Jamal Murray Speaks After Game 3 | May 9, 2025

Jamal Murray Speaks After Game 3 | May 9, 2025

>> JAMAL DAVID ADELMAN PRAISED YOUR DEFENSE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OVERTIME. SOMETIMES WE JUST ASK YOU ABOUT MADE SHOTS. MISSED SHOTS. WHERE DOES YOUR DEFENSE KIND OF RANK FOR YOU IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU’RE MOST PROUD OF INDIVIDUALLY AS A TEAM? GETTING THIS WIN TONIGHT? >> NO. IT TAKES EVERYBODY. I THINK WE DID A GOOD JOB FOR THE MOST PART, JUST BEING ON THE STRING WHEN ONE GUY GOES TO HELP OR ONE GUY ARE IN THE ZONE, IT TAKES A LOT OF COMMUNICATION. SO I THINK WE DID A GOOD JOB OF JUST COMMUNICATING TO EACH OTHER THROUGHOUT THE GAME, EVEN WHEN WE DIDN’T, YOU KNOW, WE MADE UP FOR IT AND WE STUCK WITH IT OR WE HANDLED THE MISTAKES WELL. SO I THINK TOGETHER IT WAS A IT WAS A GOOD DEFENSIVE SHOWING FOR THE MOST PART. >> JAMAL ANOTHER BIG, BIG SHOT FROM AARON IN THIS GAME. JUST A LOT OF CLUTCH MOMENTS FOR YOU FOR YOU GUYS FOR HIM AS A TEAM. WHAT DOES IT TAKE. CLUTCH. HOW DO YOU DEVELOP THAT AS A TEAM. IS THERE IS THERE ANYTHING THAT PLAYERS THAT THEY TRY TO GO THROUGH OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN THESE MOMENTS? >> I’M TALKING ABOUT AG. >> AG AND YOU. I WOULD JUST TALK ABOUT AG. I TOLD HIM HE’S LIKE SEVEN FOR SEVEN UNDER THREE SECONDS WITH THREE THREE SECONDS IN THE GAME. SO I THINK JUST BEING READY FOR THE MOMENT, YOU KNOW, YOU PUT A LOT OF WORK IN ALL YOUR LIFE TO SHINE IN CERTAIN MOMENTS. YOU DON’T KNOW WHEN THAT MOMENT WILL COME. RIGHT? SO I THINK HE’S JUST ALWAYS READY. AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY PUTS THE WORK IN TO GET THERE. SO I THINK IT TRULY IS A TESTAMENT IS HIS WHOLE LIFE OF MANIFESTING AND BEING READY FOR IT, THINKING ABOUT IT, DREAMING ABOUT IT. AND WHEN IT’S TIME TO GO DO IT, YOU’VE YOU’VE KIND OF DONE EVERYTHING TO PREPARE FOR, FOR THOSE KIND OF MOMENTS. SO AJ’S ALWAYS READY FOR THE MOMENT. >> JAMAL AGAINST TOUGH DEFENSES LIKE THIS ONE IN THE PLAYOFFS BEFORE. SOMETIMES IT SEEMS THAT YOU TOUGH SHOTS ARE NECESSARY AND YOU BOUNCE REALLY WELL TONIGHT IN TERMS OF TAKING TOUGH SHOTS AND MAKING TOUGH SHOTS AND SETTING UP OTHERS. WHAT’S KIND OF YOUR MENTALITY FOR THIS KIND OF DEFENSE AND KNOWING SOMETIMES I’VE GOT TO CREATE AND MAKE A TOUGH SHOT, LIKE, WHAT’S THE MENTALITY IN. >> JUST BEING AGGRESSIVE? JUST BEING AGGRESSIVE. ANYTHING THAT WE DO, YOU KNOW, THE WAY THEY’RE CALLING THE GAMES AND HOW MUCH THEY LET THEM GET AWAY WITH, WE JUST GOT TO BE AGGRESSIVE BACK ON OFFENSE AND FORCE THEM TO MAKE A DECISION. YOU KNOW, THE DEFENSE AND THE REFS. YOU KNOW, I THINK THE REST DID A GOOD JOB OF JUST KIND OF. NOT MAKING IT ONE SIDED, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GAVE BOTH TEAMS THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT. AND YOU JUST GOT TO BE AGGRESSIVE