EEN BLOWN OUT
AND THEY LOST A CLOSE GAME AND
GAME TWO.%
HERE IS THE HEAD COACH OF THE
THUNDER.
THE INTENTIONAL FOULING --
HOW MUCH OF A CHESS GAME WHERE
YOU AND IN YOUR OWN HEAD, SHOULD
I LEAVE HIM IN OR TAKE HIM OUT?
>> I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR
MIKE ON IT OR WHAT HIS
INTENTIONS WERE.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN JUST BECAUSE OF
ENTREE'S FREE-THROW SHOOTING
PERCENTAGE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT SIGN OF
RESPECT TO GET ANDRE OFF HARDEN.
I MIGHT NOT FEEL THAT WAY, SO I
DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THEM
.
ANDRE'S THAN A GREAT JOB ALL
SERIES LONG.
HE DID MAKE A COUPLE OF THEM.
WAS NOT A HUGE DISPARITY.
PROBABLY BUILT MOMENTUM OF THE
GAME A LITTLE BIT.
THE JOB UNDER HAS DONE IS BEEN
REMARKABLE LEGAL ENTIRE SERIES.
THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR
THEM TO LEARN FROM THAT.
CRITICS YOU TALKED ABOUT PUTTING
THE BONE VICTORS HANDS, WHAT WAS
THE REASON -- >> JUST BECAUSE WE
DO SO MUCH REALLY.
>> DO YOU THINK HE COULD GET
MORE OUT OF THAT SECOND UNIT
WHEN RUSSELL IS NOT OUT THERE?
>> YOU ALSO MAKE IT INTO A
SITUATION WHERE THEY ARE GETTING
THE BALL A LITTLE BIT LATER,
TRYING TO GET HIM -- HE IS ON
THE BALL OF IT.
HIS PLATE TWO GOOD GAMES BACK TO
BACK.
NO QUESTION I THOUGHT OUR SECOND
UNIT PLAYED EXTREMELY WELL IN
GAME THREE.
TROUBLE BUT DIDN'T PLAY
PARTICULARLY WELL TONIGHT.
SIMILAR TO THAT QUESTION,
WESTBROOK GOES OUT FOR THE
SECOND TIME IN THREE GAMES,
THINGS FALL APART TWICE.
YOUR FIRST TEAM -- HEALTH --
THEY ARE GIVING AWAY LEADS WHEN
RUSSELL GOES OUT.
IS NOT ASSIGNED, THEY HAVE MORE
QUALITY DEPTH THAN YOU, WHAT CAN
YOU DO TO OVERCOME WHAT IS
OBVIOUSLY BECOME --
I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW TO
ANSWER THAT.
THERE'S BEEN SOME MOMENTS -- OUR
SECOND UNIT HAS DONE A GOOD JOB.
OUR SECOND UNIT PLAYED WELL IN
GAME THREE.
THIS WAS A GAME WHERE, TO YOUR
POINT -- LISTEN, I DO NOT THINK
THAT THAT -- THAT THERE IS ANY
DIFFERENCE -- THE WHOLE YEAR
WHAT WAS -- RUSSELL WESTBROOK
SOFT -- DIFFERENTIAL HARD TEAM.
FOR MOST TEAMS, WE TAK A PLAYER
OF HIS CALIBER OFF THE FLOOR,
THERE WILL BE A DIFFERENTIAL.
THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT WHEN
RUSSELL IS OUT THERE WE WILL END
UP BEING BETTER.
TO SAY THERE WON'T BE A
DIFFERENTIAL, I DON'T KNOW.
I THOUGHT YOUR POINT, THE SECOND
UNIT COULD HAVE PLAYED BETTER.
THEY PLAY MUCH BETTER IN THE
LAST GAME.
WE HAD SOME OPPORTUNITIES
>> HOUSTON, THEY HAVE AN
EXPLOSIVE TEAM.
SOMETIMES FOR US, THAT GROUP I
THOUGHT PLAYED WELL BUT I DO NOT
THINK WE WOULD MAKE NECESSARILY
PARTICULAR SHOTS IN THAT
SITUATION.
