Imo Klay Thompson had the best postgame quotes (see below).
PREGAME WORKOUTS
Rare Jonathan Kuminga pregame workout footage. Media was treated to whole lobsters. Stephen Curry signed autographs. We also had footage of Klay getting booed but it will be included in the behind-the-scenes video as we had to publish the stuff mentioned above before tipoff:
There was also quite a bit of postgame oncourt video which we will post later, including what Steph and Draymond Green said on the way to the locker room, then also Steph meeting up with his mom and dad (separately, of course, now that they’re divorced) and Draymond and Andrew Wiggins’ family.
UDOKA PREGAME
DISCLAIMER: These are all just notes for my main workflow of YouTube videos, tweeted by beatwriters. I used to transcribe every interview but it became too tedious and not worth the investment for the small amount of views we got on the soundbites on YouTube. The links to the tweets are not available because sometimes I don’t use the full tweet and just having a ton of tweets on this website imo isn’t aesthetically pleasing and gets away from the main goal: transferring information (not so much entertainment) asap.
• Ime Udoka: “I was walking in the office this morning like it’s a regular day.” (Bobby Manning)
• Rob Williams knee was feeling good this morning. He’ll go through pregame testing before a final decision on playing tonight is made, per Ime Udoka. (Keith Smith)
STEVE PREGAME
• Steve Kerr: “Point of attack defense, we’ve got to do a better job with that for sure.” (Bobby Manning)
• “You just prepare. You don’t worry about all the angles and opinions,” Steve Kerr says of being down 2-1 in the NBA Finals. (Dalton Johnson)
• Poole: “Our defense is going to fuel our offense. That’ll get Jordan going and that’ll get everyone going … we got to rebound better … it starts with our defense.” (Bobby Manning, Connor Letourneau)
• “He went through everything at shootaround and told me he felt good. I don’t know exactly what he’s done treatment wise, but the training staff said he’s good to go.” (Tomer Azarly)
• We’re obviously at our best when we can open up the floor and score in transition. We gotta rebound better. The other night, we got crushed on the glass. They controlled the whole game and that made it difficult on Jordan [Poole] and the whole group. (Tomer Azarly)
LOONEY POSTGAME
STEVE POSTGAME
• How did Steph Curry’s foot hold up? Steve Kerr jokingly said, “I think he was really laboring out there. Really struggled.” (95.7 The Game)
• On Steph Curry’s Game 4: “Just stunning. Boston has the best defense in the league…for Steph to take that pressure and still be able to defend. I think this is the strongest physically he’s ever been.” (Michael Pina)
• “Wiggs was fantastic…Also a plus-20. We needed every bit of Wig’s contributions.” (Alex Espinoza, Tomer Azarly)
• On benching Steph: “He was not happy. But I felt pretty good about where we were.” (Alex Espinoza)
• On Kevon Looney: “He’s irreplaceable for us.” (Alex Espinoza)
• Kerr says he never wants a player happy about being taken out like when he took Green out in fourth with under eight minutes left. He said this is a tough series for Draymond to score but that Green has been doing other impactful and important things for the Warriors: “I don’t ever want our players to be happy if I take them out. Draymond is incredibly competitive. he’s the ultimate competitior. came back in, made huge plays. Look this is a tough series for him to score because of Boston’s size and athleticism but he’s still impacting the game at a huge level. He knows. We’re gonna do whatever it takes to win.” (Ohm Youngmisuk, Tomer Azarly)
• “Just stunning. The physicality out there is pretty dramatic. Boston’s got the best defense in the league.” (NBC Sports Boston)
JP POSTGAME
• Jordan Poole on Steph Curry: “43 & 10 is crazy, especially in the NBA Finals.” (NBA)
KLAY POSTGAME
• Klay on Steph Curry: “The heart on that man is incredible. The things he does we kind of take for granted from time to time. To go out there and put us on his back…it’s shocking he wasn’t a first-team All-NBA guy. There’s always next year.” (Michael Pina, Melissa Rohlin, Connor Letourneau)
• “That was a gutsy win, it was a ton of fun. Thinking about where I was this time last year, I wasn’t even jogging yet and now I’m out here battling in the Finals? This is great. I’m gonna enjoy the heck out of these next 2-3 games.” (Tomer Azarly)
• On Curry: “The things he does, we kind of take for granted from time to time. But to go out there and put us on his back, I mean, we’ve got to help him on Monday.” (Kendra Andrews)
• On where this ranks on Steph Curry’s all-Time Finals games: “I think No. 1. This was nearly a must win game. To shoot as efficiently as he did, grab 10 rebounds, and they’re attacking him on defense. That man’s conditioning is second-to-none.” (Tomer Azarly)
• On Poole: “The poise he’s been playing with as a 22-year old these playoffs has been amazing.” (Tomer Azarly)
• “This was a special night for Dub Nation.” (Dalton Johnson)
• “I can’t believe I’m here, especially considering where I was at this time last year. I wasn’t even jogging yet.” (NBA)
DRAYMOND POSTGAME
• Draymond Green on Steph: “Incredible. Put us on his back, willed us to a win in a game we had to have… Absolutely incredible…He came out and showed why he’s one of the best players to ever play this game. Why this organization has been able to ride him to so much success. Absolutely incredible.” (Marc Spears, Alex Espinoza, Dalton Johnson, Tomer Azarly, Shayna Rubin)
• On Steph showing emotion right away: “He wasn’t letting us lose. That’s just what it boils down to. I could tell in his demeanor last couple days, even after Game 3 that he was gonna come out with that type of fire. We were all able to follow it.” (Ohm Youngmisuk, Alex Espinoza, Tomer Azarly)
WIGGINS POSTGAME
• What has unlocked Andrew Wiggins’ rebounding? Wiggins: “I want to win.” (Dalton Johnson)
• On Steph: “All you can do is watch.” (NBA)
STEPH POSTGAME
• No wrap on Steph Curry’s left foot after that win. (Dalton Johnson)
• “It means everything knowing the sense of urgency we had to have tonight to win on the road, get back in the series, take home-court advantage back.” Called it a, “night and day difference between how we came out from Game 3 to Game 4” in the 1st quarter. (Tomer Azarly)
• On his visible emotion: “Just had to let everybody know that we were here tonight.” (Alex Espinoza)
• On if this was No. 1 in Finals, as Klay had mentioned on the podium: “I don’t rank my performances, though. Just win the game.” (Alex Espinoza, Tomer Azarly, NBCSBA)
• On if he felt any pain in the leg and if any movements affected him: “Great rehab and medical staff hooking up the last few days, getting me right… I wasn’t thinking about it… I felt like I could do whatever I wanted out on the court.” (Tomer Azarly)
• “Proud of everybody… 2-2 is way better than 3-1 going home.” (NBA)
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