SHAQ & NBA TV crew REACT to Pacers vs Thunder Game 2 Highlights

SHAQ & NBA TV crew REACT to Pacers vs Thunder Game 2 Highlights

OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER AFTER LOSING IN GAME ONE. THEY IMPROVED TO FIVE ZERO AFTER LOSSES ON THE SEASON. CHET HOLMGREN TWO FOR NINE IN GAME ONE. HAD NINE POINTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER, 15 IN A GAME. J-DUB WITH 19 AND YOUR MVP AND LEADING SCORER IN THE NBA THIS SEASON. SHEA BUTTER, SHEA GILGEOUS ALEXANDER 34 POINTS AND EIGHT ASSISTS. WELCOME TO GAME TIME LIVE AT THE FINALS, PRESENTED BY YOUTUBE TV. WE GOT THE CHAMPS WITH US. SHAQUILLE O’NEAL KENNY “THE JET” SMITH AND ISAIAH THOMAS. YOU KNOW SHAQ, YOU ADDED A NEW WORD TO THE VERNACULAR IN OUR PREGAME SHOW, THE SUPER OTHERS. I GOT TO START WITH A STAT ABOUT THOSE GUYS. AARON WIGGINS AND ALEX CARUSO COMBINED TO OUTSCORE TYRESE HALIBURTON AND PASCAL. THOSE TWO BROTHERS STEPPED UP TONIGHT FOR OKC. THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL A TOTAL TEAM EFFORT. I’VE BEEN SAYING FOR THE PAST TWO GAMES THAT YOU KNOW, SHAY GILL JUST, YOU KNOW, WITH A J-DUB AND CHET J-DUB HAS 19. CHET HAS I THINK 15 OR WHATEVER HELD THEM UNDER 20. BUT THEN CARUSO SUPER OTHER AND THEN THE OTHER. KIDD WIGGINS 18 TOTAL TEAM EFFORT THEY PLAY. BUT WE KNEW THEY WAS GOING TO RESPOND THIS WAY. THEY PLAYED WELL. BOTH TEAMS PLAYED HARD. BUT OKC GOT THAT MOMENTUM BACK NOW. NOW WE HAVE A SERIES. YOU KNOW I WAS SCARED FOR OKC BECAUSE USUALLY YOU KNOW WHEN YOU’RE UPSET WHEN YOU FEEL YOU LET A GAME GET AWAY, YOU PUT THE GAME AWAY EARLY. AND THE FACT THAT IN THE FIRST QUARTER IT WAS CLOSE IN THE SECOND QUARTER WAS CLOSE. THEY DIDN’T PULL AWAY UNTIL LIKE THE EARLY MID THIRD QUARTER. BUT NOW WE HAVE A SERIES TOTAL TEAM EFFORT FROM OKC. NOW CAN THEY DO THAT ON THE ROAD. BECAUSE WE’VE BEEN SAYING AND WE KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE EVERYBODY PLAYS WELL AT HOME. CAN WIGGINS GET 18. CAN CARUSO HIT 20. CAN THEY SHOOT 50% 48.8% FROM THE FIELD ON THE ROAD. SO NOW IT’S ONE ONE INDIANA STOLE ONE. I’M JUST GLAD IT’S NOT THE OLD FORMAT THAT 232. YEAH. REMEMBER THAT FORMAT THAT 232. YEAH. SO NOW WE HAVE A SERIES I WON’T EVEN BE WATCHING BECAUSE AFTER THIS I’M DISHONEST. OH SHUT UP. LISTEN, I DON’T EVEN WANT TO HEAR IT. I’M GOING TO BE IN THE BAHAMAS. THEY HAVE TVS IN THE HOUSE. THEY HAVE. THEY HAVE ABC, NBA TV IS ALSO NOT IN THE OCEAN. YEAH. YOU DO SATELLITE, BUT, YOU KNOW, NOT AN OCEAN. SO YOU FINISH UP BECAUSE I KNOW, YOU KNOW, I WAS I WAS JUST GOING TO ECHO WHAT SHAQ WAS SAYING HOW YOU KNOW, THEY CAME OUT AND THEY GOT, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY GOT 123, FOUR. THEY GOT FIVE PEOPLE IN DOUBLE FIGURES. BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT I SAW TONIGHT WAS ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE FOR OKC. SHAY WAS DEFINITELY A DISTRIBUTOR TONIGHT. EVEN THOUGH HE EVEN THOUGH HE GOT 34 