Stephen Curry Talks Game 7 Win vs Rockets, Full Postgame Interview 🎙️

Stephen Curry Talks Game 7 Win vs Rockets, Full Postgame Interview 🎙️

>> AS MUCH AS YOU CAN OR WOULD LIKE TO. COULD YOU JUST DESCRIBE THE TEAM MEETING LAST NIGHT WHAT DRAYMOND SAID JUST KIND OF THE SETTING OF IT AND HOW INFLUENTIAL YOU FELT IT WAS. >> IT WAS. >> JUST A LEVEL OF AWARENESS THAT MATTERS AT THIS STAGE OF OUR CAREERS AND THIS STAGE, YOU KNOW, A PLAYOFF SERIES THAT WAS GOING OUR WAY THEN GOT AWAY FROM US AND COMES DOWN TO A GAME SEVEN WHERE IT’S ALL ABOUT JUST WHAT CAN YOU CONTROL GOING INTO A GAME SEVEN THAT’LL GIVE YOURSELF THE BEST CHANCE TO WIN A GAME ON THE ROAD, AND EDUCATING A LOT OF THE GUYS THAT HAVEN’T BEEN IN THIS SITUATION BEFORE. ON WHAT TO EXPECT AND WHAT WINS, YOU KNOW, IN THIS ENVIRONMENT. AND HE STARTED DRAYMOND STARTED WITH HIMSELF JUST TALKING ABOUT HAVING A LEVEL OF POISE AND COMPOSURE. I TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE CAN CONTROL THAT DON’T NECESSARILY SHOW UP IN THE STAT SHEET, LIKE TAKING CARE OF OR THAT DOES TAKING CARE OF THE BALL, BUT LIKE NOT MISSING BOX OUTS, NOT GETTING BLOWN BY, YOU KNOW, MIDDLE DRIVE STUFF LIKE THAT. GAME PLAN, DISCIPLINE. AND JIMMY TALKED ABOUT JUST YOU KNOW, HE’S GOING TO BREATHE CONFIDENCE INTO EVERYBODY. SO IT’S JUST A MATTER OF GETTING EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE GOING INTO A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT. >> STEPH, NOW THAT THE SERIES IS OVER, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU COULD TELL JALEN TO HELP HIM GOING INTO THE OFF SEASON, COMING OUT OF HIS FIRST PLAYOFF SERIES LIKE THIS? >> EVERY OPPORTUNITY AT THIS STAGE IS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE. I DON’T KNOW WHAT GOES ON IN THEIR LOCKER ROOM OR WHAT HE’S ASKED TO DO OR HOW THEY TALK, SO I STAY IN MY LANE ON THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE’S ALWAYS A CHANCE TO COME BACK STRONGER, BETTER USE THE OFF SEASON TO BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF AND WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO GET BETTER. AND WE ALL GO THROUGH THAT JOURNEY IN YOUR CAREER. YOU KNOW, LOSING SOMETIMES CAN MAKE YOU BETTER. SO YOU JUST DON’T LET IT KNOCK YOUR CONFIDENCE. >> STEPH. HE WAS THEIR LEADING SCORER COMING INTO THE SERIES. HOW WERE YOU ABLE TO SLOW, SLOW HIM DOWN AND MAKE THINGS DIFFICULT FOR HIM? >> FOR WHO. >> FOR. FOR JAYLEN HE WAS THEIR LEADING SCORER. HOW WERE YOU ABLE TO SLOW HIM DOWN AND MAKE THINGS DIFFICULT FOR HIM? >> I THINK YOU KNOW JUST GAME PLAN DISCIPLINE. THEY HAVE A LOT OF THREATS OUT THERE. AND YOU KNOW AGAIN THEY WERE A TWO SEED FOR A REASON BECAUSE THEY HAD A CERTAIN STYLE THAT THEIR DEFENSE FED, YOU KNOW, FED INTO THEIR OFFENSE A LOT. BUT FOR HIM SPECIFICALLY, IT WASN’T ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY. JUST HE DEMANDS