Warriors/Pistons Postgame, CP Injury Status, Steph, Klay, Podziemski, Kerr Reactions | Jan 5, 2024

Warriors/Pistons Postgame, CP Injury Status, Steph, Klay, Podziemski, Kerr Reactions | Jan 5, 2024

AOW and is that losing yeah yeah it’s um that’s tough uh I feel so bad for Chris I know he’s had um couple of hand surgeries before I believe maybe I think it was on the other hand but um yeah I saw him holding it and and U instantly was worried and

Um so just got the the word after walking off the floor so I feel terrible for Chris and obviously um guys will step up and be ready to play and uh we got to we’ve got to hold down the fort without him uh clay had two pretty large defensive

Plays kind of in the final minute just uh take me through that sequence and just how big it was I thought clay was um was really good tonight and and you know especially on a night when he didn’t shoot it well um his I just loved his approach his energy um his defense

Down the stretch as you said bogdanovic looked like he had an open three and then clay you know took away the three and um you know made made a big play there and um that helped seal the game Steve what do you what do you think

Made this game so hard was it a hangover from last night or what do you think made it so difficult for you guys um yeah I mean I I’m really proud of the guys for it was a tough grind um first of all Detroit has has played well the

Last couple weeks you know they took Boston to overtime uh last week took Utah overtime the other day um so they’re playing way better than they were a couple weeks ago and with the back to- back coming off that uh brutal loss last night um that was emotionally

Draining so this was a tough game and I’m proud of the guys for for grinding it out surprised at all about the uh turnovers and the number of points you gave him off turnovers yeah yeah the the turnovers surpris me we’ve been taking great care of the ball lately uh but the

Fatigue I think played a role in that with CP out does that I know it’s early but usually Cory gets time when he when one of those guys isn’t available or could Brandon or someone else play some point or have you started to think it all about how you deal with this yeah

Yeah both Brandon and and Corey will uh will will play more at the point and um so um probably brings Moses also back into the rotation because you’re you’re you’re replacing 30 minutes from Chris um so we we won’t replace all those minutes with one guy

We’ll probably spread them out and U but I’m excited to to get Moses back out there I thought he was great tonight he brought a lot of energy um great to hear the fans chanting his name you know he’s a fan favorite for a reason he he he

Plays hard and um being out of the loop the last few games has been tough on him but um he always stays ready so I’m I’m excited to get him back in there when you brought Chris back into the starting lineup you talked about wanting to get

Steph off the ball more and then obviously with Draymond also out for however much longer you lose another playmaker so I guess it’s kind of following up on that last question of just how difficult is it going to be to make up for like losing all of this

Playmaking really yeah I mean it’s going to be tough Chris is uh you know an all-time grade and he’s fit right in to our team and um made life so much easier on U not only on on Steph but um you know he’s really kind of captained that

Second unit which has been a real strong suit for us uh this year so you know we’re going to miss him in uh in both lineups Steve JK was obviously frustr at with the way last night went responded tonight it was a plus 16 gave you some

Solid minutes how did you think he he handled what happened last night and rebounded in this game I thought he played well uh tonight and um yeah he’s you know he’s a young guy and he wants to play and um you know I just told him everybody wants to play and and we’ve

Got a um you know I just told him everybody wants to play and and we’ve got a lot of guys who who can play um so every night’s going to be a little different you know I think last night wigs finished the game um you know

Tonight um JK did and um I thought he did a really good job the um you know he moved the ball well he he guarded both Cunningham and bonovich and uh he uh he played a good solid game Marcus you look bored back there you playing video games

Or was looking at the transcription of quotes all right fair enough all right see you guys live step thanks for taking the time tonight another clutch game for you guys you come through with some clutch threes of your own how good does it feel tonight to bounce back after last night’s

Loss uh I mean that’s the only thing we could control we all know how tough the game was last night and y’s hitting at three we try to you know Turn the Page pretty quickly uh a team like Detroit obviously we know what their record is but they

Play hard they’re physical they have some Playmakers and no matter how you get it done uh it’s always nice to like you say bounce back and that’s the nature of the NBA uh being able to turn a page quickly and get a win so I’m

Fired up right now cuz I made a call a special call for you last night and it pulled up and you guys pulled up today how was the energy of the team after a back-to-back game and having a really what I felt like was a must-win game

