KERR on Kuminga: “I knew it would be a JK game”; we’re going to have a 13-man rotation; Lindy Waters
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00:00 What do you feel like the biggest key was turning things around at the top of that second quarter there?
00:06 STEVE KERR: I just think playing without two starters and another guy in Melt, who's one of our first guys off the bench, it's an adjustment. So, first quarter we were just trying to get a feel and obviously struggled to make shots, but I just liked the fact that we kept poised and everybody who came off the bench played well and made a big impact. And that's all we talked about in the first quarter that a couple timeouts just it's a long game. We'll get there, but we took care of the ball. Eight turnovers for the whole game, which always is going to give us a chance to win. And then our defense kicked in and, obviously, Lindy Waters came in and lit it up and changed the game.
00:50 Spotlight’s obviously on Jonathan, entering his fourth season. You moved him to the bench tonight. He plays a season-high in minutes. I'm just curious on your perspective on where he's at rotationally with you. I guess, why the move to the bench and what — ?
01:05 Without Steph and Wiggs, I didn't want to start Trayce, Draymond and JK. I wanted a little more spacing and I knew it would be a JK game. I knew he would play a lot because he's played well against this team. The matchups are good for him and, as I told him before the game, you're gonna play a lot. It's just, this is just about combinations and getting a little more spacing on the floor to start. So all it is is just shuffling the lineup to try to get the right five-man grouping on there. But without Steph and Wiggs, to me, it didn't make sense to start the three bigs without those guards.
01:50 You've mentioned how much you want to play Lindy and he's kind of been buried because of a numbers game. Obviously he — it opens up for him tonight because of the injuries. But how hard is he gonna make it for you to get him off the floor?
02:04 Well, we've decided we're going to have a 13-man rotation. Now we're going to go from 12 to 13. I've said it since Day One of camp. This guy's a ball-player. The game flows when he's out there. It's not just because he's a good shooter. He's a good basketball player. It's the shots that he doesn't take because of his patience. It's the cuts that he makes to the basket. It's getting into the fight defensively. From Day One of camp, this guy has been one of our best players, frankly, but couldn't get him out there till tonight. And he's gonna make his case for more playing time. So I don't know. I'm just happy to have this kind of depth for nights like tonight where we're missing three guys and it'll pay off big time for us over the course of the 82.
02:56 Hey Coach, in the first half when the team wasn't shooting great, you guys kept it close with things like steals and offensive rebounds and then the second half, the shots started falling, and you guys sort of pulled away with it. So how important are the little things like the steals and the offensive rebounds when the shots aren't falling?
03:11 Yeah, I mean, that's kind of the name of the game, is can you win when you're not shooting well? And how do you do that? You defend, you rebound, you keep your poise. Everybody who comes off the bench…
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FROM OCT 29, 2024, postgame after Golden State Warriors vs New Orleans Pelicans, held at Chase Center in San Francisco, CA.
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