ATTENTION. SO YOU WANT TO TRY TO SEND BODIES AT HIM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. YOU KNOW, FRED GOT HOT. THOSE TWO GAMES THAT REALLY. YOU KNOW, GOT THEM KIND OF SETTLED. AND HE WAS A LEGIT SCORER FOR HIM. OBVIOUSLY SENGUN IS GOING TO DO WHAT HE WHAT HE DOES. BUT YOU KNOW IF YOU DON’T LET THEM HAVE EASY BASKETS THEN YOU TRY TO KIND OF FEAST ON A LITTLE A LITTLE BIT OF INEXPERIENCE, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW HOW IT’S GOING TO GO. >> STEPH, Y’ALL PLAYED THE ROCKETS 12 TIMES THIS YEAR BETWEEN THE REGULAR SEASON AND THE POSTSEASON. AND PROBABLY EVERY TIME YOU’VE BEEN ASKED ABOUT THEIR DEFENSE. BUT NOW THAT THIS SEASON IS OVER WITH, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE UNIQUENESS OF THE CHALLENGE THAT THEY FACE AND THE ADJUSTMENTS YOU HAD TO MAKE FROM GAME TO GAME, GOING AGAINST THEM? >> EVERY GAME WAS SO DIFFERENT. IT WAS ALL 12 OF THEM. I MEAN, FROM THE ROTATIONS TO THE SCORE, IT WAS LOW SCORING FOR A MAJORITY OF THEM. THEN IT BECAME A SHOOTING FEST, AND THIS GAME WAS KIND OF LIKE THE BACK TO, YOU KNOW, THAT PATTERN OF LOW SCORING, JUST DEFENSIVE, PHYSICAL TOUGH, YOU KNOW, GRIND IT OUT TYPE OF GAME. SO IT WAS YOU KNOW, I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR MYSELF IN THE WAY THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST DEFENSES I THINK I’VE EVER FACED IN THE SENSE OF THE PHYSICALITY THAT WAS ALLOWED EARLY IN THE SERIES AND THEN THERE COMMITMENT TO JUST TRYING TO TAKE AWAY ALL THE PATTERNS THAT WE USUALLY THRIVE OFF OF AND GUARD ME AT HALF COURT. AT TIMES IT WAS IT WAS WILD, BUT JUST STAYING PATIENT BUT STILL BEING AGGRESSIVE WAS THE DIFFERENCE. TONIGHT. I ONLY HAD THREE POINTS IN THE FIRST HALF IN LIKE FIVE SHOTS, BUT EVENTUALLY EVERY I’M TRYING TO MAKE THE RIGHT PLAY AND SOFTEN THEM UP. AND EVENTUALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN MAKE YOUR PRESENCE FELT SCORING WISE, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE WAS ABOUT JUST TRYING TO MAKE WINNING PLAYS. >> STEPH, TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU. FIRST ONE, HOW DIFFICULT WAS IT TO KIND OF PLAY THAT FLOOR GAME LAST TIME YOU WERE IN A GAME SEVEN, YOU JUST TOOK LIKE 30 SHOTS YOU WERE GOING FOR. BUT THIS ONE, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU WERE PRETTY PATIENT. WAS THAT DIFFICULT TO PULL OFF? >> NO, BECAUSE. I KIND OF TO THE LAST QUESTION, I KNEW HOW THEY WERE GOING TO GUARD ME. AND IF I TRIED TO PLAY HERO BALL TOO EARLY AND IT DIDN’T, SHOTS DIDN’T FALL, THEN IT COULD KILL OUR RHYTHM. HONESTLY, MY WHOLE GOAL WAS TO ONLY HAVE ONE TURNOVER. LITERALLY. THAT WAS ALL I WAS THINKING ABOUT BECAUSE I KNEW THAT MEANT I DIDN’T HAVE TO. YOU KNOW, I WOULDN’T GET RUSHED OR GET INTO TRAPS. WE USUALLY WERE GOING TO HAVE AN OPEN SHOT SOMEWHERE, OR SOMEBODY DIVING TO THE BASKET BASED ON THE GRAVITY THAT WAS OUT