KERR on Buddy Hield defense: “strong/quick…crazy gambles (but) better than ppl think”; UDOKA pregame
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00:00 Steve, same starters tonight?
00:02 STEVE KERR, PREGAME G5-GSW-HOU: I'm not telling.
00:07 In a game like tonight, where you can close it out and the way the series has gone, just how much more important is the mental side of just staying composed through a game like tonight?
00:18 It's a big part of this series, just the physicality, the emotion of it. We have to stay poised. We have to take care of the ball. We have to battle for every rebound, every loose ball, and just keep playing, keep doing what we're doing, expect some adjustments from them and adapt to them as we see them.
00:38 Are you surprised at all how big of an impact Steven Adams is having in this series? And what do you think of your team's biggest solves?
00:44 He's been great. I've always been a huge fan. He is a hell of a player and, I think, a really good pro, really good leader. You just see the maturity and perspective, so yeah, they're giving us problems with that two-big lineup and we see some things on tape that we can do better, but yeah, it definitely poses a major threat to us.
01:14 Is it particularly an issue when they went zone with it?
01:19 Well, we actually got some pretty good possessions against the zone, so it's just interesting when you watch the games and you watch how things unfold and then you get a chance to look back after the game, you always see some things that you could do better and vice-versa. They're doing the same things and every decision you make, there's a reaction to that, a counter to it, so what we're doing might not work tonight. What we did last game might not work tonight. Same thing goes for them, so everyone's got contingency plans and new thoughts, new ideas for the next game and that's kind of what makes it fun.
02:04 When you hacked him late in the game, Adams, was that in hopes he would come out of the game or, I mean, were you doing it thinking — ?
02:12 I just felt like at that stage, it made sense, so I was fouling him to get to the bonus, 46%, and if they took him out, then they took him out and the momentum or the flow of the game changed and that's why I did it. I wouldn't — I'm not gonna just do it automatically. We have to feel it within the flow of the game.
02:39 Hi Steve, two quick questions. Jimmy, how did he come out of Game 4 and how did, physically, how is he going into tonight?
02:46 Yeah, he said — I asked him this morning — he said he's doing fine, so I'm sure he's still in pain, but yeah, he'll be ready to play.
02:55 And you were asked the earlier question about composure. Is that an area where your team's abundant playoff experience surfaces or how has that, in your mind, how has all that playoff experience manifest itself in this series?
03:10 Well, I think closing the games we've been pretty good. Our guys are used to it. Jimmy's used to it, finishing strong with good possessions, getting stops. Draymond got that huge stop the other night and Jimmy got the rebound, so yeah, playoff experience comes into play, especially down the stretch, but it doesn't guarantee anything you have, you gotta keep going out and doing it. Thank you.
03:43 You were caught in the locker room talking, really talking about Buddy Hield's defense. I'm just curious your perspective on that. Obviously, he comes in with a reputation of being a non-defender.
03:53 Yeah, I mean, I was just making fun of him, just like Jimmy does, just like we all do. It's just too — he's too easy of a target and he loves it and we were just having fun, but he's actually a really good defender. He's…
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FROM APRIL 30, 2025, pregame before Game 5, Golden State Warriors at Houston Rockets, held at Toyota Center in Houston, TX.
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