Category
🥇
SportsTranscript
00:00 You said you just needed a couple days rest.
00:03 How did you feel out there?
00:04 Good, good.
00:06 Just trying to focus on basketball,
00:08 trying to win the game.
00:09 Obviously a great defensive effort.
00:11 What was the key?
00:12 What were you looking for?
00:14 Just the same.
00:17 I think we were playing great defense.
00:19 But some little stuff we didn't do in past game, we did today.
00:23 I think-- I don't know how many offensive rebounds they had,
00:26 but they had like four in the first three minutes.
00:28 And then we cleared that up.
00:30 And we just played with a lot of pace.
00:32 When you say focus on basketball,
00:33 you're talking about your mindset,
00:35 your mentality going into this game?
00:36 Yeah.
00:38 In what ways was it different?
00:40 Just focus on basketball.
00:42 Remember the thing I love, the thing I love to do,
00:45 and just play basketball, man.
00:47 Luka, it seemed like there was--
00:48 obviously throughout the year, but especially
00:50 in a playoff game like tonight, real physical,
00:53 there's a lot of alley-oops.
00:56 And in general, what is it like to have a safety
00:58 valve with both Derricks and Daniel and everybody?
01:03 What was that like to--
01:04 Big.
01:06 They can jump.
01:07 Both centers are very tall.
01:09 And they can jump, so I just throw it up there.
01:12 And Dijon-- well, Dijon's just out of this world.
01:15 The way he jumps is just insane.
01:16 I never saw something like that.
01:19 But he was knocking down threes too, so he's a complete player.
01:23 You obviously 30-point triple-double,
01:25 shot the ball well.
01:26 But how satisfying was it for you
01:28 to seal this with that block and transition?
01:31 A bit.
01:32 Next year, all NBA defensive team.
01:38 No, it was just--
01:40 he kind of-- the ball escaped a little bit for him,
01:44 so that's why I got the block.
01:47 Luka, you guys have been really good after a loss.
01:49 Just what does it say about the resiliency of this team
01:52 and just the focus and the mindset,
01:53 like you said, coming into tonight?
01:55 Just our mentality.
01:57 We know the last game we played against them at home,
02:00 we let it go.
02:01 It was our mistakes.
02:03 And they hit shots.
02:04 So our mentality is just--
02:07 in the playoffs, it's first to four.
02:09 So you've got to win four before they do.
02:12 So you've got to go game by game.