Tonight yeah god listen I appreciate you uh sending up some some favors our way I want wanted to be so mad at you last night but uh I had to laugh with it cuz that was pretty good but it was nice like you said just to um you know bring

Some good energy you know hopefully cp’s all right uh we’ve had some vs go down but everybody stepped up you know Moses coming in hadn’t played in h long gives us great minutes Cory Joseph comes in hits a big three plays great defense uh trace and uh you know continue Step Up

JK after what happened last night being able to come out and just compete and bring his energy that he’s been using to so everything was uh was needed tonight to get this win and you know we got to back it up on Sunday any other requests

Hit up your boy fesus what up Steph is d wri man I got a question about the mental toughness that you put into this game you know you didn’t shoot the ball extremely well the first few quarters but that fourth quarter a big quarter two big threes at the end of the game

What’s the mindset when it’s time to turn it on like that I mean you know better than anybody shoot or shoot right it doesn’t matter uh you you want to take good shots you want to be aggressive you know feel the flow of the game take what the defense has giving

You but you know my goal is to never lose confidence and you know my guy giv ability to shoot the basketball I don’t care what what’s what’s happened you know misses early in the game the the big picture of the Season like you just try to take the shots that you think you

Can make and play sound basketball and thankfully they went in so uh you know shootter shoot we’ve been doing that for a long time I’mma clip that for Devon I that was a setup I’m sitting that to Deon Steph we just won man give me some energy I freak release the cracken we

Needed let go baby yes sir step thank you for stopping by apprciate congrats on the win so some very unfortunate news for the Warriors as Chris Paul has a left fractured hand he will have surgery next week that happened tonight we saw him leave the game tonight and this this

Is just another situation where you you start to get settled into a good Rhythm and a big time injury to a key player happens this is something that you suffered as well in a very similar fashion and getting your hand caught in a jersey drill seen Chris Paul in that

Play soon as it happened he looked right down at his hand he knew cuz I think Chris Paul dealt with this too before so it’s a tough blow for this team you know you lose gp2 last game with a hamstring these are two of your guys as guarding

The point guards and kind of putting pressure on the basketball 94 ft so this is going to be a big loss for the Warriors that’s a big loss Chris Paul is a 30 minute a game player so now you have to fill those holes in I said

Before about uh when a guy is injured the next guy has to step up so for the golden ster Warriors you look down to your bench you see a guy like Corey Joseph Moses Moody got some minutes at the end of the game Brandon pmy has been

A guy who’s been closing for you this is where it’s important to have an incredible bench because really the season is a game of attrition it’s a game basketball is a game of attrition who can make it to the end of the season playing their best basketball with the

Whole team this is a chance for a guy like Cory Joseph A step up he had two assists tonight in8 minutes a play a guy that can really fit in SE seamlessly cuz he’s always getting his working I see him after the games all the time in the

Gym just getting ready for his moment that’s a veteran he knows how to play uh Moses Moody is a guy that the the the fans were chering for to get in the game I’m excited to see these guys come in and make their input on the game but CP3

Heal soon heal well and this Warriors team has just been dealing with new card after new card and this is just another chapter for for this Warriors team to show what they’re made of it does seem derell that this season the Warriors have dealt with much more adversity than

They have in the past and they’ve had injuries to key players like Klay Thompson in the past too but it it seems they can’t catch a break this season how do you deal with that mentally from the players perspective I think a lot with fessa just mentioned is so important

That next man up mentality I know how cliche that is but it that’s the truth you got there the next guy up a Cory Joseph somebody has had a lot of experience in his leagues played for winning teams so he’s going to going to know how to understand to run a team

Take care of the basketball and get Guys open shots clay thanks for joining us great win tonight obviously on the back end of a backto back knowing that energy and wanting to come back after that loss was important how’d it feel to be out there tonight well it was not the

Easiest game considering the quick turnaround but I’m glad we fought through and we’re resilient throughout and we got the win uh obviously Detroit doesn’t have the best record but it’s still an NBA game and there’re still difficult to win especially considering the circumstances with the deflating

Loss we took last night so proud of everyone who came in and made a huge impact and I’m happy you brought that up because people do lose sight that this is still an NBA game this matters you guys just moved up a place in the playin

