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00:00watching that one. It was a fun game, though, because
00:02Anthony Edwards didn't do anything in that fourth quarter,
00:04and all of a sudden, as he does, and as superstars
00:06do in the playoffs, they
00:08come alive when it matters most. And that's what
00:10Stephen Curry did on Saturday. That's what
00:12Anthony Edwards did yesterday
00:13in their win over the Lakers to go up 3-1
00:16in that series. And I think a lot of people
00:18are looking back and
00:20saying, yeah, maybe we overrated
00:22the Lakers. Because, you know what, we do that
00:24with names. But you still gotta play
00:26defense. There's two sides of the ball, Joe.
00:27Yes. And that's what was
00:29noticeable to me on Saturday
00:31too with the Warriors. Because we
00:33know defense is gonna be there for
00:35the Rockets. The big question for them is
00:37always the offense. It's the offense. But think
00:39of how different those two series feel.
00:412-2 and 3-1. Monumental.
00:43Huge. Monumental. And that's why tonight
00:45is massive for the Warriors.
00:47To go up 3-1,
00:49it puts you in such a driver's
00:52seat. There's really no other
00:53avenue than
00:55tonight is a must-win. You have to hold
00:57serve on home court. I'm just gonna ask
00:59the question right now. 8-8-9-5-7-9-5-7-0.
01:03After Saturday's win,
01:05do you need Jimmy Buckets tonight
01:07to play? If you want to win this game?
01:09Do you need Jimmy Butler?
01:108-8-9-5-7-9-5-7-0.
01:13That's what I want to ask.
01:14As we're coming to you live from the
01:15Laughing Monk Studios, Laughing Monk,
01:16Righteously Root in San Francisco.
01:18Because there's part of me
01:20that wants to say, of course,
01:21I want Jimmy Butler. Of course,
01:23I would feel much better about winning this
01:25and going up 3-1 in a situation like this.
01:28But I'm thinking from the perspective
01:30of the younger guys, too.
01:31The confidence that must be instilled
01:33in them, like even with
01:35Jonathan Kaminga, who got the start.
01:37I don't think it was his greatest game.
01:38Not by a long shot.
01:39I don't think he'll tell you that.
01:40It wasn't a very great performance.
01:42It was solid.
01:42But a guy like that,
01:46Moses Moody, who again,
01:47who had been in the starting lineup
01:48all the time,
01:49he got kicked to the bench.
01:50I didn't hear him crying or complaining.
01:53Quinton Post, who I thought
01:54was great defensively.
01:55All those rebounds that he was able to grab.
01:5712 in total for him.
01:59That was insane.
01:59Quinton Post led both teams
02:01in rebounds as a player.
02:04Shingun is on the other side
02:05and Steven Adams on the other side.
02:07And Quinton Post out-rebounded both of them.
02:09That's incredible.
02:10So the confidence in all of those guys.
02:12But Jemski as well,
02:13who had some timely buckets.
02:15Like carrying over into tonight's game,
02:17that's a huge plus for them
02:18because I do think you're going to get
02:19the Rockets' best swing.
02:22I don't know.
02:23I'm kind of...
02:24Is it crazy to say, Joe,
02:25I'm kind of leaning like
02:26holding Jimmy out
02:28the next couple days?
02:29No, it's insane.
02:30If he can play, he plays.
02:32But if he's still like sore
02:34and he's still hurting...
02:35You play him.
02:37Even if he's hurting a little bit still?
02:38You can stop asking him questions.
02:39You play him.
02:40I mean, Steph Curry...
02:41I'm just saying.
02:42Steph Curry is nursing a thumb injury,
02:44a butt injury,
02:45and it looks as good as ever.
02:47When you're one of the top players
02:49in the league
02:49and you're making max money
02:51and your name is Jimmy Butler
02:52and you had the same exact injury
02:54in 2023 where you missed no time,
02:56yeah, you play if you can play.
02:57So wait,
02:58you're saying they need him to win tonight?
03:00No, I think he wants to play.
03:01I think he will play.
03:02Okay.
03:03I think it'll be a moot point
03:04regarding whether they need him or not.
