KERR on Steph Curry: “to play 41 minutes…only turn it over 2x…what superstars do”; on Jimmy’s coat
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00:00 Steve, just generally to win this game without Jimmy Butler, what does that tell you about kind of where you are as a team and who rose up to take that spot?
00:12 STEVE KERR, POSTGAME G3-HOU-GSW: Yeah, it's a big-time win. I mean, you could see we were out of sorts early. With Jimmy out, we changed the starting lineup. We went to some combinations that we've barely played all year and it took a while for us to find some rhythm, but I thought what kept us in the game was our defense. They got up, I guess, 13 at the most, but these days, 13 doesn't feel like that big of a deficit and I thought the key to the game was the way we closed the second quarter, to pull within three and get some momentum and we felt pretty good at halftime as a result.
00:49 To follow up on that, obviously you said you tried some combinations, JK being in one of those, what do you think it is that's keeping him outta rhythm? And could you speak to the fact that Buddy —
00:58 I'm sorry, what?
00:59 Do you think it is that's keeping him from finding a rhythm out there and once he's kind of being put in that role with Jimmy Butler out and then what do you think helped Buddy Hield to find a groove and, of course, GP2 to find a groove?
01:12 Yeah. Every game's different. JK could come in next game and have a monster game and he missed three games. We didn't play him three games. That's not an easy thing to do and I thought he came in and gave us important minutes. Buddy is, he's a guy who's one of the best shooters in the league and he's always capable of making shots and because of the constant blitzing of Steph, it opened up the floor and we finally figured out how to space the floor and get the ball swung in that blitz. We were much better with that in the second half than we were in the first and Buddy got some good looks and made some big shots.
01:53 Just wondering if you could kind of give a bigger picture look at Buddy and at times he's kind of the butt of jokes almost in a funny way, partly 'cause of his personality? But yeah, I mean, you mentioned it. He is one of the most prolific three-point shooters ever. It seems like he flipped the game tonight.
02:08 Buddy flipped it, Gary Payton flipped it, both those guys, but everybody contributed. Quinten had 12 rebounds. We had Moses come in and make a huge three in the second half, but this is what the playoffs are about. They're about injuries and they're about guys stepping up and we had both. Today with Jimmy being out, you have to be able to withstand that and win a game here and there. We've done that for many years. We've had some of our most important guys miss multiple games in series, so this is what you have to do. You gotta find a way and our guys did that today.
02:48 How would you describe Steph's performance and then just the degree of difficulty involved with that?
02:53 I don't know, just whatever I've said the last 11 years after every one of these games, just copy and paste. He's incredible.
03:02 Steve, to get Brooks in foul trouble early and he had four by halftime, just that made a big difference too, didn't it for you guys?
03:11 Yeah, I don't even pay attention to that stuff. Honestly, they got a lot of good defenders. You got a lot of good players. They're a deep team, so the main thing was, like I said, just hanging in there and withstanding, their run in the first half, we probably went seven minutes with maybe one basket, it felt like and that was the key stretch and, yeah, they're gonna bring in a lot of guys who can play and so I don't even pay attention honestly to who's in foul trouble, who's out there. We just have to respond…
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FROM APRIL 26, 2025, postgame after Game 3, Houston Rockets at Golden State Warriors, held at Chase Center in San Francisco, CA.
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