“We’re Not Done Yet”- Haliburton, Siakam & Turner Talk Advancing To The ECF & More!🔥| May 19, 2024

“We’re Not Done Yet”- Haliburton, Siakam & Turner Talk Advancing To The ECF & More!🔥| May 19, 2024

>> THAT’S A CRAZY SHIRT. >> SUPPOSED TO START 67.1% FOR A GAME IN THE PLAYOFFS. SO YOU GUYS SHOT BETTER THAN ANYBODY EVER HAS IN PLAYOFF BASKETBALL? I JUST. HOW DID THAT ALL COME TOGETHER LIKE THAT? JUST WHAT’S IT MEAN TO SET THAT KIND OF RECORD HERE IN A GAME SEVEN? >> I MEAN I THINK IT’S A TESTAMENT, YOU KNOW, JUST TO, YOU KNOW, OUR COACHING STAFF JUST TO OUR OFFENSE, MAN I THINK WE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN HISTORIC OFFENSE OBVIOUSLY. BUT THIS GUY GOT THINGS ROLLING AND EVERYBODY KIND OF JUST FOLLOWS SUIT. AND TO DO THAT ON THE ROAD HERE IN THE GARDEN TO GAME SEVEN, OBVIOUSLY IT’S PHENOMENAL. BUT YOU KNOW I THINK THIS IS WHAT WE’VE BEEN DOING ALL SEASON LONG. AND WE WERE ABLE TO SHOW IT ON THE BIG STAGE. >> WHAT WAS THAT FAN SAYING TO YOU THROUGHOUT THE FIRST QUARTER, AND HOW MUCH DID THAT HELP GET YOU GOING TO START THIS GAME? >> THIS ONE? >> YEAH, HE WAS JUST TALKING BEFORE THE GAME. HE WAS TALKING BEFORE THE GAME. I MEAN, IT SEEMED LIKE WHOEVER WAS SITTING IN THAT SEAT ALL SERIES HAD SOMETHING TO SAY TO ME. SO ONCE I GOT GOING, I JUST I KNEW I WAS GOING TO PICK SOMEBODY TODAY TO GET ME, GET ME GOING. AND IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE HIM. AND, JUST GOT ME GOING IN THE FIRST QUARTER. AND WE JUST CONTINUED ON, BUT I THINK THAT’S, YOU KNOW, THE GAME WITHIN THE GAME, THAT’S THE FUN THAT IS THIS ENVIRONMENT. >> SO SOME KNICKS TO ME, YOU SEEM TO PICK SOME KNICKS TOO. >> THEY PICKED HIM. >> YEAH. >> THEY PICKED ME. >> THEY PICKED HIM. I WAS TALKING CRAZY ALL SERIOUS QUESTION AFTER ROUND ONE. >> BUT THIS WHOLE PLAYOFF RUN FOR YOU BEING WITH THIS FRANCHISE FOR SO LONG I WAS SWEET. DOES IT FEEL FOR YOU PERSONALLY? >> YOU KNOW, FOR ME PERSONALLY, I CAN SIT HERE AND SAY A LOT OF THINGS. OBVIOUSLY, IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, BUT I’M JUST PROUD OF THIS GROUP, MAN. FOR REAL. LIKE I IT’S ONE OF THE MOST SPECIAL GROUPS I’VE BEEN AROUND. IT IS THE MOST SPECIAL GROUP I’VE BEEN AROUND. JUST SINCE I’VE BEEN HERE. WE ALL PLAY FOR EACH OTHER. THERE’S NO EGO AND WHEN YOU GOT GUYS THAT CAN SCORE 15 PLUS POINTS, 15, 20 PLUS POINTS EVERY SINGLE NIGHT, SEVEN, EIGHT GUYS, THERE CAN BE A LOT OF EGO INVOLVED WITH THAT. AND WE WERE ABLE TO NIP THAT IN THE BUD A LOT EARLIER THIS SEASON. YOU KNOW, AND OBVIOUSLY HAVING PASCAL COME HERE, YOU KNOW, MIDWAY THROUGH THE SEASON AND ADDING HIS LEADERSHIP AND JUST, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING HE’S ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR OUR TEAM OFFENSE AND DEFENSIVELY HAS BEEN HUGE. SO I’M PROUD I WAS I’M GLAD I WAS ABLE TO SHARE WITH MY FAMILY. YOU KNOW MY DAD’S FROM NEW YORK. YOU KNOW HE GREW UP ON THIS SERIES AND THIS RIVALRY. SO TO HAVE THAT EMBRACE HIM AFTER THE GAME WAS EVERYTHING. AND YOU KNOW, WE’RE NOT DONE YET. >> DID YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO TEST ANUNOBY THEIS BURKS. YOU KNOW HOW THIS FEELS LIKE YOU HAD TO TEST