03:06I think they won the one game without him.
03:08They got the house money.
03:09Now you bring them back
03:10and you step on their throats.
03:12All right.
03:12Still questionable
03:13with a pelvic contusion again.
03:15Sounds like Celebrini and team,
03:17the trainer,
03:18they're the ones who held him out.
03:20That's what it...
03:21Like kind of reading between the lines
03:22of the Slater report
03:23and some of the people
03:24that were reporting on it pregame.
03:26He was working out.
03:27It was going to be a game-time decision.
03:29Sounds like the Warriors
03:30were the ones
03:31that preemptively took him out.
03:32That sounds like your 60 seconds
03:34to Celebrini was right there
03:35for Rick Celebrini,
03:36not Macklin, of course.
03:38Do we know if Macklin's going to win
03:39the Rookie of the Year, by the way?
03:40Eh, we're probably not.
03:42Oh, what?
03:44Just the motivation he needs.
03:46I would say to this team
03:47and to Jimmy and the trainers,
03:49if you win tonight,
03:51you can go back to Houston,
03:53you can kill shot them
03:54in the second half
03:54of the Houston game,
03:56for lack of a better word, sorry.
03:58And then you get
03:59a little bit of time off
04:00and you can observe
04:01what happens
04:02with Timberwolves-Lakers
04:03and breathe a little.
04:06And then Jimmy can rest
04:07after the series is over.
04:09That's the way
04:09I would be approaching this.
04:11888-957-9570
04:13is the number.
04:14Do you need Jimmy Butler
04:16tonight, Dub Nation?
04:18And what was your biggest takeaway
04:20from that win for you?
04:22Like going forward in this series?
04:23Because for me,
04:24it was Quentin Post.
04:25I think for a lot of people,
04:26it might be Buddy Heald
04:27and his performance.
04:28I know a lot of people
04:29were questioning Buddy Heald
04:30and then you had to
04:31because we haven't really
04:32had a Buddy Heald game
04:33in a win.
04:34We've had Buddy Heald games
04:35and losses.
04:36I think Buddy Heald's
04:38last best game
04:38was probably
04:39against the Houston Rockets
04:40and it was a loss
04:42and it was a regular season game.
04:43Three weeks ago?
04:44Exactly.
04:44Then it was on that Sunday night
04:45right at Chase Center
04:46and it came in a loss.
04:48So like whenever we had Buddy Games,
04:50it was like,
04:50well, we can't really talk about,
04:51oh, it was the Buddy Heald game.
04:52We say it tongue in cheek
04:53and it was an L.
04:54No, this wasn't a win.
04:55You had Gary Payton stepping up.
04:56I mentioned Quentin Post.
04:58Draymond Green defensively
04:59was all time
05:00and showed why he was
05:01a DPOY candidate
05:02and I thought it was
05:03very, very good
05:04for Draymond Green.
05:05Take the high road.
05:06I know he was feeling
05:07some type of way
05:07about not winning the DPOY
05:08but celebrating Evan Mobley
05:10when asked about it.
05:11He's like,
05:11hey, Evan's grown tremendously
05:13as a player.
05:13He was great.
05:14He deserves it.
05:15For a second.
05:15What?
05:16He didn't deserve
05:17to win it this year.
05:18It's okay.
05:19That doesn't mean
05:19he didn't have a great year.
05:20He had a great year
05:21but if you look at
05:22the last month or so
05:23of the season,
05:24he didn't do well
05:26against the other bigs.
05:27Now, those guys are talented.
05:29They outsize him
05:30height and weight wise
05:32and he didn't finish
05:34the season the way
05:35that he needed to
05:36if he wanted to win
05:37the award
05:37and that's okay.
05:38That doesn't take away
05:39from a great year
05:40from Draymond.
05:40He played more games
05:41than I anticipated.
05:43He played better offensively
05:44than I ever anticipated
05:45and he was his
05:46vintage defensive self
05:48except down the stretch
05:50when they needed
05:51to slow down some bigs.
05:53I thought that
05:54some of those bigs
05:55had his number.