THERE, AND IT KIND OF PLAYED OFF THAT WAY. I MISSED SOME, SOME A COUPLE, MAYBE TWO EASY ONES IN THE FIRST HALF. AND THEN YOU START THINKING ABOUT YOUR SHOT A LITTLE BIT, BUT YOU LOOK UP AT THE SCORE AND WE’RE, WE’RE, YOU KNOW, DOING WHAT WE’RE SUPPOSED TO DO. SO IT WAS DEFINITELY KIND OF REINFORCED, KEEP PLAYING THAT WAY. AND EVENTUALLY I’LL FIND SOME, SOME, SOME OPEN LOOKS. BUT WE WERE SCORING FINE. AND THEN JUST GET STOPS AND PLAY DEFENSE. >> SECONDARILY YOU’VE WON FIVE SERIES NOW IN HOUSTON. WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR REPUTATION IS IN THIS CITY? >> I’M A WINNER. >> STEPH. ALL THAT YOU’VE BEEN THROUGH WITH DRAYMOND IN YOUR 13 YEARS. IT LOOKED LIKE AT THE END OF THE GAME YOU WENT YOU WALKED UP TO HIM AND POINTED INTO THE STANDS OR UP AT THE SCOREBOARD. WHAT CAN YOU SHARE WHAT YOU SAID TO HIM. AND THEN ALSO WHEN YOU GUYS WERE WALKING OFF I THINK DRAYMOND WAS SCREAMING SURPRISE, SURPRISE. >> WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT IT. WAS IT BACK TO THE SCORE. WE WANTED TO KEEP THEM UNDER 90. WE HAD DONE IT A COUPLE OF TIMES AND WE WON. AND IF WE FELT LIKE WE FELT VERY CONFIDENT THAT IF WE COULD DO THAT AGAIN, WE’D BE ABLE TO SCORE ENOUGH TO CREATE SOME SEPARATION. AND THAT’S KIND OF HOW IT PLAYED OUT. >> SO MUCH OF WHAT DRAYMOND WAS TALKING ABOUT WAS ABOUT HOW HE LOST HIS POISE IN GAME SIX. HOW IMPORTANT WILL IT BE FOR HIM TO KIND OF STRADDLE THAT LINE AGAINST THE WOLVES, WHO HAVE GOBERT, WHO HAVE AND WHO LIKES TO TALK, WHO HAVE A BUNCH OF GUYS WHO WILL PLAY PHYSICALLY? >> NO BETTER LESSON THAN TONIGHT. LIKE MAKE IT ABOUT BASKETBALL. HE DOESN’T NEED TO BE A MUTE AND LIKE NOT TALK AND BE DEMONSTRATIVE. WE WANT THAT TYPE OF DRAYMOND BUT CONSERVE THE ENERGY TOWARDS YOU KNOW US OUR HUDDLES. YOU KNOW EVEN WHEN HE HAD THAT KIND OF MIX UP WITH VANVLEET HE DIDN’T REACT. GO TALK TO THE REFS. TRY TO PLEAD HIS CASE. IT DIDN’T GO HIS WAY. IT WAS AN UNFORTUNATE CALL. BUT HE KEPT IT ABOUT BASKETBALL. AND WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT KNOWING THE MINUTES WE’RE PLAYING AND THE TOUGH TEST THAT MINNESOTA IS GOING TO PRESENT IN THE WAY THEY’VE BEEN PLAYING. >> STEPH, YOU’VE BEEN THROUGH A NUMBER OF GAME SEVENS. WHEN YOU THINK BACK TO YOUR FIRST ONE, WHAT’S THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOU THEN AND YOU NOW? IS IT A CONCENTRATION BEING ABLE TO SUSTAIN CONCENTRATION FOR 48 MINUTES, KEEPING YOUR NERVES DOWN? WHAT’S THE MATURATION PROCESS LIKE NOW? >> YEAH, IT’S JUST REPS AND EXPERIENCE AND KNOW HOW THAT FIRST ONE AGAINST THE CLIPPERS BACK IN 14 WE WERE UP AT THE HALF AND I WE WERE FEELING GOOD ABOUT OURSELVES. AND THEN WE KIND OF GOT WALKED DOWN BY JUST PHYSICAL KIND OF HARD NOSED BASKETBALL. AND THAT WAS KIND OF THE NATURE OF THAT WHOLE SERIES. IT WAS VERY SIMILAR TO THIS ONE. AND JUST FULLY COMMITTING TO EVERY POSSESSION LIKE THAT WAS