Miss champions Golden State did exactly
what they were supposed to do and came home
and they upped the level of physicality.
They were the more physical team tonight
on both ends of the floor and it resulted
in 22 points off our turnovers and and in
24 points off their offensive rebounds.
You know we couldn't.
Do anything with* tonight,
even Dante. Dante,
Demon Shenzo rebounding from the perimeter.
I mean he he was really,
really good for them and and those two guys,
you know,* with nine offense rebounds,
Dante with four offensive rebounds and then
you had a couple other guys get two and one.
You know that was that.
Plus the points off our turnovers were
the biggest difference in the g.
You know, you think you,
you know you think you're playing the
Warriors and and they shoot 40%m
the field and 3032% from the th,
think you have a chance to win.
But when you don't bring it in
those areas like they did tonig,
especially with their championship pedigree,
it's going to be tough to win.
So we got to give them credit because
that's where credit is due and.
We got to watch the film and see where
we can get a little bit better and come
out with more physicality and p.
And in our next game,
Mike, it right here,
it feels like they're mucking
up your offense pretty well.
What is it that they're doing and how do
you guys get better looks from three?
You guys have them shot
well the entire series.
You know when we go back
and watch the film, we're.
You know, you give them credit though,
but we're we're missing some
open threes. I thought,
I thought Keegan had a couple o.
I thought Fox had a hit.
And they're, you know,
they're trying to make certain
guys shoot open threes and we
definitely didn't make them ton.
But you know, for the most part,
I would take all the threes
that that we took tonight we
got to do a better job of.
You know they're they're collapg
everybody when we drive to the
to the rim and so we have to doa
better job of playing off of two
feet and not try to score over p
of two and sometimes three guys.
So we got to do a better job wih
tonight but I I'm I'm okay withe
threes that that we're taking they they
are mucking they they did a great job
mucking us up off instantly tont
just because of their physicality was.
Definitely at a higher level than ours.
Hey Mike, right over here. Pace.
It looked like the Warriors slod
down their pace, didn't push the ball.
Stuff was bringing the ball up,
especially off of the defensive rebound.
Did you think that affected you guys at all?
No, I I thought in the first
half our our pace wasn't good.
We did a better job with
it in the second-half, but.
I don't, you know, they they thy
can play at whatever pace they .
We still just got to try to play fast
because we've gone against teams
that don't necessarily want to n
when we play them and we still o
a pretty good job of getting ou.
I thought in the second-half
we did a better job of it.
Coach Brown, Tony Arby on NBC Sports Radio.
Come on, looney, you work with this guy.
You had a monster game tonight.
You talk a little bit about what he was
doing, especially like on the offensive end.
I mean he was doing what he doe,
you know, he's got a big strong body,
but you know he's he's about
as smart as they come.
And so he understands angles and
all that other stuff and at the
last second he does a great job
of nudging you so that he has an
advantage and we didn't do a good job
is to his body most times to kep
him off the glass. If you don't,
you're you're in trouble.
Mike in the back here,
you got Domas 10 assists through
three games and you're getting
asked this question every night.
But you know the first two
games you win without him doing
what he does offensively.
And Looney's a tough match of
how much of it is, is that how
much of it is Domas struggling?
What are you seeing there?
No. So they're they're doing a great job.
Again with their physicality. We we love,
everybody knows we play the DHO game.
And they're doing a great job of
getting into our bodies and blog
up the DHO game and so that's
why the assists aren't there.
You know if there's anything tht
Domas has to do is when he getsn
the paint sometimes he he playsf
of 1 foot or he jumps in the aid
they're they're playing them one-on-one
you know and and and so he's goo
either finish at the rim or he's got to
come to jump stop and and and t.
Spray if possible because it los
like somebody's open because the
looking like they're coming to ,
but at the last second they're
just like screw it,
I'm going to stay out on the shr
and and let the Domas try to mae
a make a play because they know
that he's a very good passer.
Thank you, Sir.
In in terms of Keegan, why
do you think he's had these struggles
so far and and typically what
is your mentality with
rookies in the playoffs?
Well, not many not many rookies
are are starting for you know,
a playoff team and playing a
significant role like he is.
So you know this is great
for him to go through.
We want him to stay aggressive.
We want him to keep shooting the ball.
We feel like he's getting
some pretty good looks.
They're just not going in but
I I think they will go in.
That's why we want him to keep
shooting it and and then try to
play defense the right way and
and see if he can get out and
get some easies and transition.
So this is just really new for
it's new for a lot of our guys
but this is really new for him
and and I mean we love him,
we got we're going to have patie
with him and we're going to give
him a chance to succeed but he's
got to go through these growing
pains in order to figure it out.
Mike, just generally do you bele
in momentum and in a playoff
series and and if so what's whas
going to be key for you guys on Sunday
to to try to* it back.
I
mean it can happen. Each of thee
games is just so different, you know,
you know you're able to go backd
and reset and and figure out wht
you did wrong in the last game .
They know everything we we're trying to do.
You know I and you got to give m
credit for what the way that thy
the way that they play the nigh.
So I I don't look at it.
As you know we had momentum
after the first two games.
Now they have momentum.
It's we got to come out and we t
to be more physical than what we did.
Than what we did tonight on both ends.
So we got to set better screense
got to be stronger with the ball
because they're swiping down and and.
They may or may not be hitting s
but it's not going to get called
by for you know for either team.
So what is
it, you know on the defense end of the
floor You know we got to get up into them.
