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00:10 Yeah, there was a lot of, it was a good test.
00:15 They're a very good team.
00:17 At the half they made 10 threes.
00:21 I thought we did a little bit better there in the third quarter.
00:23 But again, if you don't take advantage of a couple of possessions,
00:29 they can hurt you, and that's what they did there in the fourth.
00:33 And so it wasn't the game that we wanted, but
00:38 we learned a lot about ourselves and we got some things that are correct.
00:43 But it's going in the right direction.
00:46 We're closer than we think from the scores.
00:50 But again, it's just, you gotta take advantage.
00:54 If they make a mistake, you gotta take advantage of it, and
00:56 we just didn't do that tonight.
00:57 >> It was 81-79, why do you think it kind of worth it?
01:03 >> Yeah, the possessions, you can't have empty possessions against them.
01:06 And then you can't have breakdowns defensively against them.
01:10 They're gonna make you pay for it from the three point line, and
01:13 that's what they did.
01:14 When it's a two point game, they kind of walked away from us,
01:19 put our mistakes on both ends.
01:21 But give them credit, they're a very good team.
01:23 >> How much did they prove, Jason, why they're the best team in the league and
01:27 why they have the best home record?
01:30 >> Yeah, they don't panic.
01:31 There's no stress.
01:34 They're gonna continue to keep playing the way, set screens for each other,
01:38 share the ball.
01:39 It's a very rare thing in this league to see a team like that with five shooters.
01:45 KP was great for them in the first half and got them going.
01:50 But it's not about, it's about team for them.
01:54 You can see that with the ball movement.
01:56 They're not worried about who's shooting it.
01:58 A lot of times the person who is shooting it is wide open, so they're good.
02:02 >> One minute, PJ was shooting for the league five minutes ago in the third
02:06 quarter, and everything just kind of got away from him.
02:09 >> Yeah, I thought PJ played great on both ends.
02:12 Again, stepping up defensively and
02:14 then offensively taking the shots when he was open.
02:19 He was the third guy tonight to join that, Luka and Kai.
02:25 And we're gonna need him to continue to do that.
02:28 But yes, he had a great look.
02:29 It just didn't go down for us.
02:31 And again, we didn't score there and
02:34 I think we started to give up some points defensively, but we just have to be better.
02:39 >> You alluded to learning some things about yourselves.
02:43 Maybe what might be a thing that you learned about yourself?
02:48 >> Yeah, I think that we can compete with the best.
02:51 Just not looking at the score, but
02:53 we truly believe that we have the talent to compete as being consistent.
02:58 And understanding that it's hard to win in this league.
03:01 It's hard to beat the best teams in this league.
03:04 And so you don't have to play perfect, but you have to stay together.
03:07 You have to stay consistent.
03:10 And that's what we're fighting to do right now, just like everyone else in this league.
03:14 >> I'm just trying to win a game like this, the last game of long road trip.
03:19 That's just it for the game.
03:20 Guys maybe think about going back home?
03:23 >> Yeah, no, we were focused.
03:25 We did some good things.
03:28 We gotta go back and look at it on film and then get,
03:31 unfortunately we won't have time to practice here.
03:34 We got 12 o'clock game on Sunday.
03:37 So, it is what it is.
03:42 It's so maybe after Sunday we can practice and be able to look at some film.
03:48 But this is a quick turn coming from the East Coast and
03:51 then playing Sunday at noon is tough.
03:56 >> What's the difficulty of being a team where most of the starting five
04:02 all can shoot threes?
04:03 >> Yeah, it's not so much shooting the threes.
04:07 I think that's part of it.
04:09 But the other part is the unselfishness of making the pass.
04:12 Tatum will make the pass, Brown will make the pass.
04:17 KP will make the pass, White will make the pass.
04:22 And then Sprinkler and Holiday will make the pass.
04:25 Holiday's shooting 70% from the corners.
04:29 You gotta make him put it on the floor, but they can all put the ball on the floor.
04:34 And so I think looking at shooting the three is yes, they all can do that.
04:38 But it all starts for the pass and off the dribble and
04:41 putting pressure on the paint.
04:43 And they do that at a high rate, especially with Brown and Tatum.
04:47 And then again, Holiday in a role situation draws attention and
04:53 can finish but also can find the open guy.
04:55 And so it's tough, but yes, shooting the three is part of it.
04:59 But the biggest part is the penetration and the help that they cause.
05:03 >> What was the intention and strategy behind playing smaller today?
05:09 >> Yeah, just understanding that they have struggled against playing in smaller
05:12 teams and understand when you are big, if your bigs cannot guard the perimeter or
05:17 guard the three point line in rotations, it's gonna be a shoot around for them.
05:25 So you're gonna have to go small and we felt going small.
05:28 We felt comfortable going small tonight.