05:55Carl Anthony Towns,
05:56Aaron Gordon.
05:57I can go right down the list.
05:59Evan Mobley had a banner season.
06:00They had a banner season.
06:02Good for him.
06:03It's okay.
06:04It doesn't mean
06:04that Dray sucks.
06:05It doesn't mean
06:05that he didn't have
06:06a great year.
06:07All these things
06:07can be true all at once
06:08and so, yeah,
06:09he did take the high road
06:10in that but I also
06:11didn't think he deserved
06:12the year.
06:13You said the word right there.
06:14They had a great season.
06:16Draymond Green had a really
06:17elite couple months here
06:18since the Jimmy Butler acquisition.
06:20That's not enough
06:21to win the DPL-Y.
06:22I think we get jaded
06:23and I don't think you finished.
06:25Exactly.
06:25Yeah, defensively.
06:26Correct.
06:27The way that I wanted him to.
06:27The old ad is not
06:28how you start,
06:29how you finish.
06:29No, no, no.
06:30When it comes to the award season,
06:31it's the entirety
06:32of the regular season.
06:33Exactly.
06:34Like because,
06:35oh, well,
06:35it's all Jimmy Butler
06:37and Draymond Green.
06:39That's great.
06:40There's this whole
06:40first half of the season
06:42that the Cleveland Cavaliers
06:43dominated.
06:44The entire season,
06:45they dominated.
06:46They dominated those
06:47matchups against you,
06:48actually.
06:48Evan Mobley in particular.
06:50The difference between
06:51right now between the West
06:52when you watch the playoffs
06:54and then you watch the East.
06:55The level of intensity
06:58just drops.
07:00You can feel it
07:00off the screen.
07:01It's, yeah.
07:02I don't think anything's
07:04happening there
07:04that's out of the norm.
07:05I've actually been impressed
07:06with Detroit
07:08and I thought they got hosed.
07:10Josh Hart absolutely fouled.
07:11Who was that?
07:12Tim Hardaway in the corner?
07:13Come on, man.
07:14And poor Detroit.
07:15I get it.
07:16They're feeling
07:16some type of way about it.
07:18That atmosphere was sweet.
07:18It was awesome.
07:20You don't post about it
07:21on your social, though,
07:22about the lack of a non-call.
07:23I thought that was kind of like,
07:24eh, they're green.
07:26They'll know,
07:27but you don't go outwardly
07:28and say it was a bad call
07:29and they post it in big font
07:30from your player
07:31saying it was a bad call,
07:32but they're going to be
07:33licking their wounds.
07:34That was a tough L for them.
07:35I don't believe in the Knicks
07:36at all, by the way,
07:37going forward.
07:38I don't.
07:38I thought with all those traits
07:40that they had in the offseason
07:41last year,
07:41bringing to Carl Anthony Towns,
07:42Mikael Bridges,
07:43I thought they might have
07:43had something.
07:45I just don't think
07:45Jalen Brunson can be
07:46your best player
07:47and guy you lean on
07:48in closing minutes
07:49to win it for you.
07:49He's on the floor
07:50with that ankle,
07:51calf.
07:52I don't even know
07:52what that was.
07:53The foul baiting
07:54that he is doing.
07:55I know we like to get
07:56on James Harden and Luka.
07:57Jalen Brunson,
07:58oh my God, dude.
08:00Get up.
08:01Stop.
08:02But he's a little guy
08:03and so for whatever reason,
08:04people find it endearing
08:05and he plays for the New York team.
08:06Oh, New York team.
08:07I know, I know.
08:08I haven't done anything
08:08my entire life, please.
08:10Steve Kerr,
08:11his thoughts on a big win
08:12without Jimmy Butler.
08:14Yeah, it's a big time win.
08:15I mean, you could see
08:16we were out of sorts early.
08:18You know, with Jimmy out,
08:19we changed the starting lineup.
08:20We went to some combinations
08:22that we've barely played all year
08:24and it took a while
08:26for us to find some rhythm.
08:27But I thought what kept us
08:28in the game was our defense.
