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00:00It sounds like you still have the sniffles.
00:01How does you feel out there?
00:03We're pretty good, I'm not gonna lie.
00:05Just trying not to think of the injury, the cold,
00:09just trying to go out there and set the tone.
00:12So would you say you were playing on adrenaline?
00:14Yeah, I mean, it's playoffs, you know.
00:17When you start the game in the playoffs,
00:19it's a different thing, and, you know,
00:21there's a lot of adrenaline and a lot of emotion,
00:22so you just keep going.
00:25Well, why do you think you guys were able
00:26to be so good defensively tonight?
00:30I think we did a great job in a lot of games.
00:33There was, I think, two halves that we didn't play good
00:36defensively, but everybody's on the same page on defense.
00:40We're talking, we know what other players like to do,
00:44and we just watch a lot of film, we watch scouting,
00:47and we just focus, and I think the communication
00:51we have on defense is the key, and the energy.
00:55Based on how they're regarding you,
00:56what did you think of just Cleve's ability?
00:59Based on how they're regarding you and Kyrie,
01:01what did you think of Maxi's just ability
01:03to stretch the floor out there?
01:04Amazing, I think we created a lot of open shots.
01:08We could've knocked him down, but then Maxi knocked him down
01:10three in a row, so that helped the whole team.
01:14Just the energy in the game, you saw the bench
01:16was in the game the whole day, the whole time,
01:19and it just helped us.
01:20He was big, very big today, big shots.
01:23Hey, Luca, so, right here.
01:26So game four, James Harden got 33.
01:28Today, you guys locked him down to seven points.
01:32What's something different or something special
01:33that you guys did from game four to game five?
01:36I think the Jones and PJ, they play great defense.
01:40Kyrie was playing great defense,
01:41pressuring him the whole time, and like I said,
01:44we just locked in, we communicating.
01:47We know they're scouting, so we just follow the scouting.
01:49Thank you.
01:52You're in the same situation where you were
01:53three years ago, up three-two, going back home.
01:56Present, present, no past.
01:57Present, how do you feel overall
02:01about the way your stance, your position right now?
02:04I mean, today, I think it was a very big game.
02:06You know we win, and now we gotta win two out of,
02:08I mean, one out of two, so we gotta go back to Dallas,
02:12play the same way.
02:13We know our fans are gonna be amazing at home,
02:16so we just gotta win one more.
02:17Nothing, we didn't do nothing yet.
02:21Right here to the right.
02:22You had a lot of success attacking downhill today.
02:24Was there anything that you did in your approach,
02:26or was that just a focus for you personally?
02:29Yeah, momentum, obviously I'm not shooting the three great.
02:33Not even good, very bad actually.
02:36I was just getting downhill, you know.
02:38The first four threes I took, it felt great,
02:40just didn't go in, but then my mentality
02:43was going downhill.
02:46What, having the cold or whatever it is you have,
02:49like what does that do throughout a game?
02:51Can you explain how it specifically affects you,
02:53your stamina, just breathing, stuff like that?
02:55Yeah, it's tough, you know, I can't breathe through nose,
02:58so I have to blow my nose every time on.
03:01It's attractive.
03:02Yeah, but like I said, you know,
03:03it's the adrenaline of the playoff game.
03:06It was a big game today, so I know I needed to be locked in
03:09very, very, 100%, so it's the adrenaline of playoff game,
03:14and I like it.
03:15Does it affect your breathing going up and down the court,
03:16or?
03:17A little bit, nothing specific.
03:19In what ways would you say you're limited with the knee?
03:23Sorry?
03:24With the knee soreness, in what way would you say
03:27you're limited?
03:29I mean, we'll see, now it's a little bit worse,
03:31obviously, after the game, but just,
03:33I'm gonna do treatment, ice it down,
03:35everything I can to be ready to go.
03:38But during the game, does it keep you from making certain?
03:41I mean, it's not really good, but you know,
03:45like I talk about adrenaline of playoff game,
03:47you know, once you get started,
03:49you wanna do everything you can to help your team win,
03:51so I just try to keep going.
03:55Thank you.
03:56Thank you.
03:57Thank you.
03:57Appreciate it.
03:58All right, we're also playing for.