POINTS, BUT HE GOT 34 POINTS ON 21 SHOTS AS A PLAYER AS COMPARED TO LAST GAME. HE GETS 30 POINTS ON 30 SHOTS. YOU KNOW, AND THAT ALLOWS HIM TO GET IN THE GAME. THAT ALLOWS J-WILL TO GET INTO THE GAME, THAT ALLOWS EVERYONE ELSE TO GET INTO THE GAME. AND NOT ONLY WITH HIS 34 POINTS, HE GOT EIGHT ASSISTS WITH THOSE 34 POINTS. SO AS AN OFFENSIVE JUGGERNAUT, THAT’S WHAT HE WAS TONIGHT, NOT JUST IN SCORING, BUT ALSO IN DISTRIBUTING AND MAKING SURE THAT HIS OTHERS SUE FOR OTHERS GOT A CHANCE TO PLAY. I 100% AGREE WITH BOTH OF YOU. YOU KNOW, HAVING CHET BE MUCH MORE INVOLVED AS HE WALKS OVER TO OUR SET AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING MULTIPLE GUYS, I SAID THIS TO CHRIS UPSTAIRS. I SAID, I THINK THIS TEAM IS GOOD ENOUGH. MINNESOTA. CHET, THERE IT IS. WELL, WE’LL LET WE’LL GET BACK TO THAT POINT. BUT WE GOT A STAR OF THE GAME SITTING IN ON US RIGHT NOW, AND WE WANT TO HAVE HIM FOR THE HAVE HIM HEAR EVERYTHING. WHAT’S UP? WHAT’S UP. GOOD GAME TONIGHT. SO CHRIS YOU STARTED OFF AND WE’LL FINISH IT UP. SO CHET WE TALKED DURING THE WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS AND GOOD TO SEE YOU HERE. MAKE IT TO THE NBA FINALS. BUT AFTER THAT GAME ONE TWO FOR NINE FROM THE FIELD. AND WE TALKED IN THE PAST ABOUT YOUR STRUGGLES AND WHAT YOU’VE BEEN THROUGH TO BOUNCE BACK IN THE FIRST QUARTER. YOU CAME OUT STRONG. DID YOU HAVE IT AS A POINT OF EMPHASIS TO MAKE SURE YOU GOT OFF TO A GOOD START? THOSE NINE POINTS IN THE FIRST, MY POINT OF EMPHASIS WAS REALLY JUST TO COME OUT AND COMPETE, WORRY ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT MATTER TOWARDS WINNING AND LET EVERYTHING ELSE TAKE CARE OF ITSELF. I DIDN’T WANT TO PUT TOO MUCH, TOO MUCH FOCUS ON ON, YOU KNOW, SHOTS, THIS AND THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY DON’T GO DOWN EARLY, THEY CAN KIND OF TAKE YOU OUT OF YOUR GAME. AND I FEEL LIKE I LET THAT HAPPEN IN GAME ONE. SO I HAD TO CORRECT THAT IN GAME TWO. THAT’S ONE OF THE MAIN FACTORS ON THIS TEAM. WE KNOW WHEN YOUR BIG THREE PLAY AS WELL, YOU GUYS ARE — NEAR UNSTOPPABLE. YOU HAD SIX POINTS. HOW WAS THOSE NIGHTS? YOU PROBABLY TOOK IT ON YOURSELF AND SAY I DIDN’T PLAY WELL. THAT’S WHY WE LOST TOUCH WITH GREAT PLAYERS LIKE YOURSELF DO. HOW DID YOU SLEEP AND WHAT WERE YOU THINKING ABOUT THOSE THREE DAYS OFF? MAN, I DIDN’T I DIDN’T SLEEP VERY WELL, BUT, YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST THINKING, YOU KNOW, ABOUT GRATITUDE AND HOW GRATEFUL I AM TO BE HERE. YOU KNOW, IF ANYBODY CAN SPEAK ON IT, NOT BEING PROMISED OR GUARANTEED TO. I CAN SPEAK ON THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW I HAD A BAD GAME. GAME ONE STILL FEEL LIKE I CAN BE BETTER AFTER THIS. GAME TWO AND THAT’S, YOU KNOW, GETTING BACK, WATCHING THE FILM, SEEING WHERE I CAN DO THAT FOR TO GET READY FOR THE NEXT GAMES. BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT WHERE I COULD BE BETTER AND JUST THOUGHT ABOUT