Anthony Edwards, Julius Randle & Naz Reid Speak After Game 1 vs Warriors | May 6, 2025

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>> AND ONE POINT IN THE FIRST HALF JUST WHAT WHAT WAS HAPPENING OUT THERE THAT JUST PREVENTED YOU FROM GETTING GOING? >> NOTHING. I GOT EVERYWHERE I WANTED TO GET. JUST COULDN’T FINISH. YEAH, I THINK THAT WAS THE ONLY THING I GOT. EVERYTHING I WAS LOOKING FOR IN THE FIRST HALF. YEAH. JUST COULDN’T FINISH. >> COACH WAS SAYING THAT HE RELIES ON YOU TO SET THE TONE FROM THE START, AND HE DIDN’T QUITE SEE THAT. DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU WERE OFF AT ALL JUST IN THAT DEPARTMENT, OR JUST KIND OF THE WAY YOU STARTED THE GAME? >> NAH, I FEEL LIKE I PLAYED GREAT DEFENSE. I JUST COULDN’T DO NOTHING ON OFFENSE. SO. YEAH. >> AND HOW DO YOU VIEW THE SERIES? WHERE ARE YOU AT RIGHT NOW? YOU LOSE THE FIRST GAME BUT THEY’RE WITHOUT STEPH CURRY. YOU KNOW WE’LL SEE HOW THAT GOES MOVING FORWARD. >> WHAT DO YOU MEAN VIEW THE REST OF THE SERIES OR. >> THE SPOT YOU’RE IN RIGHT NOW. YOU LOSE THE FIRST GAME BUT YOU’RE GOING INTO GAME TWO WITH STEPH CURRY DEALING WITH THE HAMSTRING ISSUE. >> I DON’T REALLY KNOW. I’M JUST READY TO PLAY. YEAH I DON’T I DON’T REALLY LOOK AT WHO INJURED WHO WHO OUT THERE WHO NOT OUT THERE. I’M JUST I’M READY TO GO OUT THERE AND DO IT AGAIN. TRY TO PLAY A LITTLE BETTER. >> AND JULIUS, IF I COULD, WAS THERE SOMETHING ABOUT TONIGHT’S APPROACH THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS OFF THE START WHEN YOU LOOK TO GAME TWO? >> APPROACH. >> EXECUTION COULD WORK AS WELL. >> YEAH. I MEAN, I JUST THINK WE DIDN’T PLAY WELL. I MEAN, TO BE HONEST, LIKE WE STILL WERE UP TWO AT THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER AND JUST HAD A BAD STRETCH IN THE SECOND QUARTER. AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK OVERALL WE JUST OFFENSIVELY WE JUST DIDN’T PLAY WELL. YOU KNOW WE STILL HELD THEM TO UNDER 100 POINTS. THEY SHOT 39% FROM THE FLOOR. AND WE STILL HAD SOME DEFENSIVE MISCUES THAT WE CAN CLEAN UP OBVIOUSLY. BUT I MEAN WE JUST DIDN’T PLAY WELL. LIKE I MEAN THEY MADE 18 THREES. WE MADE FIVE. LIKE WE TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW THIS IS A TEAM THAT WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN WE CAN WIN THE GLASS. WE DIDN’T DO THAT TONIGHT. THEY HAD 51 REBOUNDS. WE HAD 4041. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. SO IT’S LIKE IT’S THINGS THAT ARE IN OUR CONTROL THAT WE CAN DO TO PLAY BETTER. AND YOU KNOW JUST WE JUST HAVE TO DO IT. >> SO ALONG THOSE LINES NAZ WHAT’S KIND OF THE BALANCE BETWEEN LIKE HAVING A LOT OF URGENCY AFTER TONIGHT, BUT NOT OVERREACTING TO ONE GAME AS YOU GUYS APPROACH GAME TWO? >> JUST KIND OF REMEMBER WHO WE ARE AS A TEAM. I MEAN, YOU KIND OF HAVE THESE TYPE OF GAMES AND MOMENTS. WE HAVE THESE GAMES AND MOMENTS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SEASON. IT’S NOT LIKE IT’S, YOU KNOW, IT’S FOREIGN TO ANY TEAM. JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF JUST GOT TO STAY EVEN KEELED. THE SERIES FOR A REASON. LIKE THEY SAID, MAN, WE KIND OF WE TOOK THIS ONE OFF OURSELVES. >> AND AS A TEAM, THE LAST TWO GAMES HAVE BEEN REALLY TOUGH FOR YOU GUYS FROM THREE POINT RANGE OVERALL AS A TEAM. DO YOU DO YOU SENSE THAT THAT’S AS MUCH MENTAL OVER THESE LAST TWO GAMES AS IT IS JUST MISSING SHOTS OR OR HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU VIEW JUST THE