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Lakers for the first time since 2023 come on BR that was pretty good come on come on BR yeah it’s been a long time since we roll shoulders roll the shoulders and they deserved it tonight that’s the that’s the word my rotator you all right you got the worthy clap and you got the worthy snap more like the worthy crumble about to little uh little timeout quick 20 kid I’ll be back I’ll be back Mike Breen l gentlemen going down in the a block of the uh so you know rob you stay ready you don’t have to get ready you should have been ready that was fun for the first time excuse me on the same night that Robert Ory is nominated for the Basketball Hall of Fame the Lakers beat the kings in Sacramento first time since 2023 I I thought it was a great team effort oh big game Rob bre I thought there was balance but I thought defense was the key outrebounded him by 11 uh 18 total stop James I think nine blocks nine steals impressive I I don’t know if it’s the best game they played this year but it was I felt like it was one of the best games considering uh what they’ve been playing of late and some of the losses they’ve had and it seems like they had a minion of the minds and they’re playing together and they are allowing other guys to do their jobs I I’m I’m really uh happy at what what Max Christie continues to do defensively uh I thought the you know ad his his rebounding tonight was amazing uh you know I just think you know the bench tonight which was needed I think they had 28 to 30 points so it was a nice Collective effort Sacramento made a little comeback but the Lakers were able to you know hold off and improve and enhance their lead it was a good win uh and they need to to grow on that I’m glad you brought that up 16 by DLo 12 by Gabe yeah yeah 30 points total for me it was it was so many little things like all the loose balls you know that can be demoralizing to a team you think about that one steal that cam raish got going down the stretch the defense DLo did on the sideline that made a fox go out of bounds with it those things like that add up because that’s either a three-point swing a five-point swing or six-point swing and that was a crucial moment when they were trying to come back and you get that stop you know no matter how you get that stop as long as you get is the most important thing and like you said the way ad rebound tonight keeping sabonis who’s probably one of the best rebounders in the game keeping him off the board it was abundance of things that you could talk about and to me I always go down to the little things like I said and tonight they did a lot of those prz hold your thoughts ad in Sacramento with Mike trell all right ad is the 15th 2020 game of your career but I know the number you’re concerned about is getting the victory here in Sacramento what did it take as a team tonight uh great offense great defense I think we did a really good job defensively you know held that team to 100 points um you know following the game plan game plan discipline was on point team effort I mean you had DLo come in change the game gay with his big shots change the game um and we just we just crashed uh both ends of the floor we shared the basketball not sure how many assists we had uh only 22 assists but we had great looks you know uh a lot of assist opportunities uh shots just didn’t fall but I think overall you know we did a good job um on both ends of the floor was able to get the victory yeah you end up getting to the free throw line a lot too so that’s the assist number goes down uh ad just thinking about this Sacramento team they had your number last year two and0 now against them this season uh you know we try to go into every season uh now looking at the past you know focus on on you know what’s in front of us in the present you they’re a good team um we know the team that they are uh you know we showed them you know their respect obviously it’s a tough place to get a victory in but know we just wanted to come in and take care of business all right so six blocks tonight for you you tie Kobe on the Lakers alltime list and you pass Ser Ibaka for 30th in the NBA all time I I know shop Ling is is a part of Pride for you because of what it impacts on the defensive end but what do you think about those numbers getting up there in the blocks oh just trying to protect the rim know it’s my job to be the last line of defense anything that comes to the paint you know my job to to take care of it you know whether it’s an alter shot or a block shot and um you know was able to get six of them tonight uh you know you know I love playing defense I love taking Pride on the defensive end anchoring our defense and you know just try to do my job tonight on that end last one for you it played through a couple things tonight looked like you got the shoulder a little early uh foot or ankle late how you doing physically and I assum you got to go get some ice on it yeah um messed up my shoulder on that dive in the floor in the first quarter uh Twisted the ankle in the fourth quarter um we’ll see how it feel tomorrow you know see what the plan is for Saturday thanks Anthony and Anthony Davis walking off after a gutsy performance the shoulder the ankle but he stays in and an incredible game for ad 21 points the six blocks the three steals those nine stocks are a season high for him and I don’t have an official number yet brez on his rebounds I had 20 a second ago on the box score but then it switched to 18 so I’m sure we’ll get the the number in a minute but uh 1820 whatever it was it was a hell of a game for him and as Robin pointed out against the bonuses as well yeah two in a row I mean he beat up Triple J the other night against Memphis 41 and 18 in that game he’s on a roll guys he’s exactly back to where he was earlier this season when you’re like okay you know he’s a good Defender but how about like some MVP Whispers for ad sabonis not going to wow anyone defensively but he’s going to make you work because he can score and pass and rebound ad ad crushed him tonight period uh big game how about this line uh that we have gotten officially 21 points 20 rebounds uh four assists six blocks three steals I mean that’s that’s quite a line yeah 20 rebounds that’s rebound that’s Moses Malone type there and the Lakers out rebound by 10 and I I would say of those 20 about 10 to 12 of them he went and got him it wasn’t like he was just in the area that’s what I like about his rebounding tonight is he he went and got some rebounds and you know I think ad has arrived at his age 3031 where he kind of