KERR on Kuminga for G7: “get him out there early…get his feet wet”; Looney to “play more”; Van Vleet
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00:00 Hey Steve, it's Ann (Killion).
00:01 STEVE KERR, OFF DAY BEFORE G7-GSW-HOU: Hi, Ann.
00:02 How are you?
00:03 Good. How are you doing?
00:05 Two years ago you guys had a pretty famous bus ride to a Game 7 that's part of Warriors lore. I'm just wondering how the trip was, what you are gauging of the mood of your team today, after a pretty rough floss.
00:21 Yeah, the mood's good. I think we all realize the things we have to do better. It's a great series, two really evenly matched teams and you can't get caught up in anything other than the next game and I think we were well aware that last night we, had a great opportunity that we didn't cash in on, but there's a reason it's a seven-game series, so we got another crack at it and we're excited.
00:58 They're, I think, they're two-big lineups offensive rebound 45% of misses. Obviously, Adams plus-minus-wise has been kind of a dominant force in this series. How much of, as you're, I guess, game-planning for tomorrow, is based on just having to protect the glass better and dealing with Steven Adams?
01:20 Yeah, that's a big deal. I thought we had three or four plays where we tried to tip the ball to our teammate instead of grabbing it with two hands. A big key in this series was the possession battle and making sure we were chasing down every loose ball, every long rebound. I thought maybe the biggest problem last night was on those long rebounds or any rebounds, we were not locked in on finding shooters. Van Vleet's first three, for example, it was like five seconds from the time they got the rebound to the time he got the ball in the corner. We didn't recognize where he was, so we have to be more disciplined from a game-plan standpoint and some of that is just energy to go get the ball.
02:13 Draymond and Jimmy seem frustrated with the lack of, like, you guys hunting down the loose balls as you're mentioning, but part of that, I assume for them is they're the ones having to fight the bigs and I know you're not gonna reveal personnel choices going into Game 7, but Looney's an obvious guy that can help on the glass. How much do you have to kinda look at him as an option?
02:33 For sure, I mean, I trust Loon implicitly, based on being together for 10 years, seeing him perform in so many of these big games, so I would expect Loon to play more than he did last night. The challenge in this series has been finding the right combinations based on trying to put together two-way lineups. If they're gonna go zone, like they have quite a bit, then we have to have some shooting and spacing, but we've gotta get stops at the other end too, so we've gotta craft our lineups pretty carefully.
03:21 Draymond mentioned something about three in the key last night. He wants a three in the key. I'm curious, I think I saw you once during the game yelling for it. Are you looking at that with Adams, with the officials right now?
03:33 Yeah. Yeah, we we're talking to the refs about that. We thought there were three or four of them last night, but it's not really a call that officials make very often, so we can't worry about it too much. I mean, I'll alert the refs to it, but we just have to play.
03:54 Hey Steve, it's Danny (Emerman). When we're talking about Adams, obviously he's been a big factor in the series. What are kind of the keys to maybe playing him off the court, like you have so many bigs in the past?
04:09 You're talking about Adams?
04:10 Yeah.
04:12 Well, they're protecting him because the — what we've been able to do in the past is put bigs in pick-and-roll and that's…
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FROM MAY 3, 2025, off day before Game 7, Golden State Warriors at Houston Rockets, held over Zoom call from Houston, TX.
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