I thought our guys competed ton.
We we didn't play our best basketball
throughout the the course and
we missed a couple of couple
of big shots down the stretch.
You know I thought Malik shot ws
open coming coming off the pickd
roll and just got to let it fly.
We passed I thought we passed up
another one that we were open on that
where we got to just continue tt
it fly and continue to believe .
You know, when you when you make mistakes
or passive shots down the stret,
especially, you pay for it at te
other end against these guys.
And so we competed.
It's two games in a row, I thin,
two or three games in a row whee
they've come out in the third quarter and
they've had a big third quarter against us.
We just got to regroup,
tomorrow,
watch the film and get ready,
go down to San Francisco and get a win.
Our guys will be ready for Game.
Mike James, Ham, ESPN1320.
You guys look like you were shot
of a cannon in
the first quarter
and then the offense kind of stopped.
Keegan Murray stopped getting
touches four or five in the
first quarter, didn't
take another shot the rest of the game.
What do you guys have to do to kind of keep
that momentum when you get it going in the
first part of the game?
We got to continue moving to basketball.
You know they they've done a good job
of as the game has gone along of
sitting on Keegan and trying to not let
him catch and or denying them and so we
have to keep trying to put him and and
and Kevin and Malik and and different
actions to try to move them aro.
We've played a lot of pick and l
and because we've had some succs
with it but you know the the the
tough part about it you score 1.
You know a couple of days ago ad
you score 116 tonight and you kw
you hope that that's going to ge
you an opportunity to win the ge
to score 100 and 26127 or 123.
That's tough to overcome come
come playoff time,
especially when we're not shooting the ball
the the way that work we're capable of,
ball capable of or that we have.
Done throughout most of the yea.
So you know you got two guys thI
thought played well for them off the bench.
Obviously Draymond is 1 and
Gary Payton was another.
They impacted the game at a very high
level and when you have Steph and Clay
and especially Wigs on the floo,
those guys are going to score and you
now you get an efficient game fm
two guys and and Draymond and Gary and
and it makes it tough to overco.
Coach Bernan Nunez, Kings Heral.
To that point somewhat Darren ws
talking about how good Golden State and
specifically Draymond is at playing two
on one kind of after the initial action.
When it comes to defending that,
what do you feel like you guys need to
do to clean that up kind of poig
towards their 60 points in the paint?
So you were talking about Draymond on def on
offensively kind of after the initial
action when he gets to play two on one.
So for us all offensively.
For them offensively and and you guys going
so so meaning he's I'm sorry I d
question one more time so he was real
you're saying he's real tough playing 201
that that he's good at playing o
on one offensively and what do u
feel like you guys need to do br
defensively in those scenarios.
You know what it's tough because they
put you in a particular but they
move so well without the blessi.
They move so well without the
basketball and so Steph and Cla.
Just their movement alone draws
a lot of attention and when they
come off the pick and rolls,
if you're down the floor at all,
which happened to us a couple of times,
they're going to get great look.
And So what happens,
it forces you to step up the
floor a little bit.
And if they're able to get that
passed to to to Draymont,
I mean that he's been playing tt
way the last 10 years they've s.
Every type of defense that you can imagine
and you know he's making the right play,
made the right play tonight.
Not just for his teammates
because he has seven assists,
but he made the right play
for himself to ended up with.
With 21 points on on on 8
for 10 from the floor.
So we got to continue trying to mix it up.
You know, we played some box in,
maybe we may need to play a little bit more,
we may need to play some zone.
We may need to blitz and just re
and live with guys shooting open shots
because that's what's going to happen.
Guys going to get open shots.
And at the end of the day you gt
to hope somebody misses because
not not because their main guys
aren't missing right now.
Coach, we've heard you talk abot
adversity a lot this season and
how this team responds to it.
Headed to San Francisco down 3 .
How do you think the ups and
downs of the season have prepard
the team for this moment?
And what are you expecting to
see out of them in game six?
You know, we've been great when
our backs have been against
the wall all season, you know,
and so I don't see it being any different.
We'll be ready for game six.
Our guys know it's at stake and we're
looking forward to the challeng.
Mike Chris Peterman Sacramento be but
what you make of up to the air and in
the fourth quarter he mentioned he needed
to play better not turn the ball over.