STRUGGLES FROM THREE POINT RANGE? YOU GUYS HAVE HAD THE LAST TWO GAMES. >> JUST KEEP SHOOTING. I MEAN, YEAH, THAT’S THE NAME OF THE GAME YOU CAN’T WORRY ABOUT THE LAST SHOT. YOU KNOW, SHOOT TO TAKE THE NEXT ONE. SHOOT IT WITH CONFIDENCE. AND I THINK WE’VE BEEN DOING THAT LIKE YOU SAID, I THINK WE JUST WE JUST DIDN’T PLAY WELL TODAY. AND YOU KNOW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TRY TO BLAME WHATEVER BLAME WHOEVER. THEY CAN BLAME ME. I JUST DIDN’T PLAY GOOD ENOUGH. >> AND MIKE HAD MENTIONED IN THE LOCKER ROOM THAT HE THOUGHT MAYBE THE TEAM WAS A LITTLE TOO JUICED UP AT THE AT THE START OF THE GAME. DID YOU GET THAT SAME IMPRESSION AND HOW DID THAT MAYBE AFFECT THE START? >> I DON’T KNOW, MAN. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOSE A GAME, IT’S ALWAYS SOMEBODY’S GOT THIS, SOMEBODY’S GOT THAT. THIS THE REASON YOU LOST. AND THIS IS THE REASON I DON’T I DON’T REALLY LOOK AT ALL THAT. I JUST LOOK AT EVERY EVERY LAST ONE OF US GOT TO PLAY BETTER INDIVIDUALLY, INCLUDING MYSELF. AND WE’LL SEE HOW IT GO. WE CAN’T BLAME, YOU KNOW, IT’S A TEAM GAME, MAN. WE JUST GOT TO PLAY BETTER INDIVIDUALLY AND SEE WHAT IT DO FOR US. >> AND JULIUS, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU FELT LIKE YOU DIDN’T PLAY WELL. IS THAT DOES THAT MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER KNOWING THAT IT WAS KIND OF JUST SELF-INFLICTED TONIGHT AND NOT SOMETHING THAT THE OTHER TEAM WAS DOING TO YOU GUYS IN ORDER TO BOUNCE BACK? >> I MEAN, IT’S NEVER EASY. LIKE, YOU KNOW, LOSING. YOU NEVER WANT TO, YOU KNOW, LOSE A GAME OR, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT’LL HAPPEN, BUT IT’S FRUSTRATING. BUT I’M ENCOURAGED. LIKE I SAID, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE’S A LOT OF THINGS AS A TEAM THAT WE CAN DO BETTER, OBVIOUSLY. I MEAN, COACH SAID TO HIMSELF, THEY’RE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM. THEY GOT CHAMPIONSHIP DNA. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO THEY’RE NOT GOING TO JUST, YOU KNOW, GIVE UP AND QUIT. YOU KNOW, I DON’T CARE IF THEY HAD A GAME SEVEN A COUPLE DAYS AGO. STEPH GETS HURT LIKE THEY ARE WHO THEY ARE FOR A REASON. SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN’T HURT OURSELVES. AND WE FEEL LIKE WE DID THAT TONIGHT. >> AND YOU KNOW WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THEY MADE 18 THREES. YOU GUYS MADE FIVE. BUT THEY TOOK 42 AND YOU GUYS TOOK 29. DID YOU FEEL LIKE OVER THE COURSE OF THE GAME YOU GUYS WENT AWAY FROM GOING TO THE THREE. MAYBE AS MUCH AS YOU NORMALLY DO. >> YOU PROBABLY GOT A LITTLE GUN SHY A LITTLE BIT. YOU KNOW WHEN YOU START MISSING A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, YOU GET A LITTLE TIGHT. BUT YEAH, I JUST BE TELLING MY TEAMMATES, HEY, SHOOT IT. YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING? BECAUSE THEY PACK THE PAINT, THAT’S WHAT THEY DO. ANYTIME YOU GET DOWNHILL DRAYMOND LEAVES HIS MAN. AND IT’S 2 OR 3 PEOPLE IN THE PAINT. SO I MEAN WE KICK IT OUT. WE JUST GOT TO SHOOT IT. WE GOT TO SHOOT IT WITH CONFIDENCE. AND I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE WE JUST GOT TO THINK WE’RE GOING TO MAKE THE NEXT ONE. LIKE IF WE’RE WORRIED ABOUT THE PREVIOUS SHOT, WE’RE NEVER GOING TO MAKE THE NEXT ONE. >> I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU ABOUT AROUND THE BASKET, TOO. IT SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE PACKED IN THERE. I MEAN, I