08:30You know, they got up,
08:31I guess, 13 at the most.
08:33But, you know, these days,
08:3413 doesn't feel
08:35like that big of a deficit.
08:36And I thought the key to the game
08:38was the way we closed
08:39the second quarter.
08:40You know, to pull within three
08:41and get some momentum
08:43and we felt pretty good
08:44at halftime as a result.
08:46No, Jimmy, no problem.
08:49It was 34-22 in the second quarter.
08:52Steve Kerr calls the timeout.
08:54And then, like, he's not happy.
08:56He's just not happy.
08:57Then they go trading baskets.
08:59At one point, it's 49-37 Rockets.
09:03They're up 12 with 2-24 to go.
09:07And somehow, someway,
09:08after a couple of buddy buckets,
09:10a couple Steph plays,
09:11it's 49-46 at half.
09:14And I felt like the Warriors
09:15had all the momentum
09:16heading into the half
09:17after playing a really poor
09:20second quarter overall.
09:22Well, a big play in that
09:23was the Steph block
09:24on Fred Van Vliet.
09:25Feeds Buddy, as you talked about,
09:26the touchdown pass.
09:27Yeah, it was a great play by Steph.
09:29One of the better plays
09:29of the year from him.
09:30Here's how it sounded.
09:31Tim Roy, 95-7 in the game.
09:33Van Vliet over to Jalen Green.
09:34He'll dribble, drive on Curry.
09:36Back out to Van Vliet.
09:37Run off the line.
09:37Pajewski steps in.
09:38Shoots over Curry.
09:39Blocked by Curry.
09:41Curry with the ball.
09:42Baseball pass.
09:43He'll lay up good
09:44on the break.
09:46Good step through
09:47with the block shot.
09:48Steph Curry, the defender.
09:507-0 run for the Warriors.
09:52He's that baseball throw.
09:53More of a Shador Sanders throw,
09:55if you will,
09:56right down the middle.
09:57Fifth round pick
09:58going to Cleveland Browns,
09:59by the way.
09:59Shador Sanders.
10:00The slide of the season,
10:02of the offseason,
10:03I should say.
10:04We'll touch on it
10:05at some point today
10:05because there was a draft.
10:07Because there's just not enough
10:08Shador content out there, huh?
10:10Real quick,
10:11you were thinking about it
10:12if you're the Niners.
10:13You were thinking about it
10:14in the fifth.
10:14Like, you know?
10:15Possibly.
10:16There was a guy
10:17with a 20 CL in the seventh
10:19and we just couldn't resist.
10:21Yeah, who was that guy?
10:23The Indiana quarterback.
10:24Curtis Rourke.
10:25Yeah, the Indiana quarterback.
10:26You didn't even know who it was.
10:28Curtis Rourke.
10:29Not Mickey Rourke.
10:30Curtis Rourke.
10:31There you go.
10:33But they did go five.
10:34Their first five
10:34were on the defensive side
10:35of the ball.
10:36We'll get to the 49ers draft
10:37at some point,
10:38I promise.
10:39I actually love their draft.
10:40Joe Shasky will have his grade.
10:42I know he's big on grades,
10:43so he's going to go
10:43his full Mel Kuyper here.
10:45And there was a full Mel Kuyper
10:46meltdown over the weekend
10:47that we also have to react to
10:48because it was crazy
10:51to say the least.
10:52So we'll get into that.
10:53Also,
10:55there was an interview
10:56over the weekend
10:57with Bill Belichick
10:59on CBS this morning.
11:02Cringe doesn't even
11:03put into words.
11:05Like, that isn't even
11:05the word I'm looking at.
11:06There's something greater
11:07than cringe that took place
11:08with Bill Belichick
11:08in this interview
11:09and his girlfriend.
11:12Very odd.
11:13And we need to break it down, Joe,
11:14because I know you're all in
11:15on Billy B
11:16and the offseason
11:17that is Bill Belichick,
11:18now head coach
11:19over with North Carolina football.
11:21So definitely got to get
11:22into that at some point.
11:23You better be careful.
11:24We're talking Warriors.
11:25We're talking Rockets.
