Kyle Kuzma Postgame Media Availability | 11.14.25

Kyle Kuzma Postgame Media Availability | 11.14.25

Obviously Doc makes a call to put you in the starting lineup. Um we’ve talked so much about just kind of playing your role and doing the right things this season. Just what’s the mindset knowing that you know you’re going to start the game rather than coming off the bench? Um no mindset switch. Um still play my role, you know, play defense, cut, uh be efficient, um communicate on defense, you know, same stuff. um you know like I said I I think I said to you a little bit in Charlotte but um you know whether you know it’s 15 17 shots it’s four shots is still playing the same style basketball and um you know that’s just credit my teammates is finding me and you know finding me on cuts and finding me in transition and stuff like that you know so that being said though why do you think tonight was your best game yet as a buck? Um, well, I mean, you can say that just cuz, you know, probably the 29 points, you know, the ball came to me a lot, but, uh, like I told you, I’m more excited about the four steals. I don’t think I’ve ever had too many games with four steals in my in my career. So, I think, um, you know, just playing sound basketball, focused, and um, you know, committed to the team. So, was uh, how important was the rebounding aspect? back did mention he’s like that’s you know you’re a bigger player and that was a problem or has been. So what what kind of focus was there either for you individually you’re even as a team especially knowing what kind of they were able to do on the glass a couple days ago. Well especially this game because Date is probably one of the best offensive rebounders in the league. Um crushed us past couple games and that’s been our Achilles heel a little bit early in this early part of the season. So um you know makes makes some sense obviously if we’re struggling put a little bit more size. So, um I don’t know what the rebound numbers were today, but you know, they don’t I don’t think they were as bad as in Charlie. So, um just for you, just how much kind of potential and chemistry do you still think there is to kind of grow with Giannis as a cutter? Um just kind of flashing to those open spots. Um I mean, it’s a lot. You know, it’s just obviously he’s such a incredibly dominant player that um there’s a lot of times in three people it doesn’t really matter, right? But um you know there’s times where you know he’s probably tired of doing that. So um just trying to find the right seams and gaps um you know and uh he found me a lot tonight which was huge. Um you know huge step. So only five points allowed in overtime. You know they scored a lot but that’s clearly the winning part of the game. So just the the team effort there in those final five minutes to to limit them in that way claw a victory. I mean, we we uh we cleaned it up a little bit. I think their uh flat 14 pick and roll or not 14, but just flat ball screen pick and roll um really hurt us a lot tonight. Uh KPO, you know, coming on and you know, us not necessarily getting to him right away and him hitting a lot of those shots in the fourth that really kept him in the game. Uh I think we covered it up just a little bit and they had to go to different actions. Obviously LaMelo not in the game really being our minute restriction kind of hurt them a little bit but uh you know they’re uh much better team than their record and um you know I think uh we kind of just locked in a little bit more in that overtime session. So uh Doc has spent a lot of this year talking about how cool it is to kind of see Miles sacrifice himself with CS to open people up. Uh and then he mentioned, well, you kind of did it to open Miles up in overtime. Just uh to have Miles around to hit those big shots when obviously the centers and everyone’s going to try to pack the paint. I mean, he was an unsung hero for sure. Um I think coming into that overtime for him to come in and uh hit was it two threes in that overtime session? I mean, it was huge. um you know, gave us like a little bit more confidence, have a little breath, you know, just a little bit of a cushion to um you know, be a little bit more aggressive on defense or um be a little bit more confident when we came back on offense. You know, you know, when you have those type of games and people that can come in and shoot and um you know, change the game other than him, uh that’s what we do it for. So, obviously, it’s not easy to do it back to back. In your opinion, what are the major keys to find another win tomorrow? Uh, energy, effort, uh, and defense. You know, I think if we settle in on those three things, then, uh, we give ourselves a chance every night. You know, obviously, um, you know, I haven’t watched too much of the Lakers, but I know Luca’s balling this year, you know, AR’s balling, and, you know, they’re on pretty much of a run right now. So, look at the standing. So,

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