GUESS MAYBE FOR JULIUS. YOU TOO. WHAT WAS THAT LIKE ONCE YOU GUYS WERE GETTING DOWNHILL AROUND THE BASKET? HOW DID THAT READ MAYBE COMPARE TO THE LAST SERIES? >> FOR ME, I WOULD SAY LIKE A COUPLE OF THEM I SHOULD HAVE. I GOT TO FINISH A LOT OF THOSE LAYUPS THAT I MISSED. I GOT TO FINISH. BUT YOU KNOW, IT’S. YEAH, THAT’S ALL I GOT TO SAY. >> YEAH. I MEAN JUST FINISH THE BASKETBALL, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. >> THEY’D BE HACKING BRO. >> JUST JUST FINISH THE BASKETBALL MAN. IT’S AS SIMPLE AS THAT. AND YOU KNOW WE ALSO TALK ABOUT IF THEY COLLAPSE YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO KICK OUT FOR OPEN SHOTS. SO I MEAN IT’S ONE OR THE OTHER YOU KNOW FINISH THE BASKETBALL OR KICK OUT AND GENERATE MORE OPEN LOOKS GOOD LOOKS FROM THREE. LIKE YOU SAID WE SHOT 29. THEY SHOT 42. >> SO NOW IT’S AN ALL FOUR HOME TEAMS LOST GAME ONE IN THIS IN THE SECOND ROUND. DID YOU FEEL JUST ANY KIND OF A LITTLE BIT FLATTER. JUST A LITTLE EDGE MISSING AFTER THE LAYOFF WHERE YOU KNOW THEY ARE COMING RIGHT BACK AFTER PLAYING ON SUNDAY. >> OH A LITTLE BIT. BUT I MEAN IT’S THAT’S THE KIND OF SITUATION WE PUT OURSELVES IN AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, PAT OURSELVES ON THE BACK. BUT YOU ALSO GOT TO BE READY, YOU KNOW, TO COME OUT AND, YOU KNOW, PERFORM AT A HIGH LEVEL BECAUSE WE KNOW WE PUT OURSELVES, LIKE I SAID, WE PUT OURSELVES IN THIS SITUATION. SO YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK, I THINK THAT’S JUST THE TREND AROUND THE LEAGUE. I DON’T KNOW, I CAN’T REALLY SPEAK FOR WHAT THEY DID. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE JUST CAME OUT FLAT AND THAT’S NOT LIKE US. >> JULIUS, YOU MENTIONED THE REBOUNDING DISPARITY. HOW FRUSTRATING WAS IT? YOU KNOW, WITH YOU GUYS BEING HAVING THE SIZE THAT YOU ALL HAVE AND THEN KIND OF EMPLOYING THE SMALL BALL LINEUP THAT YOU ALL WEREN’T ABLE TO BRING DOWN MORE REBOUNDS. >> I MEAN, IT’S FRUSTRATING, BUT LIKE I SAID I THINK IT’S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT ARE JUST IN OUR CONTROL THAT WE CAN DO BETTER. LIKE AND THAT’S JUST ONE OF THEM, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WE THAT’S TO OUR ADVANTAGE. SO, YOU KNOW, IT’S JUST THE ONE THING, YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO GO GET IT. AND YOU KNOW, I MYSELF I GOT TO BE BETTER. YOU KNOW I CAN’T HAVE THREE REBOUNDS. LIKE I SAID, WE SAID IT FROM THE BEGINNING. WE ALL GOT TO PLAY BETTER. AND YOU KNOW I GOT TO PLAY BETTER AS AN INDIVIDUAL. AND I CAN’T, YOU KNOW, COME, COME AWAY FROM THIS GAME PLAYING 30 MINUTES AND HAVE THREE REBOUNDS. SO I GOT TO PLAY BETTER. >> AND IT’S GOT ONE MORE. ON THE SHOOTING FOR YOU. WE JUST GOT THE NUMBERS THAT YOU GUYS GOING 12 FOR 76 OVER THE LAST TWO GAMES IS THE WORST THREE POINT SHOOTING IN THE HISTORY OF THE NBA PLAYOFFS. FOR A TEAM THAT WAS FOURTH IN THREE POINT PERCENTAGE AND FIFTH, I THINK, THREE POINTERS MADE. >> 12 FOR 70. GOD DAMN. >> HOW DO YOU EVEN MAKE SENSE OF IT? >> YOU KNOW, THAT’S HOW I GO. YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING? YOU HAVE STRETCHES WHERE YOU SHOOT THE BALL REALLY, REALLY WELL. THEN YOU HAVE STRETCHES WHERE YOU SHOOT THE BALL REALLY, REALLY BAD. YOU JUST HOPE THE GOOD OUTWEIGH THE BAD. AND, YOU KNOW, I’M NOT GOING TO SAY IT’S GOING BAD FOR US RIGHT NOW. WE JUST DIDN’T SHOOT IT. WELL, TONIGHT. I’M NOT REALLY WORRIED ABOUT THE LAST SERIES OR WHATEVER THAT WAS. THAT WAS