11:26We're going up 2-1.
11:27Stephen A, don't worry.
11:29And we got Leroy in Oakland
11:30who wants to join the conversation
11:32because I think Leroy's
11:34feeling like I'm feeling.
11:35I'm considering
11:36sitting Jimmy tonight.
11:37I think we could win
11:38without him.
11:38Leroy, good morning.
11:40How are we feeling
11:40about that win, man?
11:41Hey, man, I'm feeling great.
11:44Good morning, guys.
11:45And I tried to hit you guys,
11:46I think it was on Thursday
11:48or Friday last week.
11:50And, you know, I was like,
11:51man, I hope they sit Jimmy
11:54Saturday because, you know,
11:56I want to see if the Warriors
11:58have learned to win without him.
12:01I wanted to see if Jimmy
12:03had infused enough
12:04in those young guys,
12:06enough toughness,
12:07you know, enough,
12:09you know, oomph
12:10in those young guys
12:12to go, hey,
12:13you can do this
12:14because I was watching
12:15the young guys
12:16when Jimmy was out there
12:17and he just infuses
12:18this toughness
12:20and I can do anything
12:22in the young guys.
12:24So I was like,
12:25okay,
12:25Jimmy's going to be out Saturday.
12:27Let me see
12:28if these guys
12:29have picked up
12:30on some of Jimmy's,
12:31you know,
12:32toughness.
12:33And boy,
12:34they really played well.
12:36I didn't expect
12:37them to get that game
12:39the way that they got it.
12:41So I was,
12:42I was like,
12:43hey,
12:43we got,
12:44if we have two games
12:45without Jimmy
12:45and if we can get one
12:47because I was expecting
12:48Curry to have a
12:4935,
12:5040 point game
12:51if they set Jimmy
12:53two games,
12:53I was expecting Curry
12:54to blow up
12:55on one of those games
12:56and for us to get
12:57one of those games.
12:58So I'm like,
12:59hey,
12:59now that we got
13:00the first one,
13:01definitely sit Jimmy,
13:04let him rest.
13:05I think,
13:06you know,
13:06Curry is feeling it now.
13:08I think Curry
13:09is starting to smell it now.
13:11You know,
13:11when you're a champion
13:12so many times,
13:13it's this point and thing
13:14where you start smelling it
13:16and I don't think
13:17Curry's going to let up.
13:18I don't care
13:19if they put two,
13:20three people on him.
13:22We've seen him do it before.
13:23He is the most spectacular player
13:27we have seen
13:28in,
13:28you know,
13:29just 20,
13:3030 years
13:30and I think he's dialed in.
13:32And so I don't think,
13:33no matter what Houston does,
13:35I think Curry's going to show
13:38that championship medal
13:39and just start doing
13:41what Chef does.
13:42And so Houston's in trouble.
13:44You know,
13:45Houston's got a problem.
13:46Thanks,
13:46Leroy.
13:46The,
13:47I disagree with him.
13:49I think that you can't mess around
13:51because if you lose tonight,
13:52it just changes the whole dynamic
13:54for the rest of the week
13:55and this team
13:57and you just don't want to play
13:58with your food here.
13:59Well,
13:59no,
13:59no,
13:59no,
13:59no,
13:59no,
13:59no.
14:00I'm,
14:00I'm actually protecting
14:02Jimmy Butler in this scenario
14:03because maybe there is still
14:05some soreness
14:05and I don't,
14:06the last thing I want to do
14:07is put a compromised
14:08Jimmy Butler out there
14:09tonight,
14:10Joe.
14:10Sounds like it's pain tolerance.
14:11Not like you can,
14:12you know,
14:13injure it further.
14:14But even if it's pain tolerance,
14:16he's playing through something
14:17that's going to be bothering him
14:18that might hamper him
14:18just a little bit today
14:19and you lose this game
14:21with Jimmy Butler.
14:22All of a sudden
14:23that swings the momentum
14:24back to the Houston Rockets
14:26saying,
14:26okay,
14:27well,
14:27we just beat this team again
14:28with their best play.