THOUGH, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN’T CAN’T GIVE IN TO IT. AND IT’S GOING TO TAKE MAKING TOUGH SHOTS. IT’S ALSO GOING TO TAKE HITTING THE OPEN MAN. YOU KNOW. SO IT’S A BALANCE JAMAL. >> THIS GROUP OBVIOUSLY HAS A LOT OF OVER HERE. THIS GROUP HAS A LOT OF PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE AND GAMES AND MOMENTS LIKE THIS. OVER THE YEARS. WHAT HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST LESSON YOU GUYS HAVE LEARNED ABOUT HOW TO WIN GAMES LIKE THESE? >> THAT’S GOING TO BE A LONG QUESTION OR LONG ANSWER. SORRY. I THINK IT’S I THINK IT COMES TO EVERYBODY STICKING TOGETHER AND BELIEVING AND HOLDING EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE AND ACCEPTING CRITICISM AND GOING OUT THERE AND JUST GOING WITH THE POSITIVE ATTITUDE. YOU KNOW, I TELL PEOPLE OUT AND ZEKE LIKE THEY COME IN THE GAME, THEY GO OUT THE GAME, THEY COME IN. IT’S LIKE BRO, IT DOESN’T MATTER. JUST JUST STAY READY. AND THOSE GUYS STAY READY AND READY TO CONTRIBUTE IN A BIG WAY. SO THAT GOES FOR EVERYBODY. BUT JUST THAT KIND OF MINDSET AND EVERYBODY KIND OF BEING TOGETHER, I THINK THAT CAN CARRY THE WEIGHT FOR THINGS TO COME. >> SO JAMAL AFTER GAME THREE AGAINST THE CLIPPERS, YOU SAID YOU GUYS NEED TO DICTATE WHAT THE PHYSICALITY MORE AND NOT REACT. WAS IT. AND THEN IN GAME FOUR YOU CAME OUT AND RESPONDED IN THIS SERIES. IS IT KIND OF SIMILAR HERE WITH GAMES TWO AND THREE. >> I AGREE. YEAH I THINK SO. I THINK TONIGHT JUST MADE UP FOR LAST GAME AND WE GOT TO GO AND WIN GAME FOUR. NOW YOU KNOW DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN. SO IT’S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE. IT WAS A GOOD WIN. AND BUT YOU KNOW THERE’S A QUICK TURNAROUND AND WE HAVE MORE WORK TO DO. >> JAMAL THAT SHOT YOU MADE LATE IN. >> THE THIRD QUARTER WITH YOUR BACK TO THE BASKET. YOU FLIP IT OVER YOUR HEAD. HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU THINK YOU’VE MADE THAT AND HOW MUCH DO YOU PRACTICE THAT SHOT? >> I’VE BEEN DOING STUFF LIKE THAT MY WHOLE LIFE ALSO. SO AIRBALLED ONE LATE IN THE GAME TOO. SO IT’S JUST HOW IT GOES SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, JUST BEING AGGRESSIVE AND TRYING TO MAKE A PLAY. BUT YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE I MEAN LAYUPS AND STUFF OR STUFF I’VE BEEN DOING MY WHOLE LIFE. >> JAMAL POSTGAME, A COUPLE THUNDER GUYS. LOU ALEX SAID IT FELT LIKE YOU WERE A LITTLE BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE. YOU KNOW, JUST IN TERMS OF PHYSICALITY. OBVIOUSLY THAT’S BEEN A PHYSICAL MATCH UP THROUGH THIS WHOLE SERIES. DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WERE TRYING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE MORE PHYSICAL. YOU KNOW, TONIGHT, BE A LITTLE BIT MORE? >> IT’S NOT REALLY I MEAN YEAH. >> PHYSICALITY IS A WORD, BUT IT’S MORE JUST BEING THE AGGRESSOR, JUST BEING AGGRESSIVE. IF