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Speaker 1: Welcome back to The Draymond Green Show. As you know,
Speaker 1: we are recording this. As I told you before, we're
Speaker 1: recording this. Right after Game four here in Boston and
Speaker 1: Dubs went away with the win one oh seven to
Speaker 1: nineties seven to tie the series up to two. Headed
Speaker 1: back to San Francisco. As I told you guys, Um,
Speaker 1: you know our goal. You you come on the road,
Speaker 1: you want to you need to win one, take back
Speaker 1: home court advantage. We did that, um obviously behind the
Speaker 1: chefs Steph Curry forty three points for assists, ten rebounds.
Speaker 1: Absolutely incredible performance. I'll tell you what. UM, to see
Speaker 1: the way Steph has played this Finals is absolutely amazing.
Speaker 1: You know, we all have heard the slander and you know,
Speaker 1: the whole he doesn't have a Finals MVP and blah
Speaker 1: blah blah, that whole conversation, and he's responded exactly how
Speaker 1: I expect him to respond. I'm not sure if everyone
Speaker 1: else expects him to respond like that, but if you
Speaker 1: have any type of basketball mind and you're unbiased, you
Speaker 1: would expect him to respond like that because that's always
Speaker 1: what he's done. And it's been absolutely amazing to see.
Speaker 1: I mean, he put us on his back tonight and
Speaker 1: he carried us across the finish line and it was great. Um,
Speaker 1: I thought, you know, he he got to a lot
Speaker 1: of what he wanted to get to. Also, was you know,
Speaker 1: a couple of those threes probably should have been a
Speaker 1: for those of you that just listening to the audio,
Speaker 1: I did the Steph Curry four finger UM display when
Speaker 1: he knocks it down. UM. You know, and how often
Speaker 1: do you see Steph Curry get upset like he did
Speaker 1: after that second three where where JT kind of pushed
Speaker 1: him from behind a little. How often do you see that?
Speaker 1: I mean he was locked in from the very beginning.
Speaker 1: He hit the three in the first quarter and start
Speaker 1: talking to the fans. And when Steph starts talking to
Speaker 1: the fans, it's never a good sign that that's at well,
Speaker 1: it's a good sign for us, but that's never a
Speaker 1: good for anyone else. UM. I mean he he was
Speaker 1: locked from the very beginning, and quite frankly, I wasn't
Speaker 1: surprised one bit. I could see in his demeanor the
Speaker 1: last couple of days. Right immediately after Game three, He's like, okay,
Speaker 1: So it was absolutely incredible. Um, He's he did exactly
Speaker 1: what we expected him to do and helped carried us
Speaker 1: to the wind. We were able to outscore Boston fifty
Speaker 1: eight forty three uh in the second half, which was
Speaker 1: absolutely huge. Um. I think we went into the half
Speaker 1: down five, if I'm not mistaken, and you know, we
Speaker 1: came out tied the game up right away, um, and
Speaker 1: then they went on a little run and then the
Speaker 1: you know, that third quarter was kind of back and forth.
Speaker 1: We took the lead, they took the lead, and and
Speaker 1: then the fourth quarter very close fourth quarters start, they
Speaker 1: get out uh, they go up for Steph comes back
Speaker 1: in the game and then from that point on, it
Speaker 1: was just kind of a slug fest. They hit, we hit,
Speaker 1: and then at something you know later on and in
Speaker 1: the quarter maybe three minutes ago. We were then able
Speaker 1: to create some separation. But I mean it was it
Speaker 1: was right there. Um. Obviously everyone wants to talk about
Speaker 1: me sitting from the seven minutes seven and a half
Speaker 1: minute mark to the three and a half minute mark. Um.
Speaker 1: I know one question, uh, someone asked was like this
Speaker 1: this the coach Kurt talked to me about that. Absolutely
Speaker 1: not uh, nor did nor did he need to. I
Speaker 1: I'd be I'd be shocked when when teams, you know,
Speaker 1: I've been struggling, as we all can see, played a
Speaker 1: better game tonight overall game, but definitely was struggling from
Speaker 1: the field, struggling on offensive end. Um. And I'd be
Speaker 1: shocked when teams feel like, oh, man, um, something that's
Speaker 1: working for us, but we have to go back to
Speaker 1: this guy because of a resume, because of a contract,
Speaker 1: because of whatever reason, people feel that they need to
Speaker 1: go back. This is a playoffs, man. I don't get
Speaker 1: caught up in as long as we win the game,
Speaker 1: whether I'm playing, or Wigs is playing, or Blue is planning,
Speaker 1: or whoever else is playing. You can throw que Dog
Speaker 1: out there if que is playing. For those of you
Speaker 1: that don't know who que Dog is, that's our sister
Speaker 1: coach Bruce Fraser, uh most interesting man in sports. You
Speaker 1: can throw whoever out there. As long as we win.
