Russell Westbrook Talks Game 2 Loss to Suns, Postgame Interview

YOU CHALLENGED THAT SHOT WELL BUT THEY MADE THEM. WHAT DO YOU TAKE AWAY FROM THAT >> Coach Lue: WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO KEEP MIXING UP COVERAGES, NOT LET THEM GET COMFORTABLE. IN THE FIRST HALF WE DID A GOOD JOB WITH OUR BIGS BEING UP AND AYTON GOT GOING, MADE FOUR OR FIVE OF THEM. THEN WE BACKED UP. THEN BOOK AND KD AND CP GOT GOING. JUST MIXING UP OUR COVERAGES, TRYING TO KEEP THEM OFF BALANCE. OUR SOEVENS PRETTY GOOD FOR US AT TIMES. WE HAVE TO TRY TO KEEP THEM OFF BALANCE AS BEST AS

POSSIBLE. >> COACH YESTERDAY YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO KEEP THE GUYS, KEEP THEIR CONFIDENCE UP. HOW DO YOU DO THAT AFTER GAME LIKE TODAY? >> Coach Lue: OUR CONFIDENCE IS GREAT, OUR CONFIDENCE IS GREAT. WE COME IN PLAYING IN A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT, WON ONE, LOST ONE. LIKE I SAID WAS IN THE GAME UNTIL THE LAST SIX MINUTES OF THE GAME. WE’RE VERY CONFIDENT. THINGS WE CAN CLEAN UP AND DO BETTER. WE’LL BE READY TO GO. >> TY YOU TALKED ABOUT THE CONFIDENCE. AFTER THE FIRST TWO GAMES HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT WHERE

YOU GUYS ARE AS YOU HEAD BACK TO L.A.? >> Coach Lue: I FEEL GOOD WHERE WE’RE AT. YOU KNOW, AND OUR GUYS ARE GOING TO KEEP COMPETING AND

KEEP SCRAPPING. WE THINK WE CAN WIN THE SERIES, THAT’S THE BIGGEST THING. 100% OF THE BATTLE IS BELIEVING. WE BELIEVE WE CAN DO IT. CLEAN UP THINGS AND DO THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. I LIKE WHERE WE’RE AT AND I LIKE WHAT WE DID TONIGHT. >> WHAT DID YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE THE WAY RUSS WAS ABLE TO GET GOING EARLY OFFENSIVELY, SHOOTING THE BALL BETTER. THAT WAS HIM MAKING

SHOTS THAT HE WAS TAKING GAME ONE OR DIFFERENT LOOKS? >> Coach Lue: I THINK DIFFERENT LOOKS. TAKING DIFFERENT LOOKS BUT ALSO ATTACKING THE BASKET, THAT’S WHEN HE’S AT THE BEST GETTING TO THE BASKET, GETTING TO THE FREE THROW LINE, EIGHT FOR FREE THROW LINE, NINE FROM 16 FROM THE FIELD. WE CAME INTO THE SERIES TALKING ABOUT ATTACKING. KNOWING THAT THEY FOUL. I THOUGHT HE DID THAT TONIGHT. >> COACH MENTIONED A FEW TIMES YOU NEED TO CLEAN UP A FEW THINGS. WHAT SPECIFICALLY DO YOU NEED TO CLEAN UP? >>> I CAN’T TELL YOU, HONESTLY. THEY’RE TOO

GOOD ALREADY. I CAN’T TELL YOU THAT. >> TY I KNOW YOU TOUCHED ON IT BRIEFLY. LOOKING AT THE SHOT PROFILES FOR KD AND CHRIS, KD TOOK NO LAY UPS, ALL MID RANGED SHOTS, CHRISTMAS DID 1-3, NO LAY-UPS, ALL MIDRANGE, IS THAT SHOT PROFILE SOMETHING YOU RECALL COMFORTABLE WITH? IS IT DEPENDENT ON SOMETHING SPECIFIC? >>> I DON’T THINK WE GET THE REARVIEW CONTEST WITH C. AND BOOK, KD, IT’S HARD TO GET A CONTEST. WE HAVE TO KEEP COMING AND TRY TO ABOUT THEY ARE THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. THEY ARE GREAT MIDRANGE SHOOTING TEAMS. WE MIX

OUR COVERAGES UP A LITTLE BIT AND TRY TO MAKE THEM UNCOMFORTABLE AND THEN AYTON HURT US AND THEN BOOKER PUT IT DOWN AND DROVE AND GOT DO HIS PULL UPS, THEY PLAY WELL. YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT WE PLAYED WELL FOR 42 MINUTES, WE’VE GOT, TO THOSE LAST SIX MINUTES PLAYING AGAINST A VERY GOOD TEAM, YOU HAVE TO BE GOOD FOR 48 MINUTES NOT JUST 42 >> Jeanne: THAT SUMS UP. IT SUMS UP THE WESTERN CONFERENCE BRACKET. THE LAKERS START AGAIN TIME? JUNE, THEY HAVE FOUR MONTHS OFF OR SOMETHING? MY GOODNESS THAT, SERIES BEGINS ON WEDNESDAY,

GAME TWO. DENVER KICKING BOOTY OVER THE TIMBERWOLVES >> Corey: LISTEN THE ONE SERIES THAT YOU THINK YOU JUST CAN’T BELIEVE IS SACRAMENTO GOLDEN STATE. THAT’S SOMETHING TO WATCH. WE FOUND WITH THE SUSPENSION OF DRAYMOND GREEN FOR GAME, THREE HE’S SUCH AN IMPACTFUL PLAY TORE THAT TEAM YOU WHEN YOU TAKE HIM OUT THAT STOPS A LOT OF ASSIST PLAYS, REBOUNDS FROM DEFLECTIONS, EVERYTHING THAT DRAYMOND GREEN BRINGS AS A PLAYER, THEY’RE GOING TO MISS THAT. WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THAT SERIES >> Jeanne: THEY WON’T MISS THE FOOT TO THE CHEST >> Corey: I DIDN’T WANT TO

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