COMING OUT AND COMPETING HARD. YOU KNOW, CHET, I FOLLOWED YOUR WHOLE CAREER, YOU KNOW, SINCE HIGH SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, YOU HAD THE BALL IN YOUR HAND. YOU WERE PLAYMAKER. THEN YOU GO TO GONZAGA. YOU HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR GAME UP A LITTLE BIT. NOW YOU GET HERE TO THE PROS. YOU GOT TO EVEN CHANGE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON, YOU KNOW, SHIFTING YOUR GAME, NOT BEING THE PLAYMAKER THAT YOU USED TO BE. BUT WHEN YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE AS YOU WERE TONIGHT, HOW DOES THAT FEEL FOR YOU KNOWING THAT YOU ARE MORE INVOLVED IN THE OFFENSE AS OPPOSED TO JUST STANDING AND WAITING, CATCHING AND HAVING TO SHOOT THE EXCUSE ME WHEN I SAY THIS, THOSE SHOTS. IT COMES DOWN TO UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO LOOK AT MYSELF AS A WINNER. EVERYBODY’S A WINNER UNTIL IT’S INCONVENIENT. YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO CAN’T SHOOT THIS SHOT ANYMORE. CAN’T SHOOT AS MANY SHOTS, CAN’T DRIBBLE AS MUCH AS YOU WANT. IT’S NOT ABOUT THAT TO ME. AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT’S ABOUT WINNING, ESPECIALLY GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE STUFF I’VE BEEN THROUGH AND HOW GOOD OUR TEAM IS AS WELL. YOU KNOW, IT’S NOT ABOUT COMING BACK AND TRYING TO FORCE MY WILL ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT I WANT TO DO OUT THERE. AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT’S ABOUT FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN WIN AND TRUSTING THAT OVER TIME, THINGS BUILD OUT. YOU KNOW, AS I CONTINUE TO WORK ON MY GAME, AS I GET BETTER AT THINGS, AS THE TEAM, YOU KNOW, CONTINUES TO IMPROVE AND FIND DIFFERENT AREAS TO BE BETTER. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, WINNING IS AT THE FOREFRONT. SO YEAH, AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS. FIRSTLY, BUT YOU MADE A GREAT COMMENT, CHET. A LOT OF PLAYERS HERE. IT IMPACT WINNING. BE SPECIFIC ON WHAT CHET HOLMGREN DOES THAT IMPACTS WINNING. IT’S IT’S A MILLION THINGS OUT THERE. YOU KNOW FROM DEFENSE. YOU KNOW HAVING YOUR GUYS KNOW THAT YOU GOT THEIR BACK. WHEN THEY GET BEAT. YOU’RE AT THE RIM TO HAVE THEIR BACK. AND THAT ALLOWS THEM TO PRESSURE UP YOU KNOW PLAY TO GET SOME STEALS, GET US OUT IN TRANSITION. YOU KNOW IT COULD BE YOU KNOW SPACING THE FLOOR, MOVING WITHOUT THE BALL, ATTACKING A BAD CLOSEOUT SHOOTING WHEN THEY CLOSE SHORT. YOU KNOW IT’S A MILLION THINGS TALKING. THAT’S A BIG ONE IN THE GAME. OUT OF THE GAME DOESN’T MATTER. YOU KNOW GETTING YOUR GUYS ON THE SAME PAGE. THERE’S I COULD SIT HERE AND TALK ALL NIGHT ABOUT THE THINGS THAT REALLY MATTER TO WINNING. AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU GOT TO HAVE DUDES THAT CAN GO GET BUCKETS AND PUT UP POINTS. THAT’S WHAT THE LEAGUE’S ABOUT. AND YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY KNOWS WE GOT THAT. WE GOT THE MVP CLEARLY. SO. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY IT’S A55 MAN GAME. YOU KNOW THERE’S A LOT OF MVP’S THAT NEVER WIN A RING. NOT ONLY IT’S NOT ALL ON THEM. THERE’S FIVE DUDES OUT THERE AND EVERYBODY COLLECTIVELY GOT TO GET IT DONE. SO YOU KNOW THAT’S MY MINDSET. THAT’S OUR MINDSET AS A TEAM. ALL 17 ARE LOCKED IN ON THAT AND THAT’S WHAT WE’RE TRYING TO DO. WE KNOW YOU PLAYED WITH MVP, BUT DO YOU SAY TO YOURSELF LIKE FOR EXAMPLE I NEED TO AVERAGE 15 A GAME, TEN REBOUNDS, THREE BLOCKS. DO YOU SET GOALS LIKE THAT FOR YOURSELF OR DO YOU JUST COME IN? OF COURSE I SET GOALS FOR MYSELF. AND YOU KNOW, I EVEN SAID IT TONIGHT. I DON’T FEEL LIKE I HAD A GREAT GAME TONIGHT BY ANY MEANS. YOU KNOW, I WAS IMPACTFUL IN AREAS, BUT I GOT TO CONTINUE TO GET BETTER AND, AND OVER TIME, AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN’T JUST LOOK AT NUMBERS, BE LIKE, I WANT TO PUT UP THESE NUMBERS. YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO WORK TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS AND LET THAT FOLLOW. TALK ABOUT THE EMPHASIS TONIGHT ON ON REBOUNDING. YOU GUYS WERE, YOU KNOW, SEVERELY OUTREBOUNDED THE LAST GAME. AND IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WAS A CONCERTED EFFORT BY EVERYONE TO REBOUND THE BASKETBALL BETTER LIMIT INDIANA’S OFFENSIVE PUTBACKS WAS THAT A WAS THAT A FOCUS ON ON THE ON THE BOARD AND ON THE GAME PLAN TONIGHT? YEAH, THERE’S ALWAYS GOT TO BE A FOCUS ON THE BOARDS. AT THE END OF THE DAY YOU CAN’T GET OUT AND RUN AND TRY AND SCORE POINTS. IF YOU CAN’T CLOSE POSSESSIONS, ESPECIALLY THE WAY WE PLAY DEFENSE. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THERE’S SOME REALLY TOUGH SHOTS. SHOT AT THE END OF THE SHOT CLOCK. SO YOU KNOW THERE’S SOME TOUGH REBOUNDS COMING OFF. YOU KNOW WE GOT TO TRACK THEM DOWN. BUT I DON’T THINK THE STATS TELL THE FULL STORY. AND IN THE LAST GAME YOU KNOW WE FORCED A LOT OF TURNOVERS. AND YOU KNOW WHEN A TEAM TURNS THE BALL OVER THERE’S NO SHOT ON THE RIM TO GO GET THE REBOUND. SO I DON’T THINK IT TELLS THE FULL STORY THERE. BUT EVERY GAME NO MATTER WHAT THE LAST GAME LOOKED LIKE THERE’S GOT TO BE AN EMPHASIS ON THE GLASS. WE GOT TO CLOSE POSSESSIONS OUT SO THAT WE CAN GET IT TO THE OTHER END, YOU KNOW? LASTLY, THERE ARE GUYS IN THE LEAGUE THAT WE CALL UNICORNS OR BEEN CALLED UNICORNS. YOU’RE ONE. PORZINGIS WEMBANYAMA. AND IF YOU TELL SHAQ BO BO BO BO IT’S WONDERFUL. BOW BOW BOW BOW. IF YOU SAY IT. BUT IN THIS ERA OF BASKETBALL HOW IMPACTFUL DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU HAVE TO SHOW ALL OF YOUR VERSATILITY AND BE THAT MISMATCH EVERY TIME? DO YOU PAY ATTENTION TO WHO’S GUARDING YOU AND WHEN THEY’RE GUARDING YOU? YEAH. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHETHER YOU’RE ON OFFENSE OR DEFENSE, YOU GOT TO KNOW WHO YOU’RE GUARDING AT THAT POINT IN TIME, ESPECIALLY AGAINST A TEAM LIKE THIS, YOU GET CROSS-MATCHED IN TRANSITION. YOU GOT TO KNOW WHAT THEY’RE TRYING TO DO ON BOTH ENDS, HOW HOW CERTAIN PLAYERS CLOSE OUT TO YOU. SLOWER PLAYERS WILL USUALLY CLOSE SHORT, TRY TO GAP THE DRIVE AND GET A LATE CONTEST ON THE THREE. SOME OF THE QUICKER PLAYERS WILL TRY TO CLOSE OUT QUICKER, BUT THEY’RE USUALLY SHORTER, SO YOU GOT TO THINK SHOOT OVER THE TOP. BUT IT’S JUST THAT’S WHY THE GAME IS SO QUICK AND THERE’S SO MANY THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE AVERAGE FAN WOULDN’T, WOULDN’T THINK ABOUT THAT’S GOING ON OUT THERE. BUT YOU GOT TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF FIGURE ALL THAT OUT ON THE FLY. AND THE UNICORN PLAYS MINNESOTA. CHET CHET HOLMGREN, JUST THREE YEARS REMOVED FROM BEING THE SECOND PICK IN THE DRAFT. NOW JUST THREE WINS AWAY FROM POTENTIALLY BEING AN NBA CHAMPION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. WE APPRECIATE IT. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. PROUD OF YOU MAN. MY LOVE BROTHER THREE AWAY. OH BUT SO IS INDIANA. OH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH I MEAN YOU KNOW THEY GOT TO GO TO INDIANA AND WIN TOO. YEAH YEAH. THEY GOT LOOKING BACK AT GAME TWO. HERE’S THE HIGHLIGHT J-DUB FINDING SGA IN THE CORNER. AND THE THUNDER CAME OUT CONNECTING FROM OUTSIDE UP BY FIVE ANDREW NEMBHARD. HE KNOWS CORNER THREES WERE GOOD FOR THE PACERS EARLY AND OFTEN. ZEKE YOU KNOW INDIANA. THIS IS WHAT THEY LIKE TO DO. AND I THOUGHT OKC DID A GOOD JOB OF NOT ONLY PRESSURING BUT YOU KNOW TAKING THOSE EASY SHOTS AWAY. AND I THOUGHT CHET COMING OUT BEING AGGRESSIVE IN THE FIRST QUARTER. YOU KNOW NOT ONLY ESTABLISHING HIMSELF AS AN OFFENSIVE PLAYER BUT GIVING SGA THE THE FREEDOM TO LET HIM KNOW THAT, OKAY, YOU GOT YOU GOT ME WITH YOU TONIGHT AND I’M READY TO PLAY AND I’M READY TO GO. NINE POINTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER. SHAQ YOU ASKED HIM HE HAD SIX POINTS IN ALL OF GAME ONE. YOU KNOW, ALL GREAT PLAYERS HAVE THE SAME MOTTO. NEVER HAVE TWO BAD GAMES IN A ROW. SO I ASKED HIM HOW YOU SLEPT. YOU KNOW, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING ABOUT? I KNEW FOR A FACT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE LIKE KENNY SAID, HE WAS THE MAN IN HIGH SCHOOL. HE WAS THE MAN IN GONZAGA. SO I KNEW HE HAD, YOU KNOW, AGGRESSIVE, COME TO PLAY HARD ON HIS MAN. LISTEN, HE PLAYED WELL. AND I COMMEND HIM FOR HIS ANSWERS. HE’S A GUY THAT WANTS TO BE THE MAN, BUT BECAUSE HE’S PLAYING NEXT TO THE MAN, HE HAS TO TAKE TWO STEPS BACK. SO I COMMEND HIM FOR HIS ANSWER BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE, LISTEN, I’M GETTING MINE. I’M GETTING 20. I KNOW I’M PLAYING WITH THIS GUY. WELL, YOU PLAYED WITH YOU PLAYED WITH ANTHONY HARDAWAY, YOU PLAYED WITH KOBE BRYANT, YOU PLAYED WITH D WADE. GUYS WHO HAVE BEEN SUPPOSEDLY THE SECOND GUY. AND THEY’RE LIKE, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE IT FROM YOU TONIGHT, JACK. EXACTLY. AND I AND I JUST LIKE TO SAY ALL THEM GUYS, THEY WERE THE SECOND GUY. SHAQ WAS THE FIRST GUY. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. NO, NO, THAT’S REAL TALK. THUNDER GO ON A 19 TO 2 RUN TO BUILD A 23 POINT LEAD. BUT KENNY UNLIKE GAME ONE THE THUNDER REALLY NEVER LET UP. IT NEVER GOT UNDER 13 POINTS THAT LEAD BECAUSE THEY PASSED THE BASKETBALL. THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE. EXAMPLE OF THAT THEY THEY DIDN’T HOLD ON TO IT AN EXTRA SECOND. I THOUGHT THEY WERE A LITTLE ANTSY AND A LITTLE FIDGETY IN GAME ONE WHEN THEY GOT STEALS OR WHEN THEY GOT CONVERGENCE, THEY DIDN’T REALLY GET EVERYONE INVOLVED. IT SHOWED IN THEIR ASSIST TOTALS. I DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE TONIGHT. THEY HAD TO BE AT LEAST CLOSE TO DOUBLE BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY WERE DOING OFFENSIVELY. TWO STEALS, GETTING INTO THE LANE, GETTING INTO BISON DELE, FRUSTRATING THE ALMOST FRUSTRATED. BUT THE FUNNY THING ABOUT THIS GAME, EVEN THOUGH THEY GOT TO THE BIG LEAGUE, YOU STILL HAVE TO WATCH OUT WITH INDIANA. SO YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH THEY GOT THE LEAD, INDIANA KEPT FIGHTING AND KEPT FIGHTING. AND THEN OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THE LAST SIX, SEVEN MINUTES THEY, YOU KNOW, SAID, OH, THAT’S HOW YOU BAPTIZE A MYLES TURNER BRINGING THE THUNDER, BAPTIZING THE ETERNAL FIRE. SO THE ASSIST TOTALS YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT, KENNY, 25 ASSISTS FOR OKC IN THIS ONE. AFTER 13 ASSISTS A SEASON LOW IN GAME ONE. BIG DIFFERENCE 100%. YEAH. AND THERE IT IS. YOU KNOW ZEKE WHEN EVERYONE TOUCHES IT IT’S EASIER TO LIKE EVEN IF I DON’T SHOOT THE BASKETBALL CHRIS BUT I TOUCH IT IN A POSSESSION WHEN THE NEXT TIME I GIVE IT GIVES ME ENERGY. AND NOW WHEN I DO CATCH IT, IT’S NOT LIKE A FOREIGN OBJECT. IT DOESN’T FEEL LIKE A SQUARE. IT FEELS LIKE A CIRCLE. AND I CAN CATCH IT AND SHOOT IT. AND SO YOU HAVE TO GET PEOPLE INVOLVED. SHAY DID A MUCH BETTER JOB GETTING OFF THE BASKETBALL EARLY IN TRANSITION. CARUSO WITH 20 J. WILL WITH 19, WIGGINS 18 HAL GREER 15 EARLY A LOT IN THE FIRST HALF. THIS WAS A TOTAL TEAM EFFORT AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE KEY. YOU KNOW SHAY CAME OUT AND NOT ONLY GOT HIS TEAMMATES INVOLVED BUT HE WAS ABLE TO KEEP HIMSELF INVOLVED. AND YOU KNOW THAT GOES WITH THE 21 SHOT ATTEMPTS AGAIN AS OPPOSED TO 30. AND LETTING LETTING CHET GET INVOLVED EARLY KNOWING THAT SGA CAN COME BACK AND GET HIS. I THINK HE LET OTHERS GET INVOLVED. HE LET JAE WILL GET INVOLVED, AND THEN HE STARTED TO INSERT HIMSELF INTO THE GAME. BUT I THOUGHT SGA DID A GREAT JOB OF READING THE GAME TONIGHT AND ONLY TAKING 21 SHOTS AGAIN, AS OPPOSED TO 30 SHOTS THE OTHER NIGHT. RICK CARLISLE AT THE PODIUM, NOW HEAD COACH OF THE INDIANA PACERS. ANOTHER BAD FIRST HALF, OBVIOUSLY WAS A BIG PROBLEM. AND WE JUST PLAYED POORLY. A LITTLE BETTER IN THE SECOND HALF, BUT YOU CAN’T BE