SOMETHING WE DID TONIGHT THAT WE NEEDED EVERY 50, 50 BALL. WE NEEDED, YOU KNOW, TO KEEP THEM OFF THE OFFENSIVE GLASS, KEEP OUR TURNOVERS DOWN. WE ONLY HAD THREE TURNOVERS IN THE FIRST HALF. IT WAS JUST SIMPLE THINGS THAT YOU CAN CONTROL. OBVIOUSLY BUDDY HAD AN AMAZING FIRST HALF AND TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE SPACE AND KNOCKED DOWN SHOTS. BUT EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE COULD CONTROL, WE DID AND CHECKED OFF THE BOXES AND THAT ALLOWS YOU TO WITHSTAND RUNS AND HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT ON THE ROAD. PAOLO SAY WHAT? OF? YEAH. TALENT SKILL. IT’S, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT. EITHER IT COMES NATURALLY OR YOU GO THROUGH REPS AND YOU START TO FIGURE IT OUT HOW YOU CAN MANAGE A GAME MENTALLY, EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY. THAT’S ALL A PART OF, YOU KNOW, THE GAME OF BASKETBALL. IT’S THE STUFF THAT YOU SEE IN BETWEEN THE LINES. AND FOR TWO GAMES, WE DIDN’T HAVE IT LIKE THE CLEAREST DAY THAT THE FIRST POSSESSION OF THE FOURTH QUARTER AND GAME SIX, THAT WAS. A LACK OF AWARENESS AND FOCUS. AND THEN TONIGHT WAS THE EXACT OPPOSITE. SO WE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY. >> STEPH, WE KIND OF JOKED ABOUT IT BEFORE THE SERIES STARTED, BUT NOW THAT THE SERIES IS OVER AND YOU WENT TO WAR AGAINST THEM FOR SEVEN GAMES, HOW MUCH MORE RESPECT DOES THE CAMP COACH HAVE FOR HIS FORMER CAMPER AND THOMPSON? >> I TALKED TO HIM RIGHT AFTER THE GAME LIKE. HE KIND OF SAW HIM DEVELOP IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY’S EYES. I KNOW PEOPLE WHO WATCHED THE ROCKETS PLAY, YOU KNOW, NIGHT IN AND NIGHT OUT. FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE SEEN THE POTENTIAL, SEEN THE RAW ATHLETICISM, THE HUNGER. AND HE’S A DOG AND HE’S ALL SEVEN GAMES. AND HE’S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM FOR SURE. YOU KNOW HE’S GOING TO TRY TO DEVELOP HIS GAME ESPECIALLY OFFENSIVELY. BUT DEFENSIVELY HE’S YOU KNOW A FREAK ATHLETE. AND I THINK HE LOVES THE CHALLENGE AND LOVES TO BE IN THE FIGHT. SO. YEAH HE WAS TOUGH ALL SERIES. AND IT’S KIND OF CRAZY THAT THE OLD MAN YOU KNOW GOT IT DONE THOUGH STEPH. >> DRAYMOND HAD THE TALK LAST NIGHT. YOU HAD A MEMORABLE SPEECH BEFORE THE SACRAMENTO GAME SEVEN. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME YOU’VE WON A GAME SEVEN HERE. HOW FAMILIAR DOES THIS FEEL. IS IT LIKE WHAT YOU GUYS DO. YOU GUYS ARE ABLE TO PULL IT TOGETHER MAYBE IN DIFFERENT WAYS IN MOMENTS LIKE THIS IN FAMILIAR WAYS. >> YEAH. WE’RE THANKFUL TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT BECAUSE WE’VE HAD THE WAY WE CAME INTO IT WAS THIS IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY THAT WE SHOULD BE THANKFUL FOR, CONSIDERING ALL THE THINGS THAT WE’VE GONE THROUGH OUR ENTIRE, YOU KNOW, THIS ENTIRE RUN AND WE’RE STILL