14:29Like their only win
14:30in this series
14:31was basically
14:32without Jimmy Butler
14:32in the game.
14:33So there is still
14:34the mental edge there
14:35for the Warriors
14:36that,
14:36hey,
14:36once we have Jimmy
14:37for all the game,
14:38we have,
14:39we're one to no against them.
14:40We get them back today.
14:41You have to go out
14:41and they have to play.
14:42Like I get the whole
14:43mental part of it,
14:44but to me,
14:45this is about like,
14:45it's just like,
14:46you have to go out
14:46and play and execute
14:47and they need to win
14:48to rely on.
14:49Again,
14:50I'm not saying
14:50that they can't
14:51get these contributions,
14:52but 33 combined
14:54from Buddy and GP2.
14:56I don't know
14:57if I could bank
14:57on that without Jimmy again.
14:59Well,
14:59I don't think that
14:59Pods is going to be
15:00that bad again.
15:01I don't think that
15:02Moses Moody is going
15:02to be that bad again.
15:03Pods had one game
15:03and now I know he's sick,
15:04so let's throw that away.
15:06But it's not like
15:07he's a scorer at heart.
15:09He's due though.
15:09I think some of these players,
15:11these role players
15:11for the Warriors are due
15:12and that's why I think
15:13tonight,
15:13if Jimmy does play,
15:15you've got the role
15:15player contributions though.
15:17Someone else step up.
15:19Great.
15:19I didn't expect
15:20to get the Buddy Heald game
15:21and the Gary Payton game
15:22at the same time.
15:23I'm glad it worked out that way,
15:24but someone else
15:25is going to step up.
15:26That's what happens
15:26in these playoffs.
15:27Guys where you least expect it.
15:28Like,
15:29I think that's what
15:30was so impressive to me
15:31as well.
15:33And I am reacting
15:34to what I saw yesterday
15:35a little bit too
15:36because on Saturday,
15:37I thought Steve Kerr
15:37had a coaching master class
15:38and I thought JJ Reddick
15:40for the Lakers
15:40had a coaching disaster class,
15:42if you will.
15:43He played,
15:44and for those of you
15:44who just joined us
15:45who didn't watch the game,
15:46maybe you weren't up to it.
15:46I thought it was a great weekend
15:47of sports in general,
15:48whether it was the draft
15:49or there was NBA playoffs
15:50or baseball was on fire.
15:52It was great watching
15:53of sports heading into May
15:55next week.
15:56This is a prime time
15:57of the year for me.
15:59But the Lakers
16:00and JJ Reddick
16:01played all of their starters,
16:03or I shouldn't say starters
16:04because I guess
16:04Dorian Finney-Smith
16:05didn't start technically,
16:07but basically
16:07all their players
16:08in the second half
16:09played the entire second half.
16:10They played the same five
16:11for every minute.
16:12For the entire second half.
16:15Didn't get a break
16:15at all.
16:17And it showed
16:18late in that game.
16:19It showed.
16:19The young guy
16:20of Anthony Edwards
16:22who did get some rest
16:23along the way,
16:24he was fresher
16:25than Luka,
16:26than LeBron,
16:27than, well actually,
16:28LeBron was probably
16:29the freshest guy
16:30and it's pretty sad
16:31that a 40-year-old
16:31has to be your best
16:32defensive player
16:33on that team.
16:33And that just goes
16:34to show that team
16:35is where it's at.
16:36But relax.
16:38I heard what you had
16:39a little snide comment
16:40over there.
16:41Chill.
16:42But that's what showed
16:44up to me
16:45over the weekend.
16:46Coaching still matters, guys.
16:49I know the stars.
16:51In basketball,
16:52we like to think
16:52the coaches don't matter.
16:53It's just the stars,
16:54the stars, the stars.
16:55No, coaching matters.
16:56Especially in the scenario
16:57where we saw
16:57Jimmy Butler was out
16:58and Stephen Curry
16:59was there
17:00and maybe Steve Kerr
17:01was buying Steph
17:02a few extra minutes
17:03in that fourth quarter.
17:04But he played 41 in total.
