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Steph Curry speaks on win vs Heat. He also speaks on Klay Thompson returning to the starting lineup.
W on the top we on the top we on the top had to get it with my guys never stop Mr what dynamic did the clay bring back to the starting lineup tonight uh just obviously he’s his gravity his ability to give us you know
Spacing on the floor I think it uh it was effort To unlock JK and wigs you know give them driving lanes and you know get them more involved earlier in the game obviously Miami is they’re really kind of sneaky and some of the defensive schemes they have and Zone man uh you know different coverages bam protecting the rim so it’s helpful to
Have you know Clay out there doing what he does um and it’s a credit to him just in general and being able to respond to whatever he’s been asked to do this year uh whether it’s coming off the bench whether it’s starting most people think that might be
I know maybe they think it’s easy to just transition from one to the other and it’s not you have to kind of prepare your mind to you know and your body to be ready for whatever you know is throwing at you so it’s credit to him and his his his
Attitude and his preparation and you know going out there and hooping the way he does Steph you guys had the heat to 40% shooting in the second half and I believe 37 combined points after them shooting about 51% in the first half what was the biggest change for you guys
On that side of the floor just playing a little bit more physical we kept getting beat on back cuts and even whether they scored or not it was causing our defense to have to react and then they would open up either three for somebody in a COR corner or uh just a
Breakdown that would you know give them space I think we got a little bit more discipline in the second half it’s the NBA there’s so much talent out there obviously they’re missing a lot of guys um but if you give you know them confidence and you know their patterns
Start to you know attack you that’s when they’re they’re lethal I don’t care who’s out there so we’re very much more disciplined in the second half to keep things in front of us make them take tough shots and you live with it Steph there bams talked about in the
Past there was a play in his rookie year where he was guarding you and it was kind of the play that put him on the defensive map I’m just wondering what number one if you remember that play and two just what are the ways you’ve seen him develop defensively and kind of
Matching up in that way I do remember that play for sure was in this building uh he’s he’s versatile he’s long he can move his feet he he’s obviously a great rim protector and you know there’s a reason they’ve been in the finals twice uh obviously
You know what Jimmy’s able to do and the guys around him but Bam’s a huge part of connecting the game on both ends he’s obviously a great uh weapon on on the offensive end with his he can put pressure on the rim he’s got mid-range he hit a three tonight
They run a lot of actions around him so then you add that to the defensive you know presence that’s why he’s Allstar that’s why he is who he is Steph there’s a lot of teams that can make a reasonable argument why they’re going to be the team at the end that
Wins the whole thing is this the most parody would you even call it that is this the most parody that you can remember and is it good that there’s a lot of teams that clearly have stepped up in recent years and are com can compete for the whole
Thing it’s great for the league hasn’t been good for us this year we uh we’ve been on a nice run since January 1st and haven’t really made up any ground in in the conference standings um but yeah you want to see capable teams all around the league
I think on paper right like it’s it’s names uh in the Western Conference and it’s great teams and a combination of all of that that to your point it wouldn’t be a surprise if any of the top you know 10 11 whatever made a run um obviously Denver
Being the Champs and still at top of those standings they’re they’re the Champs until somebody beats them um and even on the other side so yeah it’s great to see you know that much competition and I’m sure it’ll be a uh a show down the stretch of the season in the playoffs
With whatever matchups happen and a lot of excitement around the league it’s tough glaz said that the team is confident to make a push towards the playoff what does does the team uh need to do better to make that big push play a Brandon basketball like we
Did tonight I think we were like I said in the second half we were a lot more disciplined a lot more physical on defense we took care of the basketball tonight which is a big deal for us the way that we play kept the turnovers down created some really good looks but can’t
Get too ahead of ourselves just take it every I know y’all love that answer take it a game at a time and but honestly that’s our only way to get to where we want to go because it’s been a wild roller coaster of emotions this year for
Us step the heat are known for kind of doing everything they can to take away the other team’s best player I know you played against it for years and you faced every coverage but going into a game like this tonight how does that affect your mentality knowing that you
Know you can get these you know Force two to the ball possessions and other guys will be open or does it mix you up in any way not knowing what type of defenses they’re going to run it challenges you to kind of see the game um like and I was kind of talking
About earlier whether it’s a Zone possession a man possession they were pressing it tests your patience for sure because you got to be you don’t know when your looks are going to come you know you’re going to see bodies I think there was a couple possessions I
Came off of pin downs and caught it and there were two people there got by them there’s another person back there and we Swing Swing we got a good look uh they were trapping off ISO uh possessions and get the ball out of your hands and swing it find the open guy
They got Lon that dunk down the fourth quarter CU they were paying a lot of attention to our perimeter so as long as you just stay patient and see what’s in front of you keep your turnovers down don’t get rushed then whether I’m taking a shot or we’re
Getting a good look that’s good offense and you mentioned the roller coaster of the Year obviously with emotions and uh quick turnaround for you guys with with Orlando but what stands out to you to some of the some bit of the success that you guys have had on the
Road that’s why we think we’re still a good team that can beat anybody CU we can you know our defense can travel you know we’ve had good performances even at home we’ve had big leades on good teams but have let him slip so you know we don’t our record doesn’t you are what
Your record is that’s what the the line is but we do feel like we’ve kind of underachieved on that front and but there’s still belief that you can get hot that you can establish the identity that you need to have uh to be a team that can win four games against
Anybody in the Western Conference in the playoff series until we don’t have that opportunity anymore we’re going to still believe it just a follow up on the earlier questions about the way the heat toggle between defensive schemes um why do you think more teams don’t play that
Way you have to be a very disciplined team and a very connected team because it requires a lot of trust and communication um obviously have a great coach that year after year uh you know they have their core but they find guys that plug those holes and play a certain brand of basketball
So if it was easy everybody would do it right how good is Clay been for an extended stretch now he’s been great uh like I was talking about earlier I think he there’s nobody that uh could handle the kind of where you’re off the bench you’re starting how many minutes you
Playing and in comparison to his entire career and his body of work nobody can handle it like clay in in the sense of you know just being prepared accepting his uh you know what he’s asked to do and and going out and Performing and I think he shot the ball
Extremely well as of late he’s been very consistent and he’s given us a huge boost in whatever role he’s played so um there’s a it’s it’s a challenge he could have gone the other way in the sense of you know resisting the the evolution of what he’s been asked to do
This year and he’s respons it extremely well we need that energy cuz he gives us so much on that front like he did tonight W on the top on the top we on the top had to get it with my guys never stop Mr go split the pie never stop we on the top we on the top we on the top we on the top oh