TRYING TO DO IT SO YOU CAN TELL WE THERE’S A THERE’S SUCH A CARE FACTOR FOR EVERY GUY ON THIS TEAM. AND IT STARTS WITH ME. DRAYMOND YOU KNOW LOONEY WHO’S BEEN HERE WITH US. AND NOW OBVIOUSLY WITH JIMMY AND HIS PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE. AND SO WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO RELY ON THAT. AS LONG AS THIS THIS RIDE CONTINUES. AND THE FAMILIAR PART IS YOU KNOW FIGURING OUT THE CHESSBOARD IN BETWEEN A SERIES AND STICKING WITH IT AND NOT LETTING GO OF THE ROPE AND BEING ABLE TO TURN THE PAGE FROM ONE GAME TO THE NEXT AND MEET THE MOMENT. IT’S SO MUCH FUN OUT THERE. I THINK THAT’S WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT TO OUR GUYS THE MOST WAS JUST THERE’S NO THERE’S NO MORE FUN THAT YOU CAN EXPERIENCE IN BASKETBALL THAN A PLAYOFF SERIES, ESPECIALLY IF IT GOES THE DISTANCE. SO EMBRACE IT. >> STEPH, AS A SHOOTER, WHO KNOWS THAT ZONE, WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO SEE BUDDY GET IN THAT, ESPECIALLY GIVEN HIS SORT OF UNIQUE PERSONALITY ON THIS TEAM? AND DID IT BRING BACK ANY FLASHBACKS OF, I DON’T KNOW, GAME SIX KLAY, OR WHEN YOU’VE SEEN KLAY TAKE OVER PLAYOFF GAMES LIKE THAT TO SHOOT THE WAY HE DID WITH NO DRIBBLING, RIGHT. JUST CATCH AND SHOOT. >> YEAH I MEAN THAT’S WHAT THE GAME CALLED FOR. AND HE ANSWERED IT LIKE TO BE ABLE TO TURN THE PAGE FROM AGAIN ZERO FOR FOUR LAST GAME. BEEN UP AND DOWN ALL SERIES. I PROBABLY HE PROBABLY TELL YOU THIS THE FIRST TIME YOU PLAYED WELL IN THIS BUILDING. SO IT WAS IT WAS GREAT AND TIMELY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT SHOOTER’S CONFIDENCE THAT. YOU KNOW, IT WAS A GAME SET SHOOT YOU. YOU LET IT FLY. AND YOU KNOW WE’RE GOING TO LIVE WITH IT. AND I’M HAPPY FOR HIM BECAUSE YOU KNOW HE WORKS. HE WORKS SO HARD ALL YEAR GETTING TO KNOW HIM THIS WHOLE SEASON. YOU SEE HOW MUCH BASKETBALL MEANS TO HIM. AND THIS IS ONLY HIS SECOND PLAYOFF RUN. AND FOR HIM TO HAVE A GAME LIKE THAT IN GAME SEVEN AND HE TIED A RECORD FOR MOST THREES. AND IT’S PRETTY, PRETTY SPECIAL. SO I’M HAPPY FOR HIM. NOW WE GOT TO KEEP IT GOING. >> WHAT DO YOU. >> EXPECT FROM ANTHONY EDWARDS AND FACING MINNESOTA? >> I MEAN YOU WATCHED A LITTLE BIT OF THEIR FIRST ROUND SERIES. HE’S PLAYING WITH SUPREME CONFIDENCE. WE KNOW YOU KNOW THEY HAD THEIR RUN LAST YEAR. AND THEY’RE A NEW A NEW LOOK WITH RANDALL. BUT SAME AUNT WHO’S TRYING TO TAKE YOU KNOW STRIDES. AND WITH EVERY OPPORTUNITY HE GETS AND YOU KNOW LIKE IT’S GOING TO BE A TOUGH CHALLENGE. WE KNOW YOU’RE GONNA HAVE TO SEND HIM MULTIPLE BODIES AT HIM, AND WE’LL FIGURE OUT A GAME PLAN TO GO AT HIM, BUT. YEAH, THEY’RE HOT RIGHT NOW. THEY’VE BEEN PLAYING SOME SOME GREAT BASKETBALL THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND WE’RE EXCITED THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HA

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