SOMETHING PUSHES YOU JUST PUSH BACK AND GET TO YOUR SPOT AND DON’T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, I THINK. YOU KNOW, JUST YOU CAN’T ALWAYS PUT IT ON THE REFS TO, TO CALL SOMETHING LIKE, THE GAME IS GOING TO GO A CERTAIN WAY AND YOU GOT TO JUST REACT AND JUST JUST PLAY AND BE AGGRESSIVE BACK. AND IF THEY CALL IT, THEN THEY CALL IT, YOU KNOW, I’M JUST GOING IN WITH THE OR TONIGHT I WENT IN WITH A BETTER MINDSET OF JUST PLAYING AND NOT TRYING TO WORRY ABOUT WHAT’S GOING ON BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, STUFF IS GOING TO GO ON. YOU JUST GOT TO KEEP LEVEL HEADED AND KEEP FOCUSED ON WHAT YOUR JOB TO DO OUT THERE IS AND JUST DO IT. SO I THINK IF WE ALL JUST BECOME THE AGGRESSORS AND PLAY THROUGH SOME OF THE STUFF THAT I KNOW, IT’S HARD, BUT, YOU KNOW, PLAY THROUGH SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE’VE BEEN PLAYING THROUGH. I THINK WE JUST KEEP THAT MENTALITY AND MOVE ON. >> JAMAL SAID THE SCREENING FOR YOU SPECIFICALLY WAS MUCH BETTER TONIGHT THAN IT HAS BEEN. WHERE DO YOU SEE THAT THE MOST? WHAT PART OF YOUR GAME DOES BETTER SCREENING FOR ME? YEAH. >> SCREENING OR ME GETTING. >> YOUR SCREEN SCREENER SET FOR YOU. >> OH YEAH. I MEAN I THINK. I THINK IT CAUSES A CHAIN REACTION. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SAID ONE SCREEN AND IT FORCES THE DEFENDER TO COMMUNICATE TO THE OTHER DEFENDER WHAT’S GOING ON, AND YOU CAN USE THOSE ADVANTAGES OR WHATEVER TO SET UP OTHER STUFF. I THINK IT’S A HUGE PART OF THE GAME, ESPECIALLY IN A PHYSICAL GAME LIKE THIS. YOU GOT TO SCREEN, YOU GOT TO SET SCREENS AND. FORCE THE DEFENSE TO DO SOMETHING. YOU KNOW, I DON’T KNOW IF I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION, BUT. WE’LL JUST MOVE ON. >> JAMAL, WE TALKED TO PJ AFTER THE LAST GAME. HE WAS FRUSTRATED. THERE’S A LOT OF PAIN. HE FELT LIKE IT WAS LIMITED BECAUSE OF THE SHOULDER. WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT HIM TO COME OUT AND HAVE THIS KIND OF GAME AND THIS WHEN YOU GUYS LOOK YOU NEEDED IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY GIVEN HOW IMPORTANT HE IS TO SETTING UP THE PERIMETER AND THE THREE POINT OFFENSE. >> YEAH. >> I MEAN, YOU KNOW HE’S PLAYING THROUGH WHEN HE FIRST GOT HERE IT WAS LIKE DAMN HE’S GOING TO PLAY THROUGH THAT. IT’S KIND OF CRAZY. AND THEN YOU KNOW HE HAS EACH GAME GETS BETTER. HE GETS YOU KNOW HE GETS ALMOST ACCUSTOMED TO HOW IT’S SUPPOSED TO FEEL. AND YOU KNOW HE MIGHT GET NICKED AND ACT IN THE GAME, BUT HE’S PLAYING THROUGH IT. AND LIKE I SAID, PEOPLE DON’T UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHAT HE PLAYS THROUGH AND HOW MUCH HE’S PLAYED, HOW MUCH HE’S PLAYED THROUGH. YOU KNOW, HIS WHOLE CAREER. SO IT’S JUST A TESTAMENT TO HIS RESILIENCE AND HIS LOVE FOR THE GAME. AND, AND YOU KNOW, HIS WILL TO WIN AS WELL. SO.

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