Tyrese Haliburton Talks Calf Injury in Game 5 & Loss vs OKC Thunder, Full Postgame Interview

Tyrese Haliburton Talks Calf Injury in Game 5 & Loss vs OKC Thunder, Full Postgame Interview

>> ALL RIGHT, LET’S START FIRST ROW ALL THE WAY TO THE LEFT TIM. >> TIM REYNOLDS AP TYRESE RICK SAID THAT THERE WAS A DISCUSSION AT HALFTIME ABOUT WHETHER YOU SHOULD KEEP GOING OR NOT, AND THAT YOU INSISTED ON ON PLAYING, EVEN THOUGH YOU’RE OBVIOUSLY LABORING. WHAT WENT INTO THAT DECISION, AND HOW CAN YOU EXPLAIN KIND OF HOW LIMITED YOU WERE OUT THERE? >> I MADE THE NBA FINALS. IT’S THE FINALS, MAN. I’VE WORKED MY WHOLE LIFE TO BE HERE AND I WANT TO BE OUT THERE TO COMPETE, YOU KNOW, HELP MY TEAMMATES ANY WAY I CAN. YOU KNOW, I WAS NOT GREAT TONIGHT BY ANY MEANS. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT’S NOT REALLY A THOUGHT OF MINE TO NOT PLAY HERE. YOU KNOW, IF I, IF I CAN, YOU KNOW, WALK THEN I WANT TO PLAY. SO YOU KNOW THEY UNDERSTAND THAT AND YOU KNOW IS WHAT IT IS. AND YOU KNOW GOT TO BE READY TO GO FOR GAME SIX. >> FIRST ROW ON THE RIGHT JAMAL. >> HOW DID YOU TRY TO AFFECT EVEN BEING LIMITED. HOW DID YOU TRY TO AFFECT THE GAME IN THE SECOND HALF. AND THEN JUST YOU KNOW YOU GUYS GOT IT DOWN TO TWO IN THE THIRD OR FOURTH QUARTER THERE. JUST WHAT DO YOU THINK GOT AWAY FROM YOU AFTER THAT. >> YEAH. YOU KNOW JUST TRYING TO KEEP PACE IN THE GAME YOU KNOW IMPACT WHATEVER WHATEVER WAY I CAN JUST YOU KNOW TRYING TO GET THE BALL IN THE RIGHT SPOTS, TRYING TO GET GUYS THE BALL IN THE RIGHT SPOTS IF I CAN, YOU KNOW. AND THEN AS FAR AS WHAT HAPPENED THERE, YOU KNOW, I GOT TO REALLY WE GOT TO WATCH FILM TO, TO SEE IT. YOU KNOW, WE FELT LIKE WE DID A GOOD JOB IN THE SECOND HALF OF, YOU KNOW, PUTTING PACE IN THE GAME AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY GETTING OUT AND RUNNING. WE THOUGHT WE DID A BETTER JOB OF THAT IN THE SECOND HALF. BUT WE REALLY GOT TO CUT DOWN ON THOSE TURNOVERS. YOU KNOW THE TURNOVERS ARE REALLY KILLING US RIGHT NOW ESPECIALLY IN THAT FIRST HALF. SO WE KNOW WE CAN BE BETTER THERE. YOU KNOW WE GOT TO BE READY TO GO FOR GAME SIX. >> FIRST ROW. >> SCOTT AGNES FIELDHOUSE FILES TYRESE. FIRST OF ALL DO YOU BELIEVE THIS IS KIND OF A CONTINUATION OF THAT INJURY YOU HAD AT GAME TWO THAT WE SAW? AND THEN SECONDLY, WHAT ABOUT THOSE TURNOVERS STOOD OUT? WHAT WERE THEY DOING THAT MADE THINGS AWFULLY DIFFICULT? >> YEAH I MEAN IT’S THE SAME SAME AREA YOU KNOW. SO YOU KNOW I DON’T KNOW IF IT IF THEY’RE RELATED. BUT YEAH IT’S THE SAME AREA AS FAR AS YOU KNOW THE TURNOVERS. AGAIN THAT’S THE THING YOU REALLY GOT TO WATCH FILM ON. YOU KNOW I FEEL LIKE SOME OF THEM WERE SELF-INFLICTED. YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY THEY’RE A GREAT DEFENSIVE TEAM. THEY REALLY SWARMED THE BALL. BUT WE GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB OF TAKING CARE OF THE BALL. YOU KNOW ALL THREE OF OUR LOSSES IN THIS SERIES HAVE HAVE TURNOVERS HAVE BEEN A BIG REASON WHY. SO YOU KNOW WATCH THE FILM SEE WHERE WE CAN GET BETTER. WE GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB OF TAKING CARE OF THE BALL. YOU KNOW IF WE WANT TO HAVE A CHANCE. AND YOU KNOW IN GAME SIX. >> THIRD ROW ON THE RIGHT MARC. >> MARC SPEARS ESPN’S LANDSCAPE. THE BEGINNING OF THE WHOLE FINALS. YOU SPOKE ON THE HISTORY OF THE FRANCHISE, THE GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE TICKET WISE, HOW IT’S GONE THROUGH FAMILIES, JUST THE PRIDE OF THE CITY WITH THIS TEAM. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, GOING INTO A GAME LIKE THAT, KNOWING THAT THIS FRANCHISE HAS NOT WON AN NBA CHAMPIONSHIP IN ITS HISTORY, DOES THAT BRING MOTIVATION? DOES IT BRING PRESSURE? COMBINATION OF BOTH. DO YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN YOU GO HOME AND YOU WALK INTO THAT CROWD? >> YEAH, I MEAN, THE THOUGHT IS IF YOU LOSE, THE SEASON’S OVER, YOU KNOW, SO OUR BACKS ARE AGAINST THE WALL. YOU KNOW, WE TAKE PRIDE IN PLAYING AT HOME IN FRONT OF OUR FANS. AND OUR FANS ARE AMAZING. SO, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THEY’RE GOING TO COME OUT WITH A TON OF ENERGY. YOU KNOW IN GAME SIX, YOU KNOW. SO WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND, BE BETTER AND LOOK FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGE. YOU KNOW WE GOT TO TAKE THIS A DAY AT A TIME. OUR BACKS ARE AGAINST THE WALL. I MEAN YOU GOT TO LOOK AT GAME SIX LIKE IT’S A LIKE IT’S A GAME SEVEN. YOU KNOW LOSING IS YOU KNOW IF YOU LOSE YOUR SEASON’S OVER. SO YOU KNOW WE GOT TO GO IN AND YOU KNOW TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS. JUST APPROACH THE GAME THE RIGHT WAY. SEE IF WE CAN GET BETTER IN FILM AND BE READY TO COMPETE. >> HAVE YOU FELT THE WEIGHT OF THE CITY AT ALL IN THEIR DREAMS OF HAVING THIS? >> YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK THAT OUR CITY, OUR FANS ARE, YOU KNOW, AS HUNGRY FOR THIS AS WE ARE AS PLAYERS, YOU KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW, THAT’S A LOT OF FUN. YOU KNOW, COMPETING AND PLAYING AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL IS, YOU KNOW, IS A LOT OF FUN. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FUN, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS CHALLENGE. AND YOU KNOW NOBODY SAID THIS WAS GOING TO BE EASY. SO, YOU KNOW WE GOT TO BE READY TO GO FOR GAME SIX. >> FIRST ROW MIDDLE. >> I GUESS KIND OF KEEPING GOING ON THIS POINT. YOU GUYS HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT ALL THE COMEBACKS YOU’VE HAD IN THIS SEASON, NOT ONLY IN THIS PLAYOFFS BUT BEFORE THAT. I MEAN, HOW MUCH DOES ALL THAT KIND OF GIVE YOU GUYS MUSCLE MEMORY FOR A SITUATION LIKE THIS WHEN YOU ARE FACING ELIMINATION? >> YEAH, I MEAN, WE’VE HAD OUR BACKS AGAINST THE WALL MANY TIMES OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. HAD TO FIGURE OUT DIFFERENT WAYS TO WIN. SO, YOU KNOW, THE WAY THAT THIS YEAR HAS GONE, YOU KNOW, NOBODY SAID THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE SWEET. YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW, IT’S KIND OF POETIC THAT WE’RE HERE, YOU KNOW. AND YOU KNOW, WE’VE GOT TO BE READY TO GO FOR GAME SIX. OUR BACKS ARE AGAINST THE WALL. IT’S A REALLY TOUGH TEAM. WE’RE GOING TO GO HOME AND YOU KNOW HAVE TO GET READY ON A COUPLE OF DAYS. AND YOU KNOW THERE SHOULDN’T EVEN BE A CONVERSATION ABOUT GAME SEVEN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. LIKE YOU KNOW THIS IS THIS IS THE GAME. AND SO EVERYBODY’S GOT TO BE PREPARED. AND IT STARTS WITH ME. AND YOU KNOW WE ALL GOT TO BE BETTER. YOU KNOW THAT’S JUST YOU KNOW POINT BLANK PERIOD. >> FIRST ROW ON THE RIGHT SIDE. >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I FELT LIKE I’VE SEEN YOU GUYS IN THIS PLAYOFFS GET SPED UP BY DEFENSE. DID YOU FEEL THAT WAY AND WHAT IN WHAT WAYS DO YOU FEEL LIKE THAT CONTRIBUTED TO YOUR TURNOVERS? >> YEAH, IT’S A GOOD POINT. I THINK WE JUST WE GOT TO BE BETTER. YOU KNOW WE GOT TO I HONESTLY WANT TO WATCH THE FILM YOU KNOW SEE WHERE YOU KNOW DIFFERENT DIFFERENT AREAS. I FEEL LIKE ESPECIALLY THERE IN THE FOURTH WE HAD SOME REALLY BAD TURNOVERS. ME, MYSELF PERSONALLY, YOU KNOW. SO WE JUST GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB OF GETTING SPACED, YOU KNOW, GETTING DOWNHILL. I THINK THAT’S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING KEEPING PACE IN THE GAME. WE REALLY, YOU KNOW, GOT AFTER IT IN THAT SECOND HALF. CUT THE LEAD DOWN. AND THEY JUST MADE YOU KNOW SHOT AFTER SHOT. AND YOU KNOW WE DIDN’T MAKE ENOUGH PLAYS THAT WE NEEDED TO DOWN THE STRETCH. SO YOU KNOW WATCH THE FILM HERE AND GET BETTER. BUT 22 TURNOVERS AGAINST A TEAM LIKE THIS IS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER. SO I THINK THAT SHOULD BE THE MAIN AREA THAT WE FOCUS ON GOING INTO, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT GAME. AND OBVIOUSLY WE CAN BE BETTER ON, YOU KNOW, MANY, MANY POINTS ON THE COURT. BUT I THINK TAKING CARE OF THE BALL IS OUR, YOU KNOW, IS OUR BIGGEST THING. >> LAST QUESTION IN THE MIDDLE DAN. >> DAN DEVINE YAHOO SPORTS KIND OF ALONG THOSE LINES. AS FRUSTRATING AS THIS OUTCOME IS, I THINK, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE GOTTEN DOWN SO BIG AND COME BACK. WHAT ARE THE POSITIVES THAT YOU CAN TAKE AWAY FROM THIS AS YOU GO INTO GAME SIX? >> YOU KNOW, I THINK THE FIGHT IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE THERE FROM THIS GROUP, YOU KNOW, AND WE’VE SHOWN THAT WHEN OUR BACKS ARE AGAINST THE WALL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MANY DIFFERENT GUYS THAT CAN CHIP IN. AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SHOWN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE’RE ALWAYS GOING TO FIGHT. SO YOU KNOW, GOING HOME THERE’S NOT A BETTER OPPORTUNITY THAN TO FIGHT, YOU KNOW ON YOUR HOME FLOOR. SO YOU KNOW THAT’S THAT’S GONNA BE A LOT OF FUN. IT’S GONNA BE A LOT OF FUN PLAYING A, YOU KNOW, A WINNER GO HOME GAME IN IN OUR HOME. YOU KNOW, THAT’S GOING TO BE IT’S GONNA BE A LOT OF FUN. I LOOK FORWARD TO COMPETING AND, YOU KNOW,

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