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00:00 >> Okay, first time on a 10 foot rim.
00:02 >> Probably, yeah.
00:03 >> So if you could take us through those couple plays.
00:06 >> I mean, just be active with my hands.
00:09 Jason had a go in the whole game.
00:12 He could have missed basically.
00:14 So I had to do a little bit better job on him.
00:16 But that last play with China, I just see the scouting, what people do.
00:22 So I just read the game.
00:24 I like to read the game.
00:25 >> Luca, you guys shot four corner threes.
00:29 It's pretty much the opposite of how Oklahoma City was playing.
00:31 You was really sticking to there.
00:33 How different does it feel?
00:34 Like, did you feel the amount of space that you had driving into the paint?
00:38 >> I mean, they're known for collapsing the paint.
00:40 So I think we can do a way better job of shooting the three, getting open looks.
00:46 I think me and PJ had some open looks, could have knocked him down, but
00:50 we made important ones.
00:51 I see we shot 24% from three.
00:54 We just gotta get more open shots and keep shooting.
00:57 It was a great shot and keep moving the ball.
01:00 >> You kind of said you made the important ones.
01:02 Was it just kind of sticking with it in that fourth quarter to get
01:06 the ones you needed and the ones that mattered?
01:08 >> Yeah, just believe, stay together.
01:10 Everybody believes in this team.
01:12 So we're the down four.
01:15 We stay together and get a win.
01:17 >> And Luca, how much confidence can you gain from that?
01:20 The fact that you guys did not shoot well from three and
01:22 yet you still won here on the road against a tough team the way you did.
01:26 >> Yeah, it's pretty amazing, but that's only one game.
01:30 So we gotta come back and try to play the same way,
01:34 knock down some shots and get another win if possible.
01:37 >> Luca, we've seen you and Kyrie put up the kind of points combined that you have
01:41 many times, but when you guys are scoring like that, how tough are you to beat as
01:45 a team when you guys have it going like that?
01:48 >> Yeah, I mean, it all depends how we play on defense.
01:52 I think our defense could be way better.
01:55 I think we play today good defense, but we can be way better.
01:58 And then with our pace, we've been last year, our point of view,
02:03 I mean in the preseason was to move the ball faster, play with pace.
02:06 And I think we've been doing that fine.
02:07 >> Luca, you talked earlier this postseason battling through it about your,
02:12 quote, Real Madrid DNA.
02:14 When you're working on these comebacks in a game like tonight,
02:16 does any of that youthful training come through in those moments?
02:19 What is the effect there?
02:21 >> I mean, definitely, once you play there for many years and
02:27 won there, so it kind of stays with you.
02:30 And sometimes you just remember those beautiful moments when you win and
02:35 what it means to win.
02:36 >> Luca, it seemed like you guys had a pretty aggressive game plan as far as
02:41 guarding Anthony tonight.
02:42 Like what was the thought process going into it?
02:44 Was it gonna be anybody but him beating us?
02:46 >> No, I mean, he's an amazing player.
02:51 You have to put multiple bodies on him.
02:53 If he's going one on one, it's kind of tough to stop him.
02:56 He's an amazing player, so I think we did a great job on him.
03:01 But he's gonna come back stronger.
03:03 We gotta be ready for everything because he's
03:08 an unbelievable player that needs to see multiple bodies.
03:10 >> First time you guys have won a game one.
03:16 Little different feeling now going into game two now that you got the victory in
03:20 game one?
03:21 >> I mean, yeah, but we gotta stay the same way.
03:24 We can relax.
03:25 Now we did one game one.
03:26 We can relax.
03:27 We gotta play with the same mentality.
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03:36 >> Throughout the playoffs, you faced some pretty aggressive on ball defenders and
03:39 you've effectively snaked into the gap.
03:41 How important is it for you to be able to snake with contact to get to your spots?
03:47 >> Yeah, it's very important.
03:48 That's what I said in the fourth quarter.
03:50 I just trying to get to my spot and be confident in those shots.
03:54 So just gotta do more.
03:55 >> All right.
03:56 >> Thank you. >> Thanks, guys.
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04:00 >> Drink ethically.