KERR on Steph Curry hit after release: “idiotic we allow this”; “tough to gauge” Jimmy Butler injury
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00:00 Much of that from, from your side, didn't I? Do you think was kind of maybe lack of urgency, lack of desperation considering the circumstance?
00:06 STEVE KERR, POSTGAME G5-GSW-HOU: Yeah. I didn't have 'em ready to play, clearly. We committed three fouls in the first two minutes of the game and I think they were 13-for-13 from the line after the first quarter, so we can't come out with that lack of defensive focus and energy and expect to beat a great team on their own floor in a closeout game, so they took it to us. They were awesome tonight and we gotta be better.
00:34 Was the conversation at half and, I mean, did you know you were probably gonna pull the plug pretty quick?
00:39 Yeah, yeah. I wasn't gonna chase this game, obviously, Game 6 coming up and 48 hours, so I talked to Draymond, I said, "What do you think?" He said five minutes and so we gave the starting group the first five or six minutes and we kind of had — thus we had made a huge run, kind of had an in mind that we would pull the plug.
01:07 Was there any temptation though when you guys got down to, I think it was 12 or 13, to bring him in?
01:10 No, you can't do that. When you make a move like that and then you know the starters are on the bench, you can't go back to them. It's just not the right thing to do.
01:26 What can you say about the fight though that you guys bench gave?
01:29 Loved our bench group. They came in, they forced Houston to bring their starters back in. They set a tone that we're gonna need for Game 6 and I thought, even though we lost the game, I thought it was crucial that we fought the way we did in the fourth quarter.
01:46 And for someone like Moses whose shot's been a little gone for him to get the 25 points, get his shot going. How important is that?
01:52 Yeah, it's great. Got some rhythm. Very important for him to go out there and compete and play the way he did, so yeah, I mean, there were some positives in what was otherwise, obviously, a decisive loss. Houston was great and they took it to us right away, but, like I said, it was an important finish.
02:16 Steve, one of the things with such an experienced team is there's a comp for almost everything and I'm wondering if this situation reminds you at all of the Game 5 in Memphis and which you of course missed, but similar feeling.
02:30 Yeah, similar vibe, down 30 in the first half, I think, in Memphis. We might've been down 40 or 50, even. I don't remember exactly, but similar vibe, young team, on their home floor, trying to stay alive. They came out and threw haymakers at us. They made every shot in the first quarter, so we got what we deserved.
02:54 Also, the broadcast back home, there's a lot of talk from Bob Fitzgerald that they're targeting Steph's thumb and deliberately trying to hurt him and I'm just wondering if that's your view of things and if you've talked to the ref about it.
03:11 Yeah, yeah, so the rule the NBA is, once the shot has been released, you're allowed to hit the guy's arm and so what's happened in the league this year is players always are — they're gonna outsmart the rules. They know what they're doing, so players all over the league are just taking shots at guys, shooting hands, after release 'cause they know it's not gonna be a foul. And I'm very confident that next year the league will fix it because it's only a matter of time before somebody, breaks a thumb or breaks a hand or whatever, but these are the rules. I do believe they're allowed to call a flagrant if they want. The refs could call…
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FROM APRIL 30, 2025, postgame after Game 5, Golden State Warriors at Houston Rockets, held at Toyota Center in Houston, TX.
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