KERR on Jimmy Butler rebound: “slow motion…elevation”; “Draymond always walks the line”; Podziesmki
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00:00 Coach, interested to know your thoughts on Brandin Podziemski going on a tear tonight to kind of keep you guys in it and, of course, Jimmy Butler waking up at the end and really solidified some baskets that you needed.
00:09 STEVE KERR, POSTGAME G4-HOU-GSW: Both guys were amazing. Brandin's a big-time second year player, but plays like a 10th year guy. I mean, he's just got so much poise and confidence and he was, obviously, a key to to everything and then Jimmy getting to the line 12 times really carried us, especially in that fourth quarter. It was just an incredible performance by our guys against a great team that gave us everything we could handle tonight, so it's a big time win.
00:42 A little specifically on Jimmy, he definitely looked like he was not a hundred percent at times, limping even out there. Did you notice that? And what do you think he went through? And you played him 40 minutes, you just couldn't resist you. You just had to have him on the court.
00:56 Yeah. Yeah, we had to have him. I mean, if this were the regular season, he'd probably miss another week or two, but it's the playoffs and he's Jimmy Butler, so this is what he does. The rebound at the end was just incredible, the elevation, the force. Then, of course, knocking down the free throws to clinch it. Jimmy was just amazing.
01:22 What was going through your head when you saw that, the final defensive stop, unfold with Sengun verse Draymond and then the Jimmy rebound?
01:31 Well, what was going through my head was call a timeout either way, made or miss. We wanted to get the timeout so we'd get Steph back in and I just thought Dray played phenomenal defense with five fouls. Most of the fourth quarter he's out there and so he did a brilliant job and we're able to get Sengun forced out a little bit further than he'd been for most of the fourth, so it made it a tougher shot and then, as I said, Jimmy made an amazing rebound.
02:07 And I know you don't like to use the word "solved," but to take a 3-1 lead with everything they've thrown at you guys, do you feel like you have all the answers at this point?
02:17 No. No, we don't have any answers. Every game's different. Tonight, they just hammered us with Adams' 26 minutes. I bet that's a season high for him. I don't know, but Raymond (Ridder) would know if he actually did his job as PR director, but — yes, correct. Okay, thank you. Stepping into playoff mode. Playoff Raymond, the first game of the season. But no, I just think every game's different and they made big adjustments tonight playing that double-big lineup more, playing Green less, but next game could be entirely different, as well, so all these things unfold differently each game and you have to adapt and adjust while it's going on.
03:10 Not to kind of overdramatize that rebound that you're talking about, but how difficult is that come baseline, I think it was, Adams that he had to leap over, but yeah, what type of play is that?
03:22 Just looked like he was coming in slow motion and just the elevation. I mean, he was — looked to me like he was just head and shoulders above everybody and that's a massive team they have out there, so yeah, that's kind of what makes Jimmy who he is. It's like he just does so many things. He makes so many big plays and that was — he gets fouled by Brooks on the corner, on the push, makes the three free throws, gets the stop, makes two more free throws. He's playoff Jimmy for a reason.
04:01 Steve, you've talked about how Jimmy Butler's kind of clarified roles and especially how Brandin has benefited from Jimmy's presence tonight. Was there a way that you could tell…
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FROM APRIL 28, 2025, postgame after Game 4, Houston Rockets at Golden State Warriors, held at Chase Center in San Francisco, CA.
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