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Learned tonight? “We’re a persistent team…it’s a long season…it’s about how you respond, we could’ve said…whatever…lost by 15…happy to be a part of this team.”

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Thank you for the thread. It’s all how you respond to adversity. Close games when things don’t go right and the team is off- it can be a good learning experience. Close games is something the Dubs haven’t had many of. Nothing stays exactly the same in the NBA- coaches and teams make adjustments. 19-4 is still more that most of us expected

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*** ZOOM CALL ENDS ACTUALLY ***

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*** (16 minutes have passed as we still await Steph, but we’ve gotten used to this. I actually kinda like it especially on the road.) ***

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*** NEXT UP: STEPH (PER GSW PR) ***

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Pieces of the puzzle, Bob Myers: “Everybody deserves credit…I mean, starting with Bob…everybody understanding what their job is. We all have the same goal…shout out to Bob…we got a deep team…we had six guys not here tonight…yeah man, shout out to Bob…still got a lot of room to grow…”

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First half: “…lack of energy, we just came out flat. And wild we come out flat that’s what’s gonna happen…we’re one of the better teams in the NBA and we’re the Warriors…everyone’s gonna give us their best shot…we gotta rely on our defense…when we’re in transition we find easy shots…we weren’t giving many stops…execution goes down when you’re playing against a set defense and they were scoring every time…our defense was non-existent in the first few minutes.”

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Steph buzzer beater: “Somebody hit a halfcourt shot? I don’t even remember that…@

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Steph: “…just missed some shots tonight…he’s human. It’s funny to think that…he got rolling late…we gave up an offensive rebound, that’s the whole team’s fault collectively…our offensive is all about reads, so I don’t really see any comparisons to how Phoenix was guarding him…”

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Emotional hangover vs PHX: “If I say that it was I feel like that’s an excuse but that’s just me as a competitor…still feel confident about my team…play that team multiple times, my team is gonna have an edge…I don’t have reasons about last night. We lost.”

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Not giving up: “It’s tough to win against any team coming off a back-to-back…everybody gonna come in and give you their best shot…still no excuse…they were better than us…climb out of that hole, that says a lot about us…those little things, those possessions that change everything…Steph’s rolling…perseverance…coming together collectively…it’s 82 games, you’re not gonna win every game off of talent…I’m not one for moral victories and Draymond says the same…next game…”

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*** NEXT UP: JUAN ***

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Mood postgame? “Just understanding why we lost. We had a little bit of a slow start…games like this happen, this is professional basketball, you have give the Spurs credit…”

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Steph cold, notice him 0/9? “…shoot when you’re open, be aggressive…being a star in their role…get the team easy shots, if there’s two on him that probably means there’s someone open on the backside…doesn’t matter…0-for-20…he’s gonna shoot the ball and it’s gonna go in, not all the time but come on now.”

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Easier to flush this game away? “It’s never easy…unless you get completely blown out…giving ourselves a chance with two minutes to go…not be in such a big deficit early…”

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Team didn’t give up: “Not in it for moral victories…continued to fight that’s who we are…night in night out, good win yesterday, emotionally high…that’s what the NBA is about…”

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*** NEXT UP: DAMION LEE ***

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Looking back at 24-0 in 2016: “Yeah that winning streak…probably will never be broken because you’re just naturally gonna run into nights like tonight…it’s just so hard to get through an NBA season without running into nights like tonight…thrilled with my team…where we’re heading…”

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Recap: “We don’t have to win, like, it’s an 82-game season, we didn’t have to win last night…it’s the whole body of work that counts…two-way dynamic…we’re in a great place.”

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Step aloe due to what? “Just drained. The effort was there. How do you question the effort when you’re down 22…take the lead…we got a bunch of gamers…”

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Steph off night 2 in last 3 games: “…looked like fatigue to me, back-to-back…things are stacked against you in terms of the schedule, last night Phoenix was on the end of a back-to-back…summon the energy to win the game…step slow tonight…everyone will take the day off tomorrow…”

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Trap game first signs: “Maybe being down 19 five minutes into the game?…force and downhill and we were laboring out there…hole early…48-minute game goes on forever…we held them to 13 points in the fourth quarter…”

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Recap: “…just proud of our guys for getting back into it…ran right through us the first half…the way our guys gave themselves a chance in the second half…indicative of the kind of team we have…”

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I think J Kuminga and M Moody could have helped the GS Warriors tonight especially with O Porter Jr. out. The GS Warriors could have used some energy from fresher/younger legs in the fist half. Sorry they did not use their strength in numbers with the rookies.

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