M.BROWN on Wiggins: “we’re not gonna expect him to be rusty”; Warriors “championship exp…adversity”
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QUOTES/NOTES/TOPICS:
• Mike Brown pregame Game 1 on being ready: “Ton of excitement… they’ve been locked in all week, so we’ll see how it all translates on the floor.”
• On hitting the ground running: “it’s a long basketball game. Golden State is not gonna win it in the first minute, we’re not… as close as we can for 48 minutes.”
• On living in Sacramento: “have friends that live up here… they talk about how special this place is… Even before the season started we thoroughly enjoyed the Sacramento area. Really, it’s underrated… Arco Arena days… fans… passion… it’s much appreciated that we’re able to be a part of this.”
• On how to prepare for Wiggins coming back: “you’re talking about a team that has — basically their whole team has championship experience… adversity at the highest level… we’re not gonna expect him to be rusty… shooting the ball unbelievably well… he helped us, when I was with the Warriors last year, win a championship… defend a lot of different players.”
• On how up-tempo he expects: “S/O to (Anthony Slater who had a son) AJ… we wanna play fast, we don’t know any other way. They like to play fast too. They’ve been in all types of games… be who we are and that’s play extremely fast… hopefully it’s faster in the playoffs than the regular season… naturally seems to slow down, but we’re gonna try to let it loose.”
• On Barnes, Delly and Barbosa addressing the team at dinner and any other announcements: “No, I had my car washed today. A buddy of mine came in from Cleveland… just had dinner at the house. Nothing really special. Those guys were really good at addressing the team… he also coached… Delly… HB… diverse group to hear from… any little bit helps.”
• On having a head start on adjustments with familiarity with Kerr: “I don’t think so. Shoot, these guys know me, too… all the years I’ve been in the playoffs… they knew us inside and out and vice-versa. I know that’s been the talk… these guys are good. We’re game planning and preparing like any other team we would face… if we don’t (execute) it’s gonna be tough… we gotta go take it from them.”
• On growing from his first playoff experience: “from Bernie Bickerstaff… Pop… Steve Kerr… I learned from Pop… during the season, that’s when you really kick your team’s behind… in the postseason you kinda flip a switch… encourage them and love them… make sure that they believe… not too tight. You gotta have appropriate fear… I feel pretty relaxed… we’ll see if it can unfold that way.”
• On any Gipper speech: “understand how important that is… we have to play with a physicality on both ends… hit first,
second and third… play with pace.”
NOTE: From Game 1 Golden State Warriors vs Sacramento Kings, held at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, CA. WE WILL GO LIVE WITH GSW-SAC ON SAT 4/15 AT 5:30PM PDT TIPOFF.
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