17:05Well, he never starts
17:06the fourth quarter.
17:07I think that's
17:08a great wrinkle
17:08that they went with.
17:10They started him
17:10in that fourth quarter,
17:11took him out,
17:12put GP2 in,
17:13and then subbed him
17:14back in
17:14and he got multiple timeouts
17:16because of television timeouts.
17:18And so really
17:19the real time
17:21sit down for Curry
17:22was probably closer
17:23to 10 or 15 minutes
17:25as opposed to the
17:26whatever,
17:26two or three minutes
17:27that he ended up
17:28sitting on the bench.
17:29Look, they've done zones.
17:31They've done
17:31specific doubles.
17:33They've gone to a 2-3.
17:35They've gone to a 1-3-1.
17:36They've changed
17:37some of their offense.
17:38Seems to be a little more
17:40Steph, bring the ball
17:41up the floor
17:42more than we're accustomed to.
17:44I mean, there was even
17:44a point where
17:45you saw Steph said
17:46to GP2,
17:47give me the damn ball
17:48as he's coming up.
17:50So they've done
17:51a lot of really good wrinkles.
17:52I like that
17:52with Jimmy Butler
17:53out of this game,
17:55the floor in the middle
17:56opened up
17:56and GP2 took clear advantage
17:58as opposed to being
17:59in that dunker spot,
18:00meaning baseline side.
18:01He had the ball
18:02in his hand
18:03at the top of the key
18:03and did that fake handoff
18:05to Steph Curry
18:06as he's coming off the action
18:07and it just draws
18:08so much attention.
18:09And then boom,
18:10you saw three different layups
18:11in the late third quarter
18:13into the fourth quarter
18:13for GP2.
18:15It was brilliant.
18:15And Stephen Curry
18:16talked about it
18:17after the game
18:17on how unbelievable
18:18Gary Payton II was
18:20with his father
18:21also in attendance.
18:22Gary was unbelievable
18:23taking advantage
18:25of the double team
18:25on the side,
18:26getting in the paint,
18:28finish at the rim,
18:28the big three
18:29in the corner,
18:30and obviously
18:30what he does
18:31on the defensive end.
18:32So he's been around too.
18:33He was part of
18:34the 22 championship team.
18:35He knows what it takes.
18:36Let's not forget that.
18:37Gary Payton II
18:38is a champion still
18:39and championships matter
18:41in series like this
18:42when you're going up
18:42against the only other team,
18:44the only player
18:45that has a championship
18:45on the opposing team
18:46is Fred Van Vliet
18:47who showed up
18:48in the first quarter.
18:49He was great.
18:50Only made one shot
18:50after that.
18:51One shot.
18:52Yeah, I know.
18:53One.
18:53We felt like that was the threat.
18:55We were all waiting.
18:55You were talking about it.
18:57There's going to be a game
18:58where Fred Van Vliet
18:59goes off.
18:59I think that was it.
19:00He had 17 points in total
19:01and wasn't very efficient.
19:02I still think that the Rockets
19:03are a threat
19:04to the Warriors here
19:05and that's why
19:06I don't want to mess around.
19:07I will play Jimmy.
19:09This is what you signed up for.
19:09This is what you got him.
19:10They will be their most
19:11threatening I think tonight.
19:12This is the game.
19:13This is why I need Jimmy.
19:14Their backs are against the wall
19:16and they're going to come out swinging.
19:17I just don't know
19:18if they have the offense to do it.
19:19It's one thing to play desperate
19:20but you have to contribute
19:22offensively to do that.
19:23I just don't know
19:23if they have the guys to do it
19:25and what I saw
19:25from the Warriors defensively
19:26was ferocity on Saturday.
19:29They rose to the moment
19:30when it mattered most
19:31and it's the Rockets
19:32who didn't score 100 points.
19:33Not the Warriors.
19:34The Rockets didn't score
19:35100 points on Saturday
19:36and they had all their guys
19:38healthy in it
19:38after Jalen Green
19:39dropped 30 on their ass.
19:41What did he do?
19:41Didn't even hit double figures.
19:42He had nine points.