Jimmy Butler on Buddy Hield’s Game 7 Performance vs Rockets, Postgame Interview

Jimmy Butler on Buddy Hield’s Game 7 Performance vs Rockets, Postgame Interview

FITZ. AND MAN WE APPRECIATE YOU STOPPING. WHAT’S UP BROTHER? >> OF COURSE. >> GREAT GAME MAN. CONGRATULATIONS. >> ALWAYS MAN. >> APPRECIATE YOU. YES, SIR. COME ON MAN. WE’LL SEE YOU SOON. I GOT YOU, I’M GONNA SEND IT TO YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, WE’RE READY. YEP. YEAH. LET’S DO. JIMMY BUTLER, 44 MINUTES, 20 POINTS, EIGHT REBOUNDS, SEVEN ASSISTS. TELL US ABOUT THAT GAME SEVEN THE FIFTH ONE OF YOUR CAREER. >> IT WAS A GOOD ONE. IT ENDED IN A WIN THE WAY WE WANTED THE WAY WE EXPECTED IT TO. AND A LOT OF GUYS STEPPED UP IN A BIG WAY. AND WE GOT ONE ON THE ROAD FINALLY. >> TALK TO ME ABOUT HOW GOOD YOU GUYS WERE DEFENSIVELY SPECTACULAR. DRAYMOND GREEN WAS AMAZING. YOU WERE AMAZING. BAITING GUYS INTO THINGS, STAYING HOME, DEFENDING WITHOUT FOULING FOR THE MOST PART. WHAT WERE THE TALKS LIKE COMING INTO THIS ONE WHEN IT COMES TO SHOOTAROUND, WHAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO DO ON THE DEFENSIVE END? >> JUST BE MORE PHYSICAL. PUT BODY ON, BODY HIT, GET THOSE LOOSE BALLS. GET THOSE REBOUNDS. AND THEN WE DID A GREAT JOB OF THAT TONIGHT. AND THAT WAS KEY. AND WE DIDN’T TURN THE BALL OVER. AND WE DIDN’T TURN THE BALL. >> OVER BIG. GREAT JOB BY EVERYBODY ON THE TEAM EXCEPT BUDDY HIS BUDDY INCLUDED TONIGHT 33 POINTS. >> I PLEAD THE FIFTH. >> AMAZING. JIMMY, TELL US ABOUT THE JOURNEY OF YOU AFTER THE TRADE COMING HERE, THE SUCCESS OF THE WARRIORS, HOW YOU FIT IN SO SEAMLESSLY. HOW YOU’VE BEEN A LEADER ALONG WITH DRAYMOND AND STEPH. JUST YOU HAVE SO ACCOMPLISHED IN YOUR CAREER. BUT WHAT’S THIS JOURNEY BEEN LIKE WITH THE DUBS. >> A GREAT ONE. IT’S ALWAYS LIKE I ALWAYS SAY, IT’S ALWAYS GOOD TO BE WANTED AND APPRECIATED FOR YOUR SKILL SET AND FOR YOUR TALENT. AND HERE THEY WELCOME ME WITH OPEN ARMS. THEY LET ME BE THE PLAYER THAT I AM. AND THEY HELPED ME FIT IN TO WHAT THEY DO SO INCREDIBLY WELL. AND THEY GOT SOME VETS, SOME HALL OF FAMERS THAT I GET TO PLAY ALONGSIDE. >> YOU HAD 20 POINTS TONIGHT. YOU ENDED UP WITH THAT. IT LOOKED LIKE A LOT OF THE GAME. YOU WERE KIND OF DIAGNOSING IT, PASSING IT, MAKING PLAYS, DRIVING THE PASS AT THE RIGHT TIMES. BUT THEN WHEN IT WAS THE RIGHT TIME FOR YOU TO DRIVE AND SCORE OR SCORE ON A GRENADE OR WHATEVER IT IS OR AN ISO, YOU ALSO DID THAT. TALK TO ME ABOUT HOW YOU DIAGNOSE THE GAME MENTALLY FOR YOU? >> I ALWAYS JUST TAKE WHAT THE DEFENSE GIVES ME, WHETHER IT BE A JUMP SHOT, A THREE. SOME OF THE TIME GETTING TO THE PAINT. BUT I PRIDE MYSELF ON FINDING MY GUYS. MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET THEIR SHOTS, THEY GET THEIR CONFIDENCE AND THEY GET THEIR REPS WITHIN THE GAME. AND I WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. >> HOW DO YOU SHOW RESTRAINT WITH ALL THE PHYSICAL PLAY AND GETTING SHOVED IN THE BACK AND FLAGRANT FOUL ON SENGUN THE LAST GAME, YOU NEVER RESPOND. YOU LET THE OFFICIALS DEAL WITH IT AND YOU MAINTAIN YOUR COMPOSURE. >> I TALKED TO DRE BEFORE EVERY GAME AND HE SAID, DON’T, DON’T DO IT BECAUSE WE CAN’T HAVE TWO PEOPLE OUT THERE DOING IT. SO THANKS TO DRE, HE’S THE ONE THAT GETS THE FIRE OFF ON EVERYBODY. AND I JUST SIT BACK AND RELAX. >> HEY, JIMMY, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU STOPPING, BUT UNBELIEVABLE WATCHING YOU PLAY. AND GET READY FOR COFFEE AND DOMINOES AND MINNESOTA. >> AND KIDS AND. >> KIDS AND KIDS. HERE WE GO. DON’T FORGET ABOUT KIDS. YEAH. THANKS, JIMMY. WE APPRECIATE YOU. JIMMY BUTLER, THE THIRD. COFFEE. DOMINOES. KIDS IN THE SECOND ROUND AGAINST THE T WOLVES. THE WARRIORS WIN IT. GAME SEVEN 103 89. GETTING IT DONE DEFENSIVELY. AND MINNESOTA IS NEXT.

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