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>> THE LAST MINUTE AND A HALF OR
SO FROM THE SHOTS YOU GOT, WOULD
YOU RATHER HAVE HAD ONE THING OR
THE OTHER IN TERMS OF LETTING
HIM SCORE OR FOUL HARDER?
>> I THOUGHT A COUPLE TIMES,
RUSSELL, WE NEEDED TO HELP HIM
IN TERMS OF THE WAY THE FLOOR
WAS SPACED.
WE NEEDED SOMEBODY TO DIVE INTO
THE BASKET HEART, THE FLOOR
WOULD BE OPEN.
I THOUGHT ANDRE MADE A REALLY
GOOD PLAY AND RUSSELL THREW IT
BACK TO HIM AND DROVE IT AND GOT
IT TO STEPHEN.
I COULD TELL WHERE STEPHEN WAS
AT.
-- CANNOT TELL WHERE STEPHEN WAS
AT.
WE NEEDED TO HAVE SOME PRESENCE
AT THE BASKET.
THE OTHER PART OF THAT WAS, I
THOUGHT WE MADE SOME GOOD
DECISIONS IN TERMS OF WHEN WE
MADE THE THREE AND CUT IT TO 1.
WE GIVE OURSELVES AN OPPORTUNITY
TO GET A QUICK TRAP OR STEEL.
ONCE THE BALL CROSSED
HALF-COURT, WE NEEDED FOUL.
AT THAT LAST PLAY, JEREMY SHOULD
HAVE -- I DON'T WANT TO PASS
JUDGMENT ON THIS.
IF HE COULD HAVE WRAPPED HIM UP
AND PREVENTED HIM FROM EVEN
GETTING THE SHOT, THAT WOULD
HAVE BEEN HELPFUL AND FORCED HIM
TO MAKE TWO FREE-THROWS.
STILL A THREE-POINT GAM, WE CAN
CALL TIMEOUT.
ONCE WE GOT IT TO FOUR, MADE IT
A TWO-POSSESSION GAME.
>> BILLY, WIT 1/2 MINUTE LEFT,
RUSSELL PUT UP THOSE
BACK-TO-BACK THREES LOOKING LIKE
HE WAS TRYING TO DRAW FELL
THERE.
WHAT WAS YOUR OBJECTIVE ON THOSE
POSITIONS, AND WERE YOU OK WITH
THOSE SHOTS?
I THINK IN BOTH OF THOSE
SITUATIONS, SOMEBODY DIVING TO
THE BASKET OR CREATING A POST
PRESENCE AT THE BASKET, BECAUSE
ANYTIME -- THERE ARE TWO SENT TO
HIM.
WHEN THE FLOOR IS OPEN, THE LANE
IS OPEN TO DIVE.
DIVE INTO THE BASKET AND CREATE
A PRESENCE AT THE RIM IS
IMPORTANT.
I THINK THE OTHER PART OF IT IS,
THIS HAS BEEN A HUGE PART OF THE
SERIES AND I'M NOT TAKING
ANYTHING AWAY BECAUSE I THINK
THE OFFICIALS ARE ANY DIFFICULT
SPOT.
WHEN YOU ARE GETTING 12 FREE
THROWS PER GAME ON BEING FOULED
AT THE THREE-POINT LINE, I HAVE
NO PROBLEM WITH RUSSELL TRYING
THE SAME THING BECAUSE LOU
WILLIAMS GETS IT, AND HARDEN --
HARDIN GETS IT, ALL THE TIME.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S WHY.
IF YOU GO TO GAME 1, 3, 4, AND
YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF FREE
THROWS THEY ARE TAKING ON FOULED
THREE-POINT SHOT'S IN
RELATIONSHIP TO WHEN WE'VE DONE
IT, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH
RUSSELL DOING THAT.
I WILL GO BACK AND WATCH THE
FILM TO DETERMINE WHETHER I
THINK HE WAS FOULED OR NOT.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.
LOU WILLIAMS IS FOUL 3, AND H
ARDIN IS FOUL 3.
-- 3 LATE IN THE GAME.
THOSE ARE HUGE FREE THROWS.
I'M NOT BEING CRITICAL OF THE
OFFICIALS HERE AT ALL BECAUSE I
THINK THEY ARE PUT INTO A
DIFFICULT SITUATION.
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