Speaker 1: I really don't care. And so the whole notion of like,
Speaker 1: oh man, you have to check in uh with with
Speaker 1: certain guys if you if you're going to take them
Speaker 1: out the game, or if you know, if you think
Speaker 1: it's better for the team, I think that's ridiculous. I
Speaker 1: watched teams every year in the playoffs, um not sub
Speaker 1: guys that they know they should sub, and they lose.
Speaker 1: And so the fact that you know, Steve went away
Speaker 1: from me for a little was I piste off and
Speaker 1: frustrate absolutely, Like seven minutes to go in a extremely
Speaker 1: important game. You know we can't go down three one.
Speaker 1: You don't want to go down three one. Um, And
Speaker 1: I'm coming out of the game. I was living. But
Speaker 1: I credit my teammates Wan, Tuscono Anderson. And see, this
Speaker 1: is where you know when you're trying to win a championship,
Speaker 1: this is where everything matters, and everyone matters. I credit
Speaker 1: one Tuscono Anderson. He was in my ear. Not only
Speaker 1: was he in my ear the whole night, but when
Speaker 1: I was frustrated, when I came out the game at
Speaker 1: seven and a half minute mark, he was in my ear. Um,
Speaker 1: Chris she was in my ear. Gary Payton was in
Speaker 1: my ear. And and and it was huge because I
Speaker 1: was able to respond due to their positive energy that
Speaker 1: they were pouring into me. I was able to respond
Speaker 1: and come up with a few big players, a couple
Speaker 1: of sis, a couple offensive rebounds, Um, a couple of
Speaker 1: stops and so credited those guys. Everyone has an impact
Speaker 1: and it was huge for them to keep my mind
Speaker 1: in the game and they kept my mind there and
Speaker 1: I was able to contribute in a way that can
Speaker 1: help us win. So uh, big shots out to those guys.
Speaker 1: That was absolutely amazing and so uh. Like I said,
Speaker 1: for those that were wondering, No, Steve didn't talk to me,
Speaker 1: nor did he need to talk to me. Um, that's
Speaker 1: just the way it goes. If someone else is getting
Speaker 1: it done more, and that's just that, and I can
Speaker 1: live with that. And I have to be ready to
Speaker 1: help the team whenever that is. And you know, it
Speaker 1: came back around to me and that was that. Now.
Speaker 1: I think for me going home in Game five, it'll
Speaker 1: be very important that I continue to take the shots
Speaker 1: there are there. Um, you know, the shots that I'm missing,
Speaker 1: I trust and you know they'll go in and I'm
Speaker 1: gonna keep shooting them and I'm going to continue to
Speaker 1: do what I can to help this team win so
Speaker 1: that week can come out of this year as the
Speaker 1: NBA champions. That is the goal. That's the goal that
Speaker 1: you go into every season with. That's the goal that
Speaker 1: we go into every season with. And you know, we're
Speaker 1: two games away, and so whatever I have to do
Speaker 1: to help this team win, that's always what I'm gonna do.
Speaker 1: Andrew Wiggins had an absolutely incredible night. UM. He he
Speaker 1: held JT to twenty three points on twenty three shots,
Speaker 1: which was absolutely huge. UM. He was a team high
Speaker 1: plus twenty team high plus twenty For those that don't know,
Speaker 1: that means we essentially won the game for a lack
Speaker 1: of a better term, by twenty points. When Andrew Wiggins
Speaker 1: was on the floor, he was plus twenty, absolutely incredible.
Speaker 1: Sixteen rebounds, seventeen points, sixteen rebounds, Wiggs career high in
Speaker 1: any game in his career of rebounding was eleven rebounds
Speaker 1: prior to tonight, sixteen rebounds and arguably the biggest game
Speaker 1: of the year, and arguably not arguably in the biggest
Speaker 1: game of his career. To come out with sixteen rebounds
Speaker 1: is a true testament to his hard work, UH, to
Speaker 1: his to his toughness, um and his will to win.
