draymond together: “This whole thing has been built by those three guys and Andre… always believe we’re gonna win every series, doesn’t matter if it’s 3-1 or whatever. I think we’re gonna win every game.”
NOTE: From Golden State Warriors media availability , day before Game 5 vs LA Lakers, held at Chase Center in San Francisco, CA. WE WILL GO LIVE NEXT ON WED 5/10 FOR G5 LAL-GSW AT 7:00PM PDT TIPOFF.
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