“There’s A Lot Of Basketball To Be Played.” | Chris Finch Postgame Sound | 05.24.24

“There’s A Lot Of Basketball To Be Played.” | Chris Finch Postgame Sound | 05.24.24

Chris just what did you see there in the last couple of minutes down the stretch that I mean two turnovers again um ball got static you know um you know that’s on me in the sense that I should have called the timeout uh uh to get Mike back in the game on that second to last possession for us or whatever um so I’ll take take that one that’s on me um but yeah just you know kind of ball got static um just turn it over same Stories the other night two turnovers in the got to the game not going to get it done uh what was your thought process in not calling the time out there to uh yeah I mean I I just said I should have called it so um but we you know I thought ball was in an ant’s hands the differential in the clock wasn’t huge um but you know um I initially wanted wanted to call it but you know I didn’t so and then with with Luca with the ball in his hands late there do you think about doubling at that time and get it out or how you know how do you see that UNF no the idea was to switch up press inside the three-point line so how do you get a back to playing a little bit more of the quick decision basketball that he’s been so good with over the last two months yeah he’s got to get more in transition got to get out I thought he started the game with great burst um was really go get uh going downhill well um and then uh you know kind of just phased out as the game went along um you know went in there a few times uh um you know I thought he could have done it more and we need him to do it more so yeah he just has to I think some more early uh got play off the catch a little bit more I thought be a little more shot ready I thought he turned down some open looks too um you went with nas the final stretch over Carl what went into your decision making there obviously Nas was playing well Carl playing well real well um and uh you know gave us some switchable combinations out there and stuff like that so did you tell Carl that at all or did you just kind of sit him and just let it ride at that point no I mean didn’t really have time to have that conversation you know so Chris both uh Carl and Anthony have have struggled inside the arc a got a lot more two-point looks in this game than the last game what’s what’s the key for them you know effectively getting downhill or being effective inside the arc yeah I think you know Anthony we just talked about I think he’s got to pick up his decision- making you know um I think Kyrie’s actually a good example you know he’s playing quick off the catch you know he’s trying to beat our defensive pressure with uh everything on the catch going quickly um you know with cat I think he’s just got to calm down you know I think he coming out of the gate gate pressing a little bit um maybe getting off on the wrong foot and then chasing the game so he got some good looks uh didn’t go down I thought for there was a stretch when you know when they came back into the game we had a lot of really good looks that didn’t go down um whether they’re even at The Rim or or some open three so coach Mike was a lot more assertive tonight um looking for his shot out of the pick and roll got to his floter a bunch how do you assess his game and and the value of that going forward in the series yeah I thought you know Mike played great um really did I thought he made a lot of really good plays um you know we need him to be aggressive we you know especially when our other scores are struggling a little bit um so Gaff and Lively you combined I think 14 for 16 yeah almost all of them you know obviously Luca lobs or something akin to that off those sets what’s the counter for that or what is the way to to present that from being less efficient yeah I think you know again it’s starts with keeping the ball out of the paint a little bit better um you know Rudy’s got to be a little more decisive on what he’s trying uh trying to do down there um you know we got to put a body on that guy too so be a little more physical did you get a a chance to look at the replay with 47 seconds left obviously went off McDaniels yeah I mean it looked like it was also fou right yeah yeah of course um looked like it was fouled but um you know they can’t um or didn’t account for that in the call so Chris you do you say anything to the team after a loss like this or I mean you know listen I thought we’re doing a lot of stuff that we talking about doing thought game plan execution was a little bit better tonight um you know we’re building leads just our offense is letting us down in key moments with turnovers and some missed shots and some uh we kind of play ourselves out of rhythm I think a little bit at times um you know the two two tough games Ser you know it’s a long long series and you keep our head up you know we got we got um we got to get keep getting better but you know there a lot of basketball to be played Chris MO Kyle Anderson uh in this game what what did he do in being able to take Luca or and then maybe take one of Jaden or Aunt or nille or somebody out out of that how did you see him help kind of on on both sides of the ball but particularly in in guarding Luca Kyle Anderson yeah I think you know he’s uh I mean Luca is a tough matchup for anybody but he’s got you know he’s got sides he’s can move with him uh can be enough have play with enough physicality uh it was also great offensively for us so and we said in the beginning we thought this would be a great Kyle series it’s turned out to be really good for us for him um you know so cat um obviously struggled a little bit with again shooting the ball but he got on the glass and made some extra plays off of offensive rebounds had a nice dime to um Rudy I believe and then another one out to a kickout how do you assess the way he’s playing outside of just his shooting right now yeah I mean I think you know he’s doing a lot of stuff you know playing hard you know doing a lot of dirty work out there um um you know I’m not worried about him he he’ll come into this series and I’m sure it’ll happen in game three so you guys are able to do it a few times what’s the challenge of trying to give ant breaks defensively um knowing that sometimes maybe fatigue can play a role in the offensive end yeah I mean listen I think uh you know maybe we should have gotten him out the in the beginning of the fourth um you know I think that’s where I can give him a break but you know it’s the Western Conference Finals man like we can’t look to hide people or try to take breaks you know I don’t see Kyrie shy away away from a matchup out there um so you know it’s what you got to do if you want to win thanks thanks thanks CHR

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