KERR: Looney “one of the best centers in the world”; Steph Curry “breathe”, Jordan; Klay +30; LeBron
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QUOTES/NOTES/TOPICS:
• Steve Kerr postgame Game 7, first congratulates Mike Brown and the Kings: “…fantastic series… they’ve had frankly a better season than we have… whole season where they just became a contender. The young talent, the coaching. It was impressive to watch and really difficult to play against… two things… Steph Curry having 50 points… Looney… controlled much of the game… one of the best centers in the world… people don’t recognize it because he’s not dunking… a machine.”
• On how they won: “Biggest factor offensively tonight was our spacing… Game 6 our spacing was a disaster… film… why there was nowhere to go… spread the floor really well… disciplined… gave Steph more room but he’s the one who went out and made the plays… simple plays over and over again… we usually don’t do it but today we did it.”
• On if we just saw championship DNA: “No doubt… missed free throws… everybody’s human… experience from our core guys… taking the game possession by possession… not worried about the result… process… repeating and repeating… breathing… most impressive thing to me… to do this for a decade, it’s incredible… the energy… Hall of Famers, champions. This is not a one-year flash in the pan.”
• On what he said to Steph on the sidelines and if he surprises him: “He doesn’t surprise me… we all take him for granted… big picture, this is one of the greatest players in the history of the game… Jordan… you see it night after night so you just take it for granted… incredible to watch… we were taking a lot of timeouts… just to get him a chance to breathe… focus on the next possession, don’t worry about results… best game plan discipline that we’ve had all year… locked in for 48 minutes.”
• On the other night: “(Game 6), you can’t do that every night… that’s what the playoffs are about, you have to be able to bounce back and respond and win on the road.”
• On the pregame adjustments: “Not really because we play the Lakers in 48 hours… Our spacing was just dramatically better tonight… bunched together… turned it over… our offense really helped our defense. We gave up 5 points off 7 turnovers… along with the rebounding… 18 offensive boards. This has been a possession series.”
• On the Lakers: “…Lakers changed their team dramatically… Darvin has done an incredible job… all-time greats in LeBron, but a lot of talent…”
• On resiliency: “…people aren’t gonna talk about Klay because he shot 4-for-19… but his defense… gamer… I’m as proud of him as anybody…how you play when things aren’t going your way… plus-30…”
• On the future for the Kings: “…beautiful offense… putting a system in place that maximized their talent… really good decisions organizationally.”
• On the defense in the second half, if it was urgency: “eliminate the 41 road games we played in the regular season, we’re a different team now… Gary Payton… Wiggins… not easy to get up for game after game after game…”
• On Steph getting 50 in a hostile environment: “…those guys thrive in tough environments… no better feeling… getting a win on the road in the playoffs… focus shifted towards the opportunity… he’s sublime.”
• On LeBron: “We’ve played each other so many times… first time we played him in the Finals, just how smart he was. Coming out of timeouts, he knew what we were doing… we do have some of the same tendencies but we’re not quite the same team…”
• On how Steph navigated the space: “He’s just Steph Curry. He’s that good… he’s gonna go down swinging… 18 threes… biggest one is the one turnover.”
NOTE: From Golden State Warriors postgame after Game 7 vs Sacramento Kings, held at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, CA. WE WILL GO LIVE WITH GAME 1 LAL-GSW ON TUE 5/2 AT 7:00PM PDT TIPOFF.
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