Speaker 1: I thought that was absolutely incredible for a guy who's
Speaker 1: been drug about that, and drug about is intensity and
Speaker 1: all sixteen rebounds tells us everything that we need to
Speaker 1: know now. Raymond Ritter, Steph Curry, myself and Wiggs were
Speaker 1: sitting in the locker room. I was getting a dressed,
Speaker 1: Steph was getting a dressed I think Wiggs was getting
Speaker 1: ready to shower. And Raymond walks over and he's like, yeah, mans,
Speaker 1: your most rebounds in any game, Your highest any game
Speaker 1: before that was eleven and Steph and I. Steph immediately
Speaker 1: thought the same thing. I thought, Obviously, Steph isn't gonna
Speaker 1: say it, so I'm always left to say it. But
Speaker 1: he immediately thought the same thing I thought. And Steph
Speaker 1: looked up and I said, Wow, Wiggs, that's incredible. Sixteen rebounds.
Speaker 1: But we must tell you how pathetic that is, Wigs
Speaker 1: that you that your previous high it was only eleven
Speaker 1: rebounds as athlete, and you know what said, man, I know, Man,
Speaker 1: I know, but forget that. You got it done tonight, brother,
Speaker 1: when we needed the most, and it was absolutely amazing.
Speaker 1: But that was a that was a little fun moment
Speaker 1: that we had that we shared in the locker room
Speaker 1: to poke poke a little fun at one of the guys. Um.
Speaker 1: And and we're going to need him to continue to
Speaker 1: play that way. Obviously he's been very important, uh this
Speaker 1: entire run uh and guys who has been garden, but
Speaker 1: also what he's been doing on offensive en and more
Speaker 1: importantly on the glass. Um, it's been absolutely amazing. So
Speaker 1: big shots out the Wirds, Killer Clay. I had eighteen points,
Speaker 1: including a huge three, huge three that that that took
Speaker 1: the league. And it was a clay ball for those
Speaker 1: of y'all that don't know what what a clay ball is.
Speaker 1: That means you catch it at eye level and just
Speaker 1: phrase up no dip and he knocked it down. And
Speaker 1: I think, if I'm not mistaken, that gave us an
Speaker 1: eight seven league and it was I could be a
Speaker 1: little off on that score, but I'm almost certainly gave
Speaker 1: us a two point lead, and it's absolutely huge to
Speaker 1: you know, Clay was four four ten from three, which
Speaker 1: you know we've taken any night. But what I loved
Speaker 1: was his aggressiveness coming out the gate. Uh, you know,
Speaker 1: he had a couple of shots for us, he got
Speaker 1: it going. And I'm gonna tell you what Clay's mindset
Speaker 1: coming out the gate there for us tonight, even more
Speaker 1: so than just his points and what he did to
Speaker 1: the defense, what his mind set there for us tonight
Speaker 1: out the gate was give Jordan Poole the same mindset
Speaker 1: out the gate, who came in and had uh fourteen
Speaker 1: quarter for fourteen points, and he had a very very
Speaker 1: very nice stretch there in the fourth course, I mean
Speaker 1: in the first quarter to really get us going. And
Speaker 1: so Clay's attitude directly rubbed off on Jordan and he
Speaker 1: came out the same way, and it was very crucial
Speaker 1: and important that he did come out that way and
Speaker 1: he had he had that big stretching the game for us,
Speaker 1: and and that's all we needed. You know, obviously continued
Speaker 1: to play and you know, having him on the court
Speaker 1: and what he does the defense is great, but that
Speaker 1: stretch right there was probably his most crucial stretch in
Speaker 1: the game. I also thought, uh, you know, Jordan was
Speaker 1: was good on the defensive end. He battled, he fought
Speaker 1: with force, he came up with some important rebounds or
Speaker 1: some deflections. Absolutely incredible. So that was great from Jordan's
Speaker 1: and like I said, great from Clay to essentially hand
Speaker 1: him that mentality to come out and do exactly what
Speaker 1: he did, which was huge for US. Uh. J T
Speaker 1: finished the game with twenty three points, eleven rebounds, and
Speaker 1: six assists. Jalen Brown twenty one points uh um on
Speaker 1: nineteen shots. And I thought, uh, you know, I thought
Speaker 1: that was a key to the game. J T had
Speaker 1: twenty three points on twenty three shots, Jalen Brown twenty
Speaker 1: one on nineteen shots. Uh. To to to get those
Speaker 1: guys slightly more inefficient than than they've been, uh, you know,
Speaker 1: that was that was a huge thing for US. JT
Speaker 1: really really really had it going in Game three, and
Speaker 1: so did Jalen Brown. So to have those guys have
Speaker 1: um less efficient nights to to to force JT into
Speaker 1: six turnovers, that was huge for US. Obviously, getting extra
Speaker 1: possessions and and also you you get out and run
Speaker 1: and transition and get some easier baskets as opposed to
Speaker 1: always planning against their set defense. Absolutely amazing, and we
Speaker 1: have to continue to do that, you know. Um, you
Speaker 1: know it's it's it's everybody's job. When when you're talking
Speaker 1: those two guys, it's not just one guy's job, it's
Speaker 1: a complete team effort. Uh. It's making sure you're helping
Speaker 1: when the help is needed. Um, it's trying to come
Speaker 1: up with some deflections. When you can come up with deflections,
Speaker 1: those leads to turnovers and I was getting out in racing.