When you think about the things that are very key to keep going into this season and keep progressing what are you kind of focused on taking from this game going into the next one just uh it’s a 48 minute battle like we I think the last two games we got comfortable being

Up double digits with six seven minutes left rather than being as aggressive as we were throughout so come Sunday uh we want to win these next two on the home stand that would be really nice way to end it we got to just play uh as hard as

We did in those first 35 minutes and I know we will uh luckily for us what was this the 35th game of the season so there’s a lot of basketball left and we’re still jelling together and we’re still building chemistry and I have you know full belief in this team to do

Great things now you just talked about the first 35 minutes but don’t be so humble you made some really great plays at the very end of that game talk me through those two defensive stops that really help seal the the deal for the Warriors well bogdanovich is a great

Shooter and I didn’t want him to get an open look from three when we were up four so I tried to force them off the line and stuck with the play and just like hitting a big three uh feels great to get a block shot and then Steph doing

What he did I mean those two step back threes he had were incredible there’s not many people in the league who can can do that he’s one of very very few and he might be the only one actually so we’re very grateful for Steph’s ability to close games and we’re all there to

Help him out when needed well I appreciate you joining us tonight clay thank you good game fun uh Chris Paul we just heard has a fractured left hand how much how big of a blow is that for you guys I mean it’s a tough you know Chris

Is like really big part of the team obviously his career is telling how good he is he going to be tough you know we just find out we will need to kind of figure out you know maybe play a little bit different or I don’t know In This Moment it’s just

Like a lot you know so I hope he’s going to get better It’s just tough you know we’re going to we will need to figure out somehow it’s not like easy schedule coming for us you know probably going to have like other games away but uh we need to figure out you

Know coaches you know going to find out what’s the best for us how to play so it’s a huge loss but you know we need look positively and you know try to figure out without him how much does it make your job more difficult I mean you and Chris obviously

Work so well together and he’s helped you I mean you worked yeah that bond has clearly been yeah yeah of course he’s like really kind of embraced me you know my game and tried you know find me in every situation when I’m open and force

Me you know to play down there and I’m very thankful and it’s going to be really you know big loss for my game probably but like you know what we can do we can just figure out I hope he going to get it better sooner than later be part of the

Team you know and um it’s going to be tough you know not just for me for all guys for the team for the chemistry but like you know that’s NBA you need to kind of like try to figure out without like important guys how to play so you

Know other guys going to step up other guys going to have like bigger roles and we try to figure around from there it’s going to be tough but you know that’s basketball it that tra I’m sure that’s got to feel good after uh what happened last night I mean

Uh how difficult was it for you yesterday after this game just to sort of get ready for this one and then you know um well obviously um last night um he had a tough shot at the end but but um that’s what’s great about the NBA you

Play 2 to three days max and so being able to just come back out um rinse that from our bodies get a win a much needed win that we needed um to get back on track um it’s great feels good um but we got to keep

Working hi tra Janie nice to see you um we just found out that Chris Paul broke his left hand I’m guessing you just found out as well and just he’s meant so much to both units how do you guys pick up the slack and so to speak until he’s

Ready to go and he’s having surgery next week yeah um feel for him but at the same time it’s um it’s next man up and um something that Chris um never loses his voice and so being on the bench being able to talk to us that’s one of his biggest attributes and that’s

Something that he won’t lose he’ll still be invested in the game and um I feel for him Trace I’m sure you heard the crowd cheering for Moses when he got in the game and just what do you think of that moment and and how much do you

Think that meant to him um it’s great for Moses um every time he comes out there he plays as hard as he can but um just him getting in um bringing energy for our team when we needed it it was great and um hopefully we see more of

It Trace I’m sorry if you asked this before but you work with CP A Lot obviously how how difficult what what challenges does that present now with him out because you guys have relied on him so much to kind of spark and Lead that second unit yeah um yeah with CP

He’s just such he’s such a a big part of our team but um at the end of the day it’s always next man up mentality and then I was what I was saying to them is his voice will still be there um he’s one of the vocal leaders on our team so

That’s something that we’ll still rely on heavily as he goes through his rehab process uh what do you think think um made you guys able to kind of close it out late tonight Stephen Curry how about klay’s defense yeah I think um defensively I think you know when we needed stops under that

Two-minute Mark we got it but offensively Steph did his thing and we won Chris fractured his left hand so Steve says he’s going to rely more on you and Cory Moses I guess just you were in the starting lineup before you guys have been short-handed

Before but this kind of just adds on to the list of missing guys how much more does that make the team need from from you and and the other guards yeah I think everybody’s just got to step it up a little bit uh you know Gary and Chris

Are obviously out uh like you said I was in a stting lineup so I kind of know how to play with those guys that are going to be in there if I start or Cory starts or whoever uh he decides to start um you know I feel comfortable and you know

Maybe I just need to be a little bit more maybe assertive and aggressive and you know finding my teammates but also finding areas for for me to score um but it’s going to take a collective effort just like he did tonight and Cory and Moses gave us a great lift in the third

And fourth quarter and I think it’s really what you know kept us with the lead uh during that stretch how much different is it playing point guard or off the ball I mean whether or not you start or maybe you play more point when Steph sits how does

That sort of change the dynamic for you uh which spot you play it doesn’t uh I’m pretty simple guy if I’m I’ll shoot it if I’m not I pass it um I don’t really try to look and at the lineup and say oh well this group I need to be this or

This group I need to be that um I’m a basketball player I just try to make the right play every time I have the ball or I don’t have it Brandon I’m sure you heard uh the crowd chanting for Moses tonight and and how much do you think that meant to him

And what do you think of the way he played tonight I think it meant meant a lot to all of us you know these past couple games that he hasn’t played he’s been you know a professional about it um he’s continued to you know put in the

Work behind the scene scenes um for when his opportunity uh was called and tonight was that night and although he didn’t make a shot his impact you know both uh defensively and offensively was felt and it was something that you know I felt like we

Needed uh I felt like our team was still kind of feeling that loss from last night and him and Cory who didn’t play in the game last night um gave us a great uh energy boost off the bench you kind of mention it well were the were like the last 24 hours like

Absorbing that loss and and kind of getting this win yeah it stinks I think we’ll even feel it even tomorrow during our off day that we should have got that one last night but you know everybody woke up this morning and we all got a chance to play basketball which we all

Love to do and why not go out there and try to win you know dropping two in a row and pistons are we’re 3 and 31 um that would look you know pretty bad for us but we felt it we’re going to continue to feel it and just try to

Bounce back and you know keep the winning streak going uh Steph we just found out that Chris Paul fractured his left hand how much of a blow is that to to you guys after what you’ve been going through I just feel bad for him I know he’s been

Through some hand stuff in his career and um you know we’re trying to find a Groove as a team you know he our chemistry and continue to build that and work through some of the Kinks and the lineups and he’s such a huge part of that and has been all season so

I don’t know how long he’ll be out but um I just feel for him personally cuz he does such an amazing job of taking care of his body preparing himself you know day in day out uh nobody sees the amount of hours he puts in uh especially at

This stage in his career to to be available um and freak play like that to to sideline him is is tough so um we’ll worry about the stuff with the team as it comes but for him personally I just you know hope he keeps his spirits up and

Can get through this as quick as possible uh Steph um besides the the injuries I mean is it going to how much of it is going to help maybe help you guys with the younger guys who you know wanted more playing time that they’re now in a situation where they’re going

To be put to the test everybody gets wrapped up in the especially with us and you know there’s a lot of narratives around our team and you know who’s supposed to play and our depth and you know the amount of guys that you can argue should be in the rotation it’s

Just hard you know coach has a a difficult job on that front so but if you look at any team in the NBA injuries when they pop up you have to have that next play next man up mentality so um you know that’s our that’s the challenge for us now more combinations

That we probably haven’t seen and we have to be able to taking a stride and and execute and do what we need to do to try to cont you know stay competitive and win games um but everybody’s going to have an opportunity so got to stay ready

Steve said that one of the reasons he put Chris in the starting lineup these past couple of games was to help try and get you off the ball a little bit more did you feel that that helped and I guess just how did it feel playing alongside Chris and what are you going

To miss about playing having him on the court there uh yeah I mean he’s such a cerebral player he knows how to manage the game um getting us organized and you we had some like a stretch where we had tough starts and this is all because draymond’s been out and you know how

Different we look as a a team trying to run our system um so cp’s a great you know addition to that flow I think especially over the last two years or so like I’m I’m able to adjust to whatever’s out there and I know that’s another challenge now going back to a

Different starting lineup with CP out so I got to be able to make the adjustments clay you got to do the same uh for us to continue to be aggressive get shots um unlock ourselves and and the rest of the fan unit that’s out there so it’s nothing new and you know a

Different uh in the next challenge you know ahead Steph you guys have been through so many different things over the years does this season feel like it’s uh more unique in that sense uh with with the amount of injuries and drama and just a bunch of stuff yeah

Uh if you look at every year since what 2019 and you know the loss year we had with all the injuries we we we had then uh the 2021 season where you’re trying to reestablish your identity and it was a very unique challenge to different different faces and you know

Losing a play in and you win the championship starting 18 and two and all that stuff and then last year trying to you know back it up and all the things we had to deal with this year’s more of the same different challenges but you

Know A lot’s going into 35 games so you got to stay fresh mentally physically um not get exhausted or fatigued with all the things that you’re trying to battle through while also trying to perform on the court so um we say it all the time every season you have different and unique

Challenges that if a team is trying to you know reach their full potential you have to persevere through this season’s been a extreme case of that conventional wisdom would think if you play like you did against Denver Detroit would be an easy win so to speak is it disappointing

That you guys didn’t put a similar performance out there or is that just one of those games you knew off the bat would have to be a grinded out fight through it so polar opposite game it was uh grind for 40 4 minutes and then we had a great

4minute stretch last night it was a great 44 minutes and then a trash 4 minute stretch six minute stretch whatever it was so there are no easy wins in this league I don’t care if they only have three wins like they play hard they’re physical you know K made some big shots

And kept applying pressure down the stretch but you just want to win and we’re in that that uh kind of situation as a team um every win is important no matter how you get it so glad we could uh Turn the Page quick from last night Steph Steph you

Talk about Chris as a cerebral player and sort of getting you organized in what other ways will you miss him in the sense of sort of the presence he has and the leadership and the I he’s one of the few players who’s been in the league longer than you have

And he carries a certain cache when he’s out there um H how do you sort of articulate the challenge of replacing that it’s going to be tough because between I mean I honestly between me CP Draymond Lon the guys that talk the most and try to provide as much wisdom you

Know up and down the bench as possible he’s he’s definitely you know we’re talking at halftime talking a timeout talking on the court um that’s how you try to build chemistry but also to your point him uh giving us and giving you know everybody on the team some something something motivational inspirational or

Some look that you see during the game that kind of get you get you going so I guess in the short term hopefully you know he can be on the bench and be vocal but um yeah other guys got to step up and whether makes you’re uncomfortable

And not talk and give you uh that that presence that can hopefully fill his his his void well I guess piggy backing off his question um with two guards down now how much involvement will you have as a leader for like Brandon and the other guys and speaking with them and encouraging them

I do it all the time um whether anybody sees it or not that matters you know uh that’s a consistent effort no matter what we’re going through no matter what who’s available and um whether it’s you know out there in the court in the locker room on the

Phone whatever it is so more of the same and just acknowledging what needs to happen with the different rotations and combinations that we’ll have out there to try to execute and work through some of those challenges uh a story came out on the athletic about kinga’s frustration word

Yeah it was on theathletic.com oh nice yeah what was it about Jonathan kinga’s frustration written by the athletic uh you’ve been a you’ve been a third-year player you’ve been a player who uh sat some fourth quarters uh behind veterans uh how much of you understand uh what what he’s talking

About and how much of you uh probably think maybe that’s not that’s that’s a there’s a different way to handle it so to speak everything you just said I I been there before um it’s he’s not wrong in being upset and pissed off uh wanting to play probably should have

Played not probably um but to your point like the ultimate challenge for anybody in this league is to not let the narrative uh be told for you um and you not be able to address that with your own voice or directly with coach or whatever the case

Is so we all go through our challenges um we all go through our learning lessons and I said he’s not wrong uh for being upset and frustrated I heard coach talk about you know he was know he’s kind of half joking but serious about 15 years he was always upset about playing

Time and every that’s a talking point in every locker room in some way shape or form but uh yeah the ways to express it ways to uh you know voice your opinion but protect the team and I’m just proud of like the way he we talked about before the game but you go

Out and play Go hoop be a professional and that’s what he did tonight know

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