DRAYMOND: “we have too many breakdowns…very quiet team”; KERR on STEPH CURRY playing only 30 minutes

DRAYMOND: “we have too many breakdowns…very quiet team”; KERR on STEPH CURRY playing only 30 minutes

Um I guess why was his total that uh we we’re trying to keep him around 30 um trying to get him as much rest as as we can um we’ve played him a lot of minutes played him 35 two days ago so um as long

As we were hanging in there then then U we wanted to to limit the minutes a little bit not limit them but not over overplay him there was there was kind of that stretch in the fourth where you took time out with like 9 minutes left I

Think you were down four looked like you might go back to step didn’t and then it was eight and you did go back do you feel like that was the deciding put one of the deciding stretches no no we got Chris Paul out there we got clay we got

Dre M we got we got great players out there so um it’s uh you know we can’t expect to to just ride stu um game after game after game you you know these last few weeks have been really tough on we we we’ve put the burden of this franchise on his shoulders

For 15 years um we can’t expect him to play 35 minutes we got five games in seven days on this road trip so um if you want to say that him playing 30 minutes instead of 32 is a difference in the win and the loss I I totally

Disagree with that we’re trying to we’re trying to win the game we’re trying to uh to keep him fresh too well went away from Jonathan the last I think 2:30 as well why’d you sit him down the stretch uh just went with wigs um you know we

There was no you know nothing that Jonathan did wrong just um you we just felt like wigs his experience was important overall in the fourth I mean that’s when the Wolves really made that that even though you were hanging in there just what did you see specifically

In that period Well they played great they you know they got they scored 36 points um in the quarter uh the beginning of the quarter we we turned it over on the first play which uh was tough I think um Alexander Walker made a couple of Threes those were big shots

That that swung the game and um you know all in all um you give them credit they made 21 out of 43s you know they shot the lights out um I love the way our guys competed they played uh for 48 minutes they played hard and together

And um you know gave us a chance to win we just couldn’t couldn’t pull it off we’ve talked a lot about you know urgency and playing with effort recently would you say that tonight was a step in the right direction in that sense great great effort great urgency um you know

Took it to him right away forced a bunch of turnovers um got on the floor for loose balls I love love the effort and it looked like you guys were trapping an a lot on ball screens handoffs um how’ you that you guys um you know defended

Him and the game plan there well you have to to try to mix it up on on Anthony he’s uh he’s so talented and so we we did a few different things and put different guys on him and you know all in all if you hold him to seven for 18

Um that’s not a bad bad job he’s he’s tough player to handle a couple nights ago maybe it’s after the Memphis game or something but Steph was was basically saying how for him at least it’s less about where we finish in the standings more about building the habits to make sure that if

We make the play we can extend this run do you how do you balance that when you are only a half game up on the rockets for 10th but then are also trying to build those habits where winds are really important I think what what Steph is

Saying is if we don’t build the habits it doesn’t matter right whe no matter what happen you make the play in you don’t um you know if if you don’t have the habits you’re not going anywhere so um the habits were were much improved tonight just the defensive Focus the

Effort the energy um so that’s I’m confident that if we compete and play like that um these last 12 games that we’re going to put ourselves in position to do something did you seemed like there was some defensive mixups in that fourth quarter at times you know on

Screens I mean did you it seemed like you did like the effort but did you see some breakdowns sure yeah there were some breakdowns but there’s always going to be um breakdowns in every game you just try to limit them as much as you can and um but they got they scored 68

In the second half obviously you know 46 in the first so um you know they did a good job of um taking care of the ball in the second half I think they only turned it over three times in the in the second half and um they had a really

Clean effort offensively and they got gobear at The Rim a few times and and spread us out so they did a nice job offensively what are the keys to getting better offense when when Steph sits um we we got to execute better you know we’re we’re we’re obviously going

To play a little different style you know it’s going to be more pick and roll with Chris but um we had some turnover in that stretch that that hurt us and uh you know it’s uh we had some shots that were right there and um ball didn’t go a

Couple times but um again the the effort’s great the energy is right uh the guys are connected got to keep moving forward thank you thank you Warriors team is playing in terms of the changes you’ve made you’re encouraged no we keep losing that’s not encouraging

I know you guys had a sounded like an extended film session on the Pacers game just how how ugly was was that tape to watch yeah it was nasty um know we had control of the game at one point and then we just gave it up and never got it

Back what I mean how demoralizing is it considering Stakes situation standings all that that that you guys it sucks so you know when you have to win and you don’t it sucks can how do you how are you kind of balancing that we need to win and also