Speaker 1: So good job on those two guys tonight. Marcus Smart
Speaker 1: had another good game, and I think it's very important
Speaker 1: that we find a way to take Marcus Smart out
Speaker 1: the game. He is absolutely amazing for them and they
Speaker 1: really feed off of Marcus Smart. Um, and so we
Speaker 1: have to continue to do a better job there. But overall, uh,
Speaker 1: I can't complain. We're up to two. I felt like
Speaker 1: I played a little better, but can still continue to
Speaker 1: play better and I know I will. Um. But just
Speaker 1: the force that we came out with, you know, I
Speaker 1: thought that was very important, and you know, at times
Speaker 1: it wasn't going our way, but we continue to chug
Speaker 1: away at it, and you know, plug and when when
Speaker 1: you're playing against a team like that at home, it's
Speaker 1: never gonna be easy to tie. To tie this series up,
Speaker 1: it was very hard. It's going to continue to be hard.
Speaker 1: As I said before, it's gonna get tougher and tougher
Speaker 1: and tougher and tougher. Game five would be even tougher.
Speaker 1: Game six is gonna be even tougher than that. So
Speaker 1: we have to go out understanding that, hey, this team,
Speaker 1: we we noticed that this team hasn't lost two in
Speaker 1: a row in the playoffs. Um, it's time for us
Speaker 1: to make that happen. It's very important that we do.
Speaker 1: We've done our job and taking home court advantage back
Speaker 1: now we have to make sure we capitalize on that
Speaker 1: and going back home and not just expect that we're
Speaker 1: gonna win just because we're going at home. You know,
Speaker 1: the type of force that they're gonna come out with,
Speaker 1: it's the same force they've come out with and every
Speaker 1: loss not only against us, but the entire playoffs. So
Speaker 1: it's important that we not only match that force, but
Speaker 1: we exceeded and if we exceed it. Then you get
Speaker 1: the home crowd into it, they can get going and
Speaker 1: that's very very very key. So looking forward to heading
Speaker 1: back to Chase on Monday night, Uh, that will be
Speaker 1: a very very very fun night for us, and we
Speaker 1: need to make sure, like I said, we take care
Speaker 1: of business. You don't want to come back on the
Speaker 1: road for game six down three to two, um, and
Speaker 1: so you want to come back kind of give yourself
Speaker 1: that little grace period to where you want to close
Speaker 1: it in six if you can, but ultimately understanding if
Speaker 1: you need seven and to go back home, you have that.
Speaker 1: But the only way that works and and we can
Speaker 1: put ourselves in that position is if we meet force
Speaker 1: with force like we did tonight and go home and
Speaker 1: take care of home court advantage. So that's my analysis
Speaker 1: on the game. Uh for those out there, Yes, Draymond
Speaker 1: still has to play better and our will and just
Speaker 1: keep chugging away. Make plays where you need to make
Speaker 1: plays down the stretch. Made a couple of good plays,
Speaker 1: but just keep plugging away at it. You know, it's
Speaker 1: been a tough series. I saw my mom tweeted that
Speaker 1: has been a tough series for me. Absolutely, it definitely has.
Speaker 1: But figure it out. How you gotta figure it out.
Speaker 1: It's not the toughest thing I've had to deal with
Speaker 1: in my life thus far. But I'm sure I'll have
Speaker 1: a tougher challenge in life than this. But currently I
Speaker 1: gotta figure this one out, and I will. I have
Speaker 1: no doubt in my mind that I will always do.
Speaker 1: But before we get out of here, as I am
Speaker 1: going to eat me some dinner. I can't really call
Speaker 1: it Dinner's one and it's supposed to be two am,
Speaker 1: but maeve me some food and get myself ready for
Speaker 1: this long flight tomorrow. Jeez. But before we do that,
Speaker 1: Jack's we got a couple of mail back questions before
Speaker 1: we get out of here with my brother, Yes, sir,
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Speaker 1: the Draymond Green Show. First up from our friend de Maria.
Speaker 1: She wrote back dre from tomorrow at Tomorrio Mone, Hey Draymond.
Speaker 1: First off, you correct, my name is pronounced de Maria
Speaker 1: Mone Jackson. I forgive you l o L. My question
Speaker 1: is what do you think about the about the changing
Speaker 1: of the finals travel rotation. This is obviously a little
Speaker 1: bit old news, but going from two three two to
Speaker 1: two to one one. What are your thoughts on that
Speaker 1: that switch. I think that's a very huge thing. You know,
Speaker 1: how tough it is, um, you know, you lose one
Speaker 1: of those first two games and then you gotta go
Speaker 1: on the row for three. I think the NBA absolutely
Speaker 1: made the right call with that. Not only that is
Speaker 1: tough in that sense, but every other series is two
Speaker 1: two one one one to get to the finals, and
Speaker 1: all of a sudden you change that entire routine. Is
Speaker 1: absolutely crazy to me, you know you, Uh, playoffs is
Speaker 1: about you know, experience and familiarity as well, and you
Speaker 1: change that up the last series, I think that's absolutely insane.
Speaker 1: So I like that it's two two one one now.
Speaker 1: And saying that, when you're dealing with a you know,
Speaker 1: a long flight like we're dealing with between Boston and
Speaker 1: San Francisco, it's a little tougher, but ultimately I think
Speaker 1: it's the right thing to do. Uh And and I
Speaker 1: think the NBA does a great job of spacing the
Speaker 1: games out. The only the only game this series with
Speaker 1: one day in between was the one we just played,
Speaker 1: which is Game three and four. So being that you
Speaker 1: have that was two days in between, you kind of
Speaker 1: got that travel day to get yourself back, get back
Speaker 1: home and squared away or come on the road. And
Speaker 1: so as much as um, you know, as as big
Speaker 1: of a change that is or was when it when
Speaker 1: it did happen, I like it. I think it's great.
Speaker 1: And the flight does sucked this time around long flights,
Speaker 1: but that's a part of it. And like I said,
Speaker 1: you get that extra day from Matthew Goodwin at matt
Speaker 1: good Underscore Win. What similarities, if if any, do you
Speaker 1: see with facing Lebron in the finals compared to facing
Speaker 1: the Celtics. I personally don't see a lot, but I'm
Speaker 1: curious your thoughts. I don't think there as many similarities there. Um,
Speaker 1: Lebron is different than anything we've ever seen in this
Speaker 1: world or anybody we've ever seen in this NBA. So uh,
Speaker 1: there are no similarities other than it's NBA Finals, intensity
Speaker 1: it is the NBA Finals and we're both trying to
Speaker 1: win the championship. Outside of that, there are no similarities.
Speaker 1: Bron is different than anything we've ever seen, and he's
Speaker 1: probably different than anything we will ever see. Moving forward,
Speaker 1: Last one from a Sam Cohn at a Samka eight
Speaker 1: one too, How does the crowd at TD Garden compare
Speaker 1: to other road arenas that you play. Oh, they're loud. Umm,
Speaker 1: they're pretty loud. They're very loud, little obnoxious. Uh, but
Speaker 1: Cleveland Plans used to be obnoxious too. Now I think
Speaker 1: these people take they take the cake and going away
Speaker 1: they take the cake. But um, yeah, it's loud. I mean,
Speaker 1: you're trying to win a championship. It should be loud.
Speaker 1: You know, the fans should be into it, and so
Speaker 1: I respect it, um, and after the series I appreciate it.
Speaker 1: But for now you know what it is with them,
Speaker 1: and as Sam con that's it. You're closing the show
Speaker 1: out for us. We appreciate you, our listeners were always
Speaker 1: thankful for until the next game, which is Game five
Speaker 1: Monday night, June. I'll talk to you all after that,
Speaker 1: but until then. That's a rap from the Draymond Green Show.
Speaker 1: Peace