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00:00 - Luka, how does it feel to be up 3-0?
00:01 No team has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit in the finals.
00:05 How does that feel?
00:06 - Don't even say it, man.
00:08 But it feels great.
00:09 But we got to think about next game.
00:12 Got to play with the same mentality.
00:14 They're not going to go away, no way.
00:17 So we need to prepare for the next game.
00:20 We just got to think about next game.
00:21 - What are you guys doing the fourth quarter
00:23 to hold them at 20 points?
00:24 - Execute our game plan.
00:26 Me and Kai have the ball.
00:29 Everybody contribute.
00:31 PJ with the big three, Gaff will be the big end one.
00:35 So everybody that was on the floor did amazing.
00:38 - Luka, late in the game when it's close,
00:41 you know you've got you, you know you've got Kyrie.
00:43 What's your feeling, what's your confidence like
00:46 in those situations?
00:47 - Big confidence.
00:49 We have, like I always say, great team.
00:53 Not just me and Kai, other players on our team
00:58 are capable of making that shot.
00:59 Whatever, it's a three or layup.
01:01 As you saw, like I said, PJ with the big three,
01:04 Gaff with an amazing end one.
01:06 So we just got to, we have big confidence in ourselves.
01:10 - You got a little rest there to start the fourth quarter.
01:12 Kyrie was cooking at that point.
01:14 What are you thinking as you're watching that?
01:16 - I got rest?
01:17 - Early in the fourth.
01:18 - About two minutes?
01:20 - Right, where Kyrie scored like seven points.
01:23 - Yeah, it's unbelievable.
01:25 That's why they call him some people,
01:28 he's the fourth quarter, right?
01:30 Just amazing.
01:31 He scored what, 33?
01:33 How many he scored in the fourth?
01:35 - Twelve.
01:37 - Felt like 20.
01:39 Yeah, it's amazing, you know.
01:41 He's born for this situation.
01:42 He's born for the clutch situations.
01:44 So we just give the ball to him.
01:47 - Luca.
01:49 - Luca, when Derek went out with the head or the neck injury,
01:52 it changed the kind of complexion of y'all's defense
01:55 at that point, especially when Gaffer got his third foul.
01:57 Do you have any concerns about that going forward,
02:01 if he's not going to be able to play in game four?
02:03 - We have to have next man up mentality.
02:07 Obviously, he's an amazing player.
02:09 He helped us so, so much in these playoffs
02:13 and in the regular season.
02:15 So obviously, we're going to miss him if he can't play.
02:18 But we got to have next man up mentality.
02:23 - Luca, you guys, for obvious reasons,
02:25 look happy coming off the court.
02:28 And you're obviously uplifted now.
02:30 But I wonder how hard it might be to kind of keep an even keel
02:34 with the work not being done yet.
02:38 - I mean, it shouldn't be hard.
02:40 Obviously, we have 3-0.
02:42 But we just got to have--we got to focus on the next game,
02:45 just like if it's 0-0.
02:48 We got to think it's 0-0.
02:50 We got to go out there because they're not going to go away easy.
02:54 - Luca, good day for Slovenian sport.
02:58 Who's bigger, you or Pokacar?
03:01 - Sorry?
03:02 - A good day for Slovenian sport today.
03:04 They won the 0.
03:05 - The 0, the Italian.
03:06 - How do you explain this tiny little country?
03:09 - Yeah, I mean, we have--we are a little country.
03:12 But there's great sportsmen all around our country.
03:17 So we're proud.
03:20 - Luca. Luca in the back here.
03:22 Here's our--oh, hi, over here.
03:24 I'm just wondering, you know, Kyrie has obviously been to the finals
03:27 before he's won a finals.
03:28 How much have you learned from him just being--going through these playoffs
03:32 and the way he performs in these games and throughout this partnership
03:36 you've been informed?
03:37 - A lot. A lot.
03:38 Just right now we're winning by 9, the last possession.
03:43 I told him, "I'm tired of shit."
03:46 He told me that's the way it's supposed to be, you know.
03:49 And just he brought that calmness to our team, to me, the maturity.
03:55 And it's been unbelievable to have him on our team.
03:58 Just learning from him every day, positive energy always.
04:03 So just a blessing having him on our team.
04:06 - Where do you think that calm comes from within him?
04:10 - I don't know.
04:11 You should ask him that.
04:13 But I don't know.
04:15 That's a question for Ky.
04:18 - [speaking Spanish]
04:22 [speaking Spanish]
04:25 [speaking Spanish]
04:50 - Luca, you guys went 26 of 31 from the free throw line.
04:54 You guys went 26 of 31 from the free throw line.
04:56 You specifically 8 of 10 from the line.
04:58 I know Jason emphasized after the last game, "Let's make our free throws."
05:02 Was there an asserted effort to get to the line tonight and knock those down?
05:06 - We were just trying to play aggressive, getting downhill.
05:10 You know, they have one of the best teams for protecting the rim.
05:14 But if you go aggressive, you know, they're going to foul you or let you go.
05:18 So we got to keep being aggressive in the paint.
05:22 - Luca, you--over here.
05:24 Luca, obviously you talked a little about Derek, his importance.
05:27 Was there a sense in the team of just wanting to make sure you won it for him?
05:32 - Yeah, I mean, I went back there and I told him, "We got your back," you know.
05:36 But he was pretty shaken up.
05:38 So we just--I hope he's going to be okay, man.
05:42 - I know you guys are a team, but in a situation like that where you're down a key starter,
05:47 you have Maxi out, how much do you just know going into a fourth quarter
05:50 that it falls on your shoulders as much as anybody else?
05:55 - I mean, yeah, those are two big players for us, especially energy-wise.
06:00 They give our team a lot of energy.
06:03 So we just go out there.
06:05 Like I said, we have to have next-man-up mentality.
06:07 You know, injuries are part of sport.
06:10 They're terrible, but they're part of sport.
06:12 So we just got to have next-man mentality.
06:16 - I believe you had five steals in one block.
06:19 What did you see out there?
06:22 You pulled the chair in the post to force a steal one time, and you tied up a loose ball.
06:26 What did you see out there to make defensive plays like you did?
06:29 - Just trying to bring energy to our team.
06:32 I think we--in the third quarter, you know, Anthony Edwards got it going.
06:37 We kind of had to stop him.
06:39 So just going to try to bring a lot of energy on defensive end,
06:44 which is going to win those games.
06:47 - Thank you.