Obviously he's a guy who's proby
not going to make excuses but do
you do you think his finger botd
him at all? Yeah
you know no doubt we I meant obviously,
you know he's showing a lot of toughness
being out there in the 1st place
and you know he played 42 minuts
and you know that the hand got ,
the finger got hit throughout
the course of the ball game.
But he's still hung in there and you know
like I said we he's done it for us all year.
And so whatever feel,
whatever he feels he needs to do
down the stretch or throughout
the course of all game,
we're going to ride with.
So I got no complaints with
the way he's playing.
Tony Harvey, NBC Sports Radio,
Coach Brown, the first quarter,
the Kings made eight or
twelve shots behind the arc,
I think six of the first eight.
And then things,
you know the last three quarters
believe you made two out of 22.
What was the Warriors doing to affect,
affect you guys at that the three-point line
we got the same looks you know
throughout the course of the ga.
I yeah, I think I said this bef,
before the game again this is above my head,
but analytically prior to the tonight's game,
I don't know where we are now.
But we've been the number one team in
the playoffs generating wide open looks
from three that we haven't made them,
you know, but we're getting more wide
open looks from the three-point line prior
to today and maybe it's still the same.
Our analytics department would
have to dive into that.
But prior to today,
we're getting more open threes
than anybody else in the playofs
and we just haven't made them.
And you know, like I said before the game,
a lot of it has to do with.
You know, us trying to increaser
intensity defensively and so now
we're trying to play more physi.
We're chasing guys.
Our intentions are a lot higher
with our sense of urgency.
And so it's and then there's a little
bit more pressure to make in the shot.
And so at the end of the day,
we have to keep shooting them,
but they're not going in.
But for sure we're going to live
with our guys shooting those ths
because we believe that we're gg
to have a game or two coming up
here where we're going to make
threes most of the game and nott
one quarter and not just for 1/.
I'm Mike. Jason Anderson, Sacramento be.
You talked about having your backs against
the wall and and you feel like you guys
have responded well in those situations.
What what specifically will you point
to and and coaching these guys up and
getting them ready for for Friday and
and you know I'm sure you hope on Sunday
to to kind of rise to the occasn
here and and win these two ball games.
The biggest thing is if we lose
our our season comes to end.
I mean it's as simple as
that and that in itself.
Should heighten the sense of
urgency awareness however you
want to call it to go get it do.
And I have full confidence in
our guys that they'll be ready
to go get it done come Friday,
All
right. Coach Mike Robertson,
sports radio service.
So you mentioned in third quart,
but you guys came out on A5 O
run and actually took the leave
momentarily And how much was the
Looney's 20 plus rebounds and
Draymond getting over 20 points?
How much of the fact was that bg
that you know this team pretty .
I mean it's it's big.
You give those guys credit.
They they had a they had a big night for
for them and you know they're they're
making the right plays out ther.
They're coming up with the with key rebounds.
You know Draymond did a
great job like Foxy said of.
Of finding the guy in the dunker when
he's rolling and you know you you can.
You can only try to take so
many things away from him.
And because if when you do,
you're going to expose
yourself someplace else.
And you just hope that when youo
expose yourself someplace else t
guys aren't making shots and or
they're not getting layups or sd
opportunities like those two gus
helped their teammates get toni.
Mike, you've talked over the
course of the year about being
just honest with guys you've alo
talked about in the playoffs.
It's the time more to love
on them than anything else.
Is it more of a hindrance or is
it too a little too late at to
pull somebody aside at this poi,
any player aside, and and tell ,
hey, we need more out of you
in order to be successful,
Does that do more harm than good
at this point in the season?
No, no, no. You know, I've had
conversations with guys telling guys.
That, you know, hey, we need mo.
We need you to rebound more.
You're doing a heck of a job fo.
And starting with Fox, you know,
he's been our obviously our best
player during this playoff run.
And I tell him almost every other day,
you know I'm going to keep.
Asking you for more,
I'm going to keep demanding mord
you're going to have to keep trying to
produce because that's who you .
You're more than capable and
that's what you get paid to do.
And so not just him,
but others we've had that conversation with
because we have to do it collectively.
You know,
we have to have all of our guys step up,
not do anything extraordinary,
but they have to step up and
meet the challenge.
And like I said,
I feel like our guys will on Fr.
Thank you, guys.