Just we also have to build these good habits so that if we do make it in the in the plan Beyond we can make a run uh well in order to win you have to build good habits so I don’t think we have great habits um until you play with

Great habits at all times you lose the position you’re in now just in the standings game up on Houston um what would you say are some of the biggest factors that have led to this losing games uh especially games that we should win we lose a lot of games that we should win

So you got in this league you have to win the games you’re supposed to win and still a few that you’re not supposed to win but if you lose the ones you’re supposed to win you went for a long year you feel like you you should have won tonight for sure what

What do you think didn’t allow you to a lot of things we have too many breakdowns um you just can’t win having breakdowns you have breakdowns it changes momentum and momentum in this league is not hard to I mean it’s not easy to get back so

They’re they’re an NBA team too and by the standards they’re I mean by the standings they’re much better NBA team than us so if you can’t not have breakdowns you’re going to lose and if you play against a team that is technically better than you and you have

Breakdowns you’re always gonna lose and that’s why we lose a lot right now seemed like in the second half it was mostly like half court like you know pick and roll or switch type breakdowns uh we’re a very quiet team so you have communication you have you have issues

On defense when you have back communication how how much are you now kind tracking the Rockets I don’t give a damn about the Rockets are you surprised how long you rested in the fourth uh mean obviously you’re comparing it to last game and the my noral rotation like

I want to play as many minutes as as I’m fresh and able to um so a little bit knowing that they were just going on the Run um it was the lead was kind of withing away so you know played the whole fourth quarter in Indi against Indiana didn’t

Work out this didn’t work out so we got to find somewhere in the middle uh you know Steve is mentioned wanting to to keep you around 30 to 32 with you know how compact the schedule is really said how much a b of a burden you’ve had the last 15 years really with

This franchise I mean I know it’s a conversation we’ve we’ve had plenty but me can you only play 30 to 32 right now considering what’s its take the uh situation will Define itself pretty clearly and it is in kind of real town so every game matters you know

We’re inching closer to the other end of the standings that we never thought we’d be in so nobody’s gonna wave the white flag and say you know you’re you’re mailing it in and if that means playing more minutes and I’ll be ready to do that kind of alluding to it now but and

This is a open-ended question but just like where do you guys kind of go from here as you navigate these last 12 games against some tough opponents and opponents who are also in this playin playoff race same answer we’ve had where you got to try to beat Miami we got

Embarrassed against Indiana didn’t play hard weren’t connected with like effort and focus tonight we competed they just made more shots than we did made enough plays got the crowd back into it the beginning of that fourth quarter um but we responded well with what we didn’t do well against

Indiana still got nothing to show for it so uh can we do that again in Miami and play 48 you know solid minutes to the NBA is such a weird League it just takes one little spark to you know get yourself going every team goes through it in this season you see what

Houston’s doing right now they got one little spark and they ran off whatever it is an eight n in a row so we’re capable of doing that until we run out of games that’s the mindset you kind of alluded to it there but how how tough was the Pacers film to

Watch as as a player you you uh you know when you’re messing up and making mistakes and there’s a lack of focus and then you go watch the film and it’s 10 times worse um that’s what it kind of felt like where every little play we were one step behind every

Uh I guess possession that could have kept the lead certain or kept the momentum on our side or you know forced them to think about us a little bit we l was play after play after play after play so it is difficult to watch it and know you let one slip

Tonight like I said I’m sure the film will look a lot better still a loss so um I think that honestly just speaks to you know our pride and our ability to come out and want to play hard now we’ve had a tough go as a lake the crunch time

This season and what are the the keys to executing down the stretch honestly everything getting outshot from three-point line giving up offensive rebounds disorganized on offense with a couple tough turnovers and any like any game on the road especially but any game you know the play here or play there can

Define 48 minutes is is weird like it’s it’s such a hard league to win games and when a team is uh kind of reeling and you have a chance to put him away not being a close game like we had beginning of the fourth quarter we didn’t do it end of the third

Quarter against Indiana we didn’t do it so um it’s tough Steph every uh well many years the Warriors have been at the top of the West when you look at the West this season do you see it as being a deeper conference than it’s been in years past

Or how how do you look at this no for sure it is from top to bottom you got the defending champs you got Minnesota you got OKC the young young guys on the map and then you got the uh that next tier of teams that have had playoff

Experience and try to get to that next level you got us and you know down the way we’re we’re surprised that we’re here but we still feel like we’re capable of beating anybody so everybody has talent everybody has something uh that they built their Identity On and is is a very competitive

Landscape and it’s gonna be interesting to see how it all shakes out but we want to be in that fight

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