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00:00 …midway through the first quarter?
00:04 TRAYCE JACKSON-DAVIS, POSTGAME GSW-BKN: I think just with the back-to-back, you just gotta get yourself going. I didn’t play last game and so I felt like I could help bring the energy up, just go out there. Starts on the defensive end of the floor, so good stops and start running and then have — see if my teammates can build off that.
00:21 How did help you guys control pace?
00:24 It’s huge for us. The way that Jimmy plays, it’s an emphasis to get him the ball, especially whenever I’m on the court. I’ll literally call off drags and stuff like that with our guards and tell them to just give him — give it to him because he’s gonna make something good happen. He draws two in a different way than Steph, but he still does it and you get easy threes and lobs and stuff of that nature.
00:42 How crucial did this one feel after the way the game ended yesterday?
00:47 Yeah, that’s been our M.O. this year and so just being able to win some on the road, it’s hard to win on the road. It’s always been hard to win on the road and so being able to get one and going into Charlotte, feels good.
01:03 Hello, Trayce? I was wondering how (inaudible).
01:06 Yeah, CD, he’s been with me since my rookie year, getting on me, especially on the defensive end of the floor. Just the way that I’m playing right now is a credit to him, the way that I’m affecting on the defensive end of the floor and I just gotta continue it. I’m gonna miss him. He’s really good people and I wish him luck in Brooklyn.
01:33 And did you feel more confidence in the last couple of games?
01:38 I wouldn’t necessarily say confidence. I’m just trying to bring energy. Me and Coach have talked and he says whenever I go in, I’m gonna play in spurts. I was playing well, so he rode me a little bit longer, but that’s just, that’s how it goes.
01:53 How does playing shorts spurts, what does that change for you or how does that — what does that do for you?
02:00 It doesn’t really change anything, but I just feel like, for me, just being able to run the floor, make the other bigs tired, just play just kinda crazy, all-out effort, all-out intensity and just — yeah, basically.
02:16 When you see a 58-27 advantage for your guys’ bench, what does that make you think?
02:22 It just makes me think that we did our job, honestly. There’s nothing else to say. We got a lot of older guys on our team and sometimes we gotta do the heavy lifting, so.
02:38 Going back to Chris DeMarco, what do you think he’s going to add, not only to the Liberty, but to the WNBA as a whole?
02:49 He’s gonna bring intensity. He’s a winner, especially being a part of this organization. They already have a great player on their team. She’s similar to Steph and so I think that just the play calls, the way they are on the floor, I think it’s gonna help them a lot. And I think it’s gonna be good. and I can’t wait to watch that.
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03:17 How significant (inaudible) after what happened yesterday and tonight?
03:23 STEPH CURRY: