GAMES APIECE.
POST-GAME.
>> YAKKETTY YAK.
>> I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING
TO HAPPEN WITH KY IN THE COMING
DAYS.
WE'LL CROSS OUR FINGERS AND HOPE
THAT IT'S BETTER THAN -- BETTER
THAN WHAT?
BETTER THAN MISSING THE NEXT
GAME.
YOU KNOW, WE MISSED HIM
OBVIOUSLY BUT IT WAS A BIG
ADJUSTMENT TONIGHT TO PLAY
WITHOUT HIM AND JAMES.
BUT YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD THAT
TYPE OF YEAR.
SO WE'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY TO
FIGURE IT OUT, TO LOOK AT THE
TAPE AND GET BETTER.
>> IT'S ALWAYS HARD WHEN ONE OF
OUR GUYS GO DOWN.
BUT LIKE WE ALWAYS HAVE BEEN
THROUGH THE YEAR, IT'S NEXT MAN
UP.
YOU KNOW, THEY WENT ON A RUN AND
WE JUST COULDN'T BOUNCE BACK.
THERE'S NO EXCUSES.
YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S PREPARED.
EVERYBODY'S READY.
I'M JUST GLAD THAT IT'S JUST A
SPRAIN AND NOTHING MORE.
AND HOPEFULLY HE CAN HEAL UP IN
THE NEXT 48.
>> WE DIDN'T EXECUTE VERY WELL.
I THINK THAT WAS THE GUT PUNCH.
WE WERE STRUGGLING A BIT AND
COULDN'T GET OUR MOJO GOING.
BUT YEAH, IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE
EASY.
IT'S THE PLAYOFFS.
WE'RE GOING TO FACE ADI USED
TO PLAY WITH CALLED HAROLD
PRESLEY.
>> YES, HE DOES.
THEY BOTH WENT TO VILLANOVA.
>> YEAH.
THEY PLAY VERY SIMILAR.
HE'S MORE ATHLETIC BUT HE PLAYS
SIMILAR.
>> CHUCK, TELL ME WHAT'S GOING
ON.
THE EBB AND FLOW OF PLAYOFF
SERIES AS WE SEE IT.
BROOKLYN THE OTHER NIGHT WAS 12
SECONDS AWAY FROM A 3-0 LEAD.
NOW IT'S 2-2 AND NOW KYRIE
IRVING IS HOBBLED.
GIVE ME YOUR TAKE ON THIS
SERIES.
>> IF KYRIE CAN'T PLAY, I DON'T
THINK -- THEY'VE GOT ZERO CHANCE
OF WINNING.
MILWAUKEE, I THINK THE PRESSURE
IN GAME 1 AND GAME 2
OVERWHELMING BECAUSE BROOKLYN
JUST CAME OUT AND PUNCHED THEM
IN THE FACE.
NOW I THINK THEY'VE GOT THEIR
SEA LEGS.
AND LISTEN, NO DISRESPECT, AND I
HATE THAT FOR KYRIE.
YOU WANT TO SEE EVERYBODY
HEALTHY.
BUT MILWAUKEE GOING TO WIN THE
NEXT TWO GAMES IF KYRIE'S NOT
THERE.
THEY JUST CAN'T SCORE ENOUGH.
>> YEAH, I THINK IT ALSO PUTS
K.D. IN AN UNFAMILIAR ROLE.
YOU KNOW, OF FACILITATOR.
INSTEAD OF FINISHER.
WHERE NOT OFTEN -- I THINK IN
THE LAST MAYBE SEVEN, EIGHT
YEARS WHERE HE'S THE
FACILITATOR, HE'S THE FINISHER,
THE EASY MONEY SNIPER.
BUT HE NEVER HAD THE
RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE JOE
HARRIS GOT A SHOT.
HE NEVER HAD THE
RESPONSIBILITY --
>> THAT'S WHY I TOLD YOU THAT'S
BETWEEN HIM, KYRIE AND JAMES
HARDEN.
JAMES HARDEN MAKES THE PLAYERS
AROUND HIM BETTER.
KYRIE AND K.D., THEY'RE GREAT
PLAYERS, THEY JUST GET THEIR
NUMBERS.
THEY'RE NOT FACILITATORS --
>> HE -- THIS IS A NEW ROLE, IF
KYRIE DOESN'T PLAY HE'S GOING TO
HAVE TO PLAY IT.
BECAUSE THOSE GUYS ARE GOING TO
DEPEND ON HIM CREATING
DOUBLE-TEAMS TO PASS OUT OF
WHERE K.D. IS SO ACCUSTOMED TO
LIKE I DON'T CARE IF IT'S TWO
GUYS, I CAN STILL SHOOT OVER
THEM.
THAT I SAW IN THE SECOND HALF,
YOU SAW HOW IT JUST STARTED TO
UNRAVEL.
BECAUSE THERE'S NO FACILITATOR.
>> MOST OF THE BROOKLYN OTHERS
WHEN THEY'RE VERY HEALTHY, THEY
DON'T HAVE TO HAVE BIG GAMES,
THEY CAN JUST HIT TIMELY SHOTS.
BUT NOW JOE HARRIS IS GOING TO
HAVE TO HAVE A BIG GAME.
BLAKE GRIFFIN'S GOING TO HAVE TO
HAVE A BIG GAME.
JEFF GRIFFIN WHO JUST CAME BACK
GOING TO HAVE TO --
>> SHAMET.
>> SHAMET GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE
BIG GAMES.
WHICH IS POSSIBLE AT HOME.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN DO
THAT.
THE KID JUST CAME FROM EUROPE.
>> MIKE JAMES?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN DO
THAT.
MILWAUKEE, IF THEY DON'T
SETTLE -- FIRST TWO GAMES
THEY'RE SETTLING FOR THREES AND
WHAT'S GOING DOWN.
LUCKILY TODAY THEY GOT HOT.
THIRD QUARTER THEY WENT DOWN.
BUT IF MILWAUKEE DON'T SETTLE
AND JUST SAY OKAY, NOW THAT
THEY'RE VERY DEPLETED WE'VE GOT
TO PUT THESE GUYS AWAY, WE CAN'T
GIVE THEM A CHANCE, IF THAT
HAPPENS I THINK I HAVE TO AGREE
WITH WHAT CHUCK --
>> AND SHAQ, I THINK THAT'S THE
MOST IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THAT
NEXT GAME.
IT'S TIME FOR MILWAUKEE TO SAY
LISTEN, THEY HURT, THAT AIN'T
OUR FAULT, THAT AIN'T OUR
PROBLEM.
LET'S JUST GO AND PUT OUR FOOT
ON THEIR NECK AND GET IT DONE.
THEY'VE GOT K.D.
LIKE I SAY, BECAUSE I DON'T
THINK JAMES, I DON'T THINK HIS
HAMSTRING'S GOING TO BE BETTER
IN 48 HOURS.
BUT I'M GOING TO BE WATCHING THE
MILWAUKEE BUCKS SAYING LET'S PUT
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