A TEAM THAT’S REACTIVE AND EXPECT TO BE SUCCESSFUL OR HAVE CONSISTENCY. SO. WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE A LOT BETTER ON WEDNESDAY. ALL RIGHT. FIRST QUESTION HERE. HEY COACH LANDRY FROM ESPN BRAZIL AFTER NOT GOING WITH THE TWO BIGS IN THE FIRST GAME. THEY PLAYED A BIG STRETCH WITH THAT OF THE GAME WITH HARTENSTEIN AND HOLMGREN. DO YOU FEEL LIKE THIS HAD A BIG IMPACT ON THE RESULT TONIGHT? I DON’T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANY LINEUP THAT THEY USED THAT WASN’T IMPACTFUL FOR THEM. OVER HERE ON THE LEFT, ZACH OSTERMAN, INDIANAPOLIS STAR I GUESS JUST ASKING ABOUT TYRESE. HE KIND OF STRUGGLED TO GET ENGAGED WITH THE GAME THE FIRST COUPLE OF QUARTERS. HE DOES KIND OF FIND IT THERE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. DOES ANYTHING CHANGE FROM HIM FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE IN TERMS OF JUST KIND OF BEING ABLE TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE ENGAGED AND SEE SOME OF THOSE SHOTS FALL? WELL, THERE’S A LOT MORE TO TO THE GAME THAN JUST SCORING. SO EVERYBODY’S GOT TO DO MORE. STARTS WITH THE BEST PLAYERS, STARTS WITH, TYRESE AND PASCAL AND MILES, WHO WILL BE IN HERE TO TALK TO YOU GUYS. AND THEN IT GOES FROM THERE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SHOULDN’T JUST LOOK AT HIS POINTS AND ASSISTS AND JUDGE HOW HE HOW HE PLAYED OR ANY OF OUR JUDGE HOW ANY OF OUR GUYS PLAYED JUST ON THAT. THAT’S JUST NOT THAT’S NOT HOW OUR TEAM IS BUILT. I MEAN, WE’RE WE’RE AN ECOSYSTEM THAT HAS TO FUNCTION TOGETHER. AND, YOU KNOW, STATS, YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO SCORE ENOUGH POINTS TO WIN THE GAME. BUT WHO GETS THEM AND HOW THEY GET THEM? NOT IMPORTANT FIRST RIGHT HERE. JUST 34 POINTS IN THE PAINT IN BOTH OF THESE GAMES. YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT BEING A POINT TO GREAT TEAM. WHAT ARE THE THUNDER DOING SO WELL TO KEEP YOU GUYS FROM PLAYING THE WAY THAT YOU WANT IN THERE? WELL THEY WERE THE BEST IN THE LEAGUE DURING THE YEAR AT KEEPING PEOPLE OUT OF THERE. AND SO THEY’RE GREAT AT IT. WE’VE GOT TO FIND WAYS TO GET THE BALL IN THERE AND YOU KNOW, IT’S JUST THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT HAVE TO GO RIGHT ON A, ON A, ON A SET OF TWO POSSESSIONS TO GET THE BALL INTO THE HEART OF THEIR DEFENSE. YOU KNOW, YOU’VE GOT TO GET YOU’VE GOT TO GET A STOP, A REBOUND, YOU’VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO GET THE BALL UP THE FLOOR WITHOUT A TURNOVER. AND THEN YOU’VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO GET IT INTO THE LANE AND TO THE RIM. AND IT’S IT’S A TOUGH TASK. SO YOU KNOW WE’LL LOOK AT IT. THERE WERE THERE WERE SOME STRETCHES WHERE WE DID SOME GOOD THINGS ATTACKING THE PAINT. BUT THERE WEREN’T ENOUGH SECOND ROW MIDDLE. THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER THEY BOUNCE BACK TYING TH

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