They had a lot of freedom of movement
tonight that they hadn't had in
the previous two games because e
were we we weren't as physical
as we were those first two game.
And so I, I, you know it's it's
it's pretty simple. In my opini,
but we just got to go do it now.
Yeah, Looney had back to left.
Looney had nine offensive rebounds tonight.
I think he led the league this
year in offensive rebounds.
What do you, what do you have
to do better against him?
I mean, he's not a high flying
offensive rebounder, but he just
seems to get a ton.
Yeah, yeah, cuz he cuz he's sma,
he's strong, he's relentless.
So we we got a gang rebound.
We did a decent job of gang rebounding
the first two games against him.
That means sending a
second body atom at times.
But we, you know,
we can't allow him to go one-on-one with
with with Domus or Alex because you know,
he's obviously, especially toni,
done a good job of winning that battle.
So you got to send the second
body atom a little more.
And then what we did is as oppod
to just kind of standing and
watching and thinking that he's
going to come up with the rebou.
Mark Haines, SAC Observer.
Would this being you guys first
defeated is this kind of like your your
team's welcome to the playoff moment.
I I don't know.
You know I don't know it's it's a good.
I don't at least I don't look at it that way.
I mean look they're they're the
NBA champions. And no, nobody s,
you know we were going to.
Go into the series and sweep them or go 40.
Is this what the playoffs are a?
You know we won two tough games at home.
We did a great job in the
areas that we emphasize.
We didn't tonight and they did.
And you know that that's
why they're champions.
They they were they're more than
capable and they did exactly wht
they were supposed to do tonigh.
So. So you give them credit andu
figure out what you did wrong a.
And you try to get after a litte
bit better in the next game.
But I don't,
I don't know if I look at it as
welcome to the playoffs, you kn,
because game one for us was,
you know,
in my opinion was that
M2 questions, number one,
seemed like first quarter,
third quarter when you brought
Davey on in, they took Steph ou.
Did that, do you think that was
coincidence or does that feel
like an adjustment on their sid?
It might be you would have to ask them,
you know, that their rotations
were different because.
They were missing two guys
to play minutes for them,
Gary and and and Draymond.
So we knew their rotations
were going to be different.
So I I don't know, you would hae
to ask Steve if it was because f
those two guys being missing orf
it was because they were trying,
I guess, take Steph out when Dana came in.
You've been in this environmento
many times kind of a first timer
your team in a playoff atmosphe.
How do you, how do you think they responded?
There was some early turnovers, early fouls.
Did it feel like they were rattled a little
bit and and can they learn from that and
grow between this game and the next one?
Heck yeah. Every time we step
on the floor we're growing.
Whether we, whether we win or we lose,
you know, you know tonight they they just
our group had a chance to experience.
What a championship team does
when their backs against the wa,
you know so that that the again,
the physicality and and their will to
try to do things to help them win was
evident and they did all the sml
things that we've been doing a pretty
good job of in games one and tw.
So no great test for us.
Great. Way to learn.
And we'll try to go watch the fm
and come back for game four ande
a little bit better in those ar,
Coach. And just that third quarr
especially looked like there
was some frustrations there.
How much did that have to do with, you
know, either some of the unfamir
personnel or some of that
physicality on your guys's end?
I meant there was frustration
throughout the game.
You know, you give up, you give.
What I say nineteen offense or rebounds
and and every time we turn it or
they're scoring that's not fun u
know so so there was frustration
throughout the course of the ga.
I don't know if it was it was jt
in the third you know the third
was the only quarter that we we
we tied or or we or 1:00 we we
didn't even win a quarter we tid
do a better job and and those two areas
you know taking care of the bal.
And and then put bodies on bodis
so that they're not getting
252425 second chance points.
Hey coach over here
to bounce off Keegan and his struggles.
He's not one to get too high oro
low but how do you feel he's dog
mentally during these strugglesd
is there anyone on the team that
he kind of turns to and has thoe
type of conversations with on to
seek any advice or you know how
those types of conversations wi.
You'd have to ask him that question and
talks to on the team when
it comes to that stuff.
But no, this is good for him.
You know, again,
we got confidence in him.
We want him to continue
to let that thing fly.
He's got to play D,
he's got to box out and he's
going to learn and grow through
experiences like this and that's
why he's out on the floor.
He's done a fantastic job for us all season.
And this is a different level,
and it's a level that he's
got to get used to because,
you know,
we plan on being here.
Yeah, coach. And over on your
right over here in the home game
against New York earlier this y,
I think it was 22 or 23 offensie
rebounds that your guys allowed
and and you were very clearly
frustrated in that postgame pre.
I'm curious how your message is different
tonight or how you go about differently
displaying that frustration to r
group because it's the postseas.
Well, you know, I think I said
this before a couple of times.
You know, during the post,
you do a lot of your hard coachg
during the regular season.
You know, stuff's going to happ.
These guys are NBA champions.
They got the, the,
the DNA of knowing how to win and especially
when their backs are against the wall.
And so I meant for me to,
you know, to get after them.
Now they know what our guys kno,
what they did.
They're going to, I told them they're
going to see it on the film tomorrow,
but in the same breath.
You know, we got to keep our heads up.
This is,
this is one game the series is is not over.
We got to regroup,
stay positive and understand,
you know, you give them their respect,
but now we have to come back and try to,
you know, hit first, hit second,
hit third in our next game.
It's as simple as that.
You know this is a learning and
growing experience for us againt
the against the Champions and a,
it's not time for me to
to to do that right now.
That's that's left for the
preseason and regular season.
Thank you guys.