THEM. >> I MEAN, I DIDN’T I WASN’T GOING IN WITH, LIKE, YOU KNOW, I’M GOING TO TEST THEM. BUT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY HE DIDN’T HE DIDN’T LOOK TOO HEALTHY, YOU KNOW, IT MADE SOME SHOTS EARLY, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK THAT’S, YOU KNOW, I LOVE OG, YOU KNOW, SO I THINK JUST SEEING HIM OUT THERE, OBVIOUSLY I WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT HE’S OKAY FIRST, AND MAKING SURE THAT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT’S GAME SEVEN AND WE WANT TO GIVE EVERYTHING, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO BE HEALTHY, AND I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, HE DIDN’T LOOK HEALTHY OUT THERE, SO UNFORTUNATELY FOR HIM, HE HAD A GREAT SEASON, YOU KNOW, PROUD OF HIM. AND I JUST WANTED HIM TO, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO GET BETTER . AND, HE’S GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE A LOT OF MONEY AND, YOU KNOW, DO A LOT OF THINGS FOR HIS FAMILY. SO I JUST WANT HIM TO BE GOOD. >> TYRESE YOU GOT THE, REGGIE SWEATSHIRT ON THERE? DID YOU HEAR FROM HIM OR ANY OF THE OTHER OLD PACERS THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE SERIES? ANY ANY WORDS OF INSPIRATION ALONG THE WAY? >> YEAH, I MEAN, WE TEXT EVERY DAY. I MEAN, THIS IS THIS HAS BEEN A GOOD MENTOR FOR ME, BUT, I MEAN, I’M JUST WEARING A HOODIE. I LIKE TO BE COMFY ON THE PLANE. >> YEAH. >> RIGHT THERE I HAVE NO IDEA. I HONESTLY DON’T KNOW. I GOT THIS HOODIE LIKE, TWO DAYS AGO, SO I APPRECIATE WHOEVER GAVE IT TO ME GOT SENT TO MY HOUSE. >> TYRESE HOW IMPORTANT WAS IT TO SCORE SO MUCH EARLY TO TAKE THE CROWD OUT OF? >> I MEAN, I WOULDN’T SAY ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT. I JUST, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHEN I PLAY AGGRESSIVE AND I JUST TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT THIS LAST GAME, AND IT SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY THING THAT CAN BE TALKED ABOUT BY, BY EVERYBODY AFTER EVERY GAME IS JUST FOR ME. JUST AGGRESSION IS NOT SHOTS. IT’S JUST GETTING TWO FEET IN THE PAINT. I KNOW IT’S LIKE AN OLD SCHOOL WAY OF THINKING, BUT THE MORE THAT I CAN GET DOWNHILL, IT OPENS UP EVERYTHING FOR EVERYBODY ELSE. SO GUYS ARE MAKING SHOTS EARLY, AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO GET TO THE PAINT AS MUCH AS I CAN OFF OF THESE TWO GUYS BALL SCREENS AND GETTING THE RIM, GET TO THE RIM AND KICK OUT TO THESE GUYS TO MAKE PLAYS. SO YOU KNOW, I THINK FOR ME IT’S JUST FEELING OUT THE GAME. WHAT’S NEEDED IN THAT GAME. AND I KNEW YOU KNOW TODAY’S GAME SEVEN. UNLOAD THE CLIP. YOU KNOW HAVE NO REGRETS BECAUSE I WOULD HATE TO, YOU KNOW, BE ALL SUMMER ABOUT NOT SHOOTING THE BALL TODAY. SO, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, IT WAS JUST ABOUT COMING OUT, PLAYING THE RIGHT WAY. >> TYRESE BOTH TEAMS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PLAYED IN THE PAST, TALK ABOUT THE GAME SLOWS DOWN, THE PLAYOFFS. >> THE PACE CAN’T BE IN OUR WAY. HOW MUCH IS PACE KIND OF MEANT TO YOU GUYS AND KEEPING IT AND DOING THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE. >> DO YOU THINK THAT WE HAVE SLOWED DOWN A LOT? OKAY. WELL, I THINK THAT’S THE ANSWER. I MEAN, I THINK THAT IT’S JUST THE OLD SCHOOL WAY OF THINKING THAT YOU CAN’T PLAY THIS FAST IN THE PLAYOFFS, BUT I THINK OPPORTUNISTICALLY YOU CAN DO IT RIGHT. I THINK IF WE’RE ABLE TO GET STOPS, OF COURSE WE CAN. BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS GAMES THIS SERIES, WE WERE GIVING UP 15 OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS. YOU CAN’T RUN WHEN YOU’RE, YOU KNOW, GIVING UP SO MANY OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS, TAKING THE BALL OUT EVERY PLAY, WHEN YOU’RE GETTING ENOUGH STOPS THAT YOU CAN RUN AND THEN YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE WHEN THEY DO SCORE, THAT’S A THAT’S A WHOLE DIFFERENT THING. BUT, I THINK WE’RE JUST, YOU KNOW, I THINK SLOWLY WE’RE CHANGING THE WAY OF THINKING IN THE NBA THAT THE PLAYOFFS, YOU HAVE TO PLAY SLOW. AND WE’RE ABLE TO JUST CONTINUE TO BE WHO WE ARE. >> TYRESE. ST. JEAN LYLES LIKE YOU GUYS HAD THAT RUN IN THE SEASON TOURNAMENTS, AND IT SEEMED LIKE THAT STARTED YOU GUYS PATH TOWARDS GETTING BETTER DEFENSIVELY. AND I KNOW IT WASN’T IT WAS FITS AND STARTS, BUT HOW IMPORTANT WAS IT TO MAKE THAT RUN AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DO GET SOME STOPS WE CAN STILL PLAY THE WAY WE WANT TO PLAY. WE CAN STILL PLAY WITH THAT PACE. >> I THINK THE BIGGEST THING WAS EXPERIENCE. YOU KNOW, WE HAD A LOT OF GUYS WHO HAVEN’T PLAYED, YOU KNOW, HIGH LEVEL BASKETBALL OR GAMES THAT MATTERED. AND THE IN-SEASON TOURNAMENT THERE WAS LIKE A HEIGHTENED SENSE OF URGENCY IN ALL THOSE GAMES. AND YOU KNOW, WE KNOW HOW WE STARTED THE YEAR DEFENSIVELY. BUT WE ALL CAME TOGETHER AND WE TOLD OURSELVES, MAN, IF WE CAN JUST GET TO FROM GO FROM 30 TO AVERAGE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WE CAN BE YOU KNOW, A HELL OF A TEAM. AND WE ALL COMMITTED, RECOMMITTED OURSELVES TO THAT DEFENSIVE END. AND, WE’RE ABLE TO SHOW IT A BIT, YOU KNOW, IN THAT IN-SEASON TOURNAMENT AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY A FEW GAMES HERE IN THE IN THE PLAYOFFS AS WELL. SO I’M JUST GLAD THAT MORE THAN ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, OUR GUYS GOT EXPERIENCE. >> YEAH, I THINK FOR ME JUST THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL THROUGHOUT THAT I MEAN ESPECIALLY LIKE THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME I THINK ABOUT THAT GAME OFTEN, JUST BECAUSE OF THE ATTENTION OF DETAIL. I’M SEEING, YOU KNOW, CHAMPIONSHIP GUYS AND HOW LOCKED IN THEY WERE TO THE SCOUT. AND, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY WANTED TO GUARD CERTAIN GUYS AND WHERE THEY WANTED TO ATTACK AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I THINK THE EXPERIENCE FROM JUST HIGH LEVEL BASKETBALL, HELPS FOR, FOR ANYBODY. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE’RE REALLY THANKFUL FOR THAT EXPERIENCE TO, TO PLAY IN THOSE ENVIRONMENTS BECAUSE THOSE WERE ALL, YOU KNOW, PRETTY, YOU KNOW, HECTIC GAMES. BUT YOU KNOW, JUST TRYING TO USE THOSE THE RIGHT WAY. I MEAN, HE’S PLAYED HE’S WON A CHAMPIONSHIP. YOU KNOW, US GUYS HAVE YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME IN THE EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THAT THIS MIX OF, YOU KNOW, EXPERIENCE AND EXPERIENCE, YOUTH AND, I’M NOT YOU’RE NOT OLD, BUT, I MEAN, HE’S BEEN THERE. SORRY. HE’S BEEN THERE, BUT I THINK IT’S I THINK IT’S A GOOD MIX. AND IT JUST KEEPS IT FRESH, KEEPS IT FRESH. WOW. >> WHEN THIS SEASON STARTED, I CAN’T REMEMBER EXACTLY, BUT YOU GUYS WERE PROJECTED MAYBE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, LOWER PLAYOFF SEED, MAYBE EVEN PLAYING. WHATEVER. WHAT DID YOU GUYS START TO BELIEVE THAT THIS HAD THE POTENTIAL TO BE SOMETHING BIGGER. AND OBVIOUSLY PASCAL NASHVILLE A BIG PIECE OF THAT. BUT LIKE, WHAT DID YOU START TO FEEL LIKE THIS WAS THERE WAS MUCH MORE POTENTIAL? >> YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK FOR US AS A GROUP, OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE WASN’T HERE TO START THE YEAR, BUT WE KNEW OUR EXPECTATION WAS TO GET TO THE PLAYOFFS. WE SAID THAT TO OUR LOCAL MEDIA MEMBERS ALL YEAR. I MEAN, I KNOW A LOT OF YOU GUYS DIDN’T HEAR ANYTHING FROM US BECAUSE IT’S NOT LIKE WE’RE COVERED EARLY IN THE YEAR. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE JUST HAD THAT LIKE WE HAD PRE-CAMP PRESEASON CAMP IN NASHVILLE, JUST PLAYERS, NO COACHES. AND THAT’S THAT WAS WHAT WE COMMUNICATED FROM THE JUMP THAT WE EXPECTED TO BE HERE . THIS AIN’T A SURPRISE FOR US, YOU KNOW, IT’S NO FLUKE. WE EXPECT THIS FROM OUR GROUP. AND THEN ONCE WE ADDED P, WE KNEW THAT WE COULD REALLY TAKE OFF. SO, IT DOESN’T REALLY MATTER WHAT ANYBODY THINKS EXCEPT FOR THE PEOPLE IN OUR TRAVEL PARTY. 70, 80 PEOPLE WHO COME, BECAUSE I DON’T THINK ANYBODY HERE PICKED THE PACERS TO WIN THE SERIES, BUT IT HAPPENED. >> I HAVE PICTURE PROOF. YEAH. >> MILES, TIE. ANGELA. >> I’M SORRY. OH. YOU’RE GOOD. >> YO, I, I SAID THAT THAT WAS CRAZY. SORRY. >> THAT WAS THIRSTY. >> NAH, BRO. YEAH I WAS TRYING TO BE SUBTLE. >> YEAH. >> THAT’S NOT SUBTLE. IT WAS SUBTLE. OH, THAT WAS NOT SUBTLE. WHAT I’M SORRY. >> DID YOU GUYS SEE THAT? >> NO. >> BILES TIED THIS TIME LAST YEAR. YOU GUYS WERE AT THE TRACK. MY TIE. YOU WERE RIDING AROUND THE PACE CAR. NOW YOU’RE PLAYING IN THE EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS, AND YOU’RE GOING TO BOOKEND THE 500. HOW COOL IS IT TO HAVE ALL OF THIS HAPPENING FOR INDIANAPOLIS SPORTS FANS RIGHT NOW TO START WITH YOU. >> YEAH, INDY’S GONNA BE CRACKING. I AIN’T GONNA LIE. THAT’S GONNA BE A CRAZY DAY TO BE IN INDY, JUST ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE EXCITEMENT OF THE INDY 500. AND THEN TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE OUR GAME CAPPED OFF THE DAY, THAT’S THAT’S REALLY EXCITING FOR OUR CITY. THERE’S A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS GOING ON IN INDIANA RIGHT NOW, SO I THINK WE’RE JUST EXCITED TO BE A PART OF IT. AND I THINK US THREE ARE ALL PART OF THE LONG TERM FUTURE HERE IN INDY, AND I THINK WE’RE ALL EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO BUILD EXCITEMENT AROUND OUR CITY AND, JUST UNDERSTAND WE’RE NOT DONE YET. YOU KNOW, WE STILL GOT, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER SERIES, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY TWO TO GO, BUT IT STARTS WITH WITH BOSTON. AND I THINK WE’RE ALL EXCITED FOR THAT CHALLENGE, AARON AND AARON AND ANDREW WERE 16 OF 18 IN THIS GAME. WOW. WHAT, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THOSE GUYS GIVE YOU A TON ON THE OTHER END, AND OBVIOUSLY THEY DID A LOT IN THIS ONE. BUT JUST HOW IMPORTANT DOES IT HAVE ON TOP OF WHAT ALL YOU GUYS WERE DOING, THOSE KIND OF PRODUCTIONS FROM THOSE GUYS AND ANDREW SEEMED LIKE YOU GOT A SHOT A BIG ONE EVERY TIME YOU GUYS WERE GETTING CLOSE, YEAH. NO, I THINK THOSE GUYS OBVIOUSLY LIKE, THE FIRST THING IS JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE JUST THE WAY THEY WORK, LIKE, ON DEFENSE FOR US, ON EVERY PLAYER. LIKE, THAT’S THE BEST PLAYER ON ANY TEAM, YOU KNOW, LIKE, THEY ALWAYS ON THEM. JUST THE COMMITMENT THAT THEY HAVE TO PLAY IN DEFENSE AND, AND I THINK THE WAY WE PLAY, IT JUST OPENS UP THINGS FOR THEM TO OFF OFFENSIVELY AND THEY GIFTED OFFENSIVELY AS WELL. SO TO BE ABLE TO SEE THEM DO BOTH. I LOVE JRUE. LIKE JUST THE WAY HE PLAYS THE GAME. AND HE SACRIFICED YOU KNOW EVERYTHING. YOU KNOW JUST JUST FOR THE TEAM. BUT HE ALSO HAS GAME SO HE CAN PLAY. HE CAN DO ALL THAT AARON THE SAME THING LIKE PLAY SO HARD ON DEFENSE. BUT YOU KNOW HE’S A GREAT THREE POINT SHOOTER. AND THEN HE CAN PUT THE BALL ON THE FLOOR AND ATTACK. SO THOSE GUYS WERE GREAT FOR US. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY’RE A BIG PART OF WHAT WE DO. >> COME ON GUYS, THE DID YOU GUYS HEAR ANY THE GROANING LIKE WHEN YOU WEREN’T MISSING THAT FIRST HALF? THE FANS WERE SORT OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, I, I’VE NEVER HEARD THAT KIND OF SOUND BEFORE ANY OF THAT. >> I NEVER SAY HEARD, BUT I FELT IT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ENERGY IS EVERYTHING. YOU KNOW, THESE TYPE OF ENVIRONMENTS. AND, YOU KNOW, I THERE WAS LIKE A I THINK IT WAS LIKE A THIRD QUARTER. IT WAS LIKE A PUMP UP THE CROWD TYPE OF THING. AND THE VOLUME WAS UP AND ALL THAT TYPE OF STUFF ON THE JUMBOTRON, AND I DIDN’T HEAR A WORD. YOU CAN HEAR A PIN DROP. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A MOMENT FOR ME BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, TO COME IN TO THIS ENVIRONMENT, YOU KNOW, TO GARDEN IN A GAME SEVEN AND TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THE FANS OUT THE GAME. I MEAN, THAT’S THAT’S UNHEARD OF ABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY. >> WHAT DID THAT MEAN TO YOU? >> MY WHO? YOUR DAD. NO, HE DIDN’T COME. HE DIDN’T COME, HE HAD TO GO HOME. BUT HE TOLD ME TO MEET ME IN BOSTON. SO WHAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE ULTIMATELY BETWEEN THE TWO TEAMS? >> WHY? YOU’RE MOVING ON. >> I MEAN, IT’S BOTH TEAMS WERE PHYSICAL. I THINK THAT’S THE BIGGEST THING. SO GOING FROM THE MILWAUKEE SERIES, IT REALLY GOT US PRIMED AND READY FOR WHAT THE NEW YORK SERIES IS GOING TO BE. WE KNEW BEFORE IT STARTED THAT IT WASN’T GOING TO BE A LOT OF X’S AND O’S. IT’S ABOUT JUST GOING OUT THERE AND GET THE JOB DONE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WHETHER IT’S THE OFFENSIVE BOARDS, 50, 50 BALLS OR JUST, YOU KNOW, A POSSESSION GAME IS WHAT WE CALLED IT. I THINK GAME FIVE, THEY HAD LIKE 29 OR WHATEVER. IT WAS MORE SHOTS THAN US. AND YOU KNOW, THAT WAS OUR DOWNFALL ON THAT. SO, COMPARING THE TWO SERIES, I THINK OFFENSIVELY WE STILL DID WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO, BUT, I THINK IT WAS A POSSESSION GAME. AND, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE TO BE PRIMED FOR THIS SERIES. >> I WANT TO WAIT. I WANT TO SAY OUR OUR DEPTH TO OUR DEPTH. YOU KNOW, IT’S BIG. WE GOT THE BEST BENCH IN THE NBA. SO WE’RE THE DEEPEST TEAM IN THE NBA. WE GOT FIVE, SIX GUYS READY ON THE BENCH AT ALL TIMES. READY TO ANSWER THE CALL WHEN NEED BE, I THINK THAT’S WHAT SEPARATES FROM EVERYBODY. WE JUST, YOU KNOW, BIG SHOUT OUT TO OUR BENCH. THEY REALLY GET OUR ENERGY GOING. >> HERE WE GO, ERIC AND THEN ANGELA, AND THEN WE HAVE TO WRAP UP. I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK ABOUT TJ. JUST HOW MUCH DOES IT MEAN TO EITHER PLAY WITH HIM OR TAKE HIM IN? WHEN YOU GO TO THE BENCH AND HIM KEEP THE PACE GOING? >> YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK JUST HIS ENERGY, IS AMAZING. LIKE I THINK PART OF THE EXCITING PART, WHEN I GOT TRADED HERE WAS I KNEW THAT I WAS GOING TO HAVE THE BEST BACKUP POINT GUARD IN THE NBA BEHIND ME, YOU KNOW. SO NOW FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, BEING ABLE TO PLAY OFF EACH OTHER, YOU KNOW, WHEN HE DOES GET IN THE GAME FOR ME OR PICKING UP THE SLACK WHEN I’M WHEN I’M NOT PLAYING RIGHT OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. IT’S JUST IT’S A LOT OF FUN TO PLAY ALONGSIDE OF HIM. I MEAN, HOW CAN YOU NOT LOVE PLAYING ALONGSIDE TJ MCCONNELL? JUST AS HIS ENERGY, HOW HARD HE PLAYS, HE’S UNBELIEVABLE. SO, YEAH, I, I THINK HE JUST CHANGES GAMES FOR US AND, YEAH, HE’S THE BEST BACKUP POINT GUARD IN THE NBA. >> ANGELA. LAST ONE. >> PASCAL. YOU’VE BEEN TO THE FINALS BEFORE. WHAT’S YOUR MESSAGE TO THIS WHOLE TEAM TO GET THEM READY TO FACE BOSTON, JUST CONTINUE TO DO US LIKE I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THOSE GAMES, LIKE, IT’S HIGH STAKES GAMES AND, YOU KNOW, IT’S GOING TO BE CRAZIER AS WE GO. BUT I THINK AS LONG AS, YOU KNOW, WE STAY TOGETHER. WE HAVE A GREAT GROUP OF GUYS, LIKE LIKE TY SAID, YOU KNOW, NOT NOT EXPERIENCE OLDER. YOUNGER. THANK YOU FOR CALLING ME OLD, BY THE WAY. BUT, LIKE, JUST THE MIX OF ALL THAT, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THAT WE CAN LEAN ON EACH OTHER, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THEY CAN LEAN ON ME FOR EXPERIENCE. I CAN LEAN ON THEM, YOU KNOW, JUST LEARNING. CONTINUE TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY WITH THEM, AS CONTINUE TO GET BETTER, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, LIKE, WE JUST GOT TO GO OUT THERE AND PLAY LIKE AND BELIEVE THAT IT’S POSSIBLE AND, AND THAT’S, THAT’S ALL WE HAVE. AND AND I ALWAYS TELL THEM, LIKE, AS LONG AS WE STAY AS, YOU KNOW, NO MATTER WHAT, LIKE WE JUST STAY US, LIKE, WE’RE GOING TO BE OKAY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE NEED, SO WE JUST GOT TO BELIEVE THAT AND PLAY AS HARD

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