Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | Minnesota Timberwolves | Jan. 5, 2021
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00:00 Can you guys hear me?
00:03 Nick Gallo, kcthunder.com.
00:06 Shea, you all shook off the tough first quarter.
00:09 In particular, really stopped turning the ball over.
00:13 Why were you able to kind of shut that down and reset on that front?
00:18 >> Yeah, I just agree a little bit passive in the beginning of the game.
00:23 They were the aggressors in that first quarter for sure.
00:25 I'm both on the floor.
00:27 I think we just played free and played aggressive.
00:30 We kind of got ourselves back to the game and kind of made things happen.
00:33 >> Did that one, I think, technical free throw get you going a little bit?
00:37 It seemed like after that,
00:39 you had a little bit more of your rhythm offensively and shooting.
00:41 >> I'm not too sure, I don't think so.
00:46 I might have seen as the game went on, I really came back a little bit.
00:49 But yeah, for sure I felt a little bit out of it in the start.
00:54 I just tried to stay with it, stick to it.
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00:59 >> John Masato, The Oklahoma, Shay, you guys have had,
01:02 you got several guys back from COVID protocols today.
01:05 You missed one game, how much of that is a factor as far as guys getting their
01:09 likes back and such?
01:10 >> Yeah, get used to playing every other day.
01:15 And then you miss one game, it's four days.
01:20 It's a little bit different.
01:23 But with that being said, every team deals with it, especially at this time.
01:26 There's no excuse, you just gotta work with it.
01:29 >> Can you shed any light on what happened with your case in particular as far as
01:32 you only missed one game in the protocols?
01:35 >> Yeah, I tested inconclusive.
01:39 And then I followed up with three negative tests.
01:41 So I guess I never really had COVID.
01:43 But the inconclusive was like an alarm, so I had to sit back down.
01:47 >> Gotcha, thanks.
01:47 >> Paris Lawson, okcthunder.com.
01:51 I wanted to ask you about Kenridge.
01:53 Obviously, he just does Kenny Hustle things all the time.
01:55 But it seemed like he was really aggressive on the offensive glass.
01:58 And I just wanted to bring to the game for you guys.
02:00 >> Yeah, he was himself.
02:01 Obviously a big part of his team.
02:04 And when we win games, he's usually really good.
02:09 He was good tonight as well.
02:10 Like you said, on the offensive glass, picking the spots,
02:14 shooting when he was open.
02:16 He's kind of figured out his role in this league and he's running with it for sure.
02:20 >> We talked about the slow start in that first quarter.
02:23 The mental side of that, of being able to just dust that off, and
02:27 you guys really took off offensively, didn't score less than 26 points in
02:30 the next three quarters.
02:31 Just mentally, what did it take to do that and shake that off and move on?
02:35 >> I just think we've done it before.
02:39 We've come back before.
02:40 We know it's a long game, 48 minute game.
02:44 You gotta play us all four quarters.
02:46 So we have confidence in ourselves that we can come back from any deficit,
02:49 especially that early.
02:50 >> Last one for me, you guys face this team again, day after tomorrow.
02:55 Just how much are you looking forward to that?
02:57 And now that you've gotten a chance to get a swing at them,
03:00 what's just what you're looking forward to in that second meeting?
03:02 >> Yeah, just let them get off to the same start they did.
03:06 Give ourselves a zero, zero chance in the first quarter, and
03:09 then we'll see from there.
03:10 >> Awesome, thank you, Che.
03:14 >> You're welcome.
03:14 >> Thanks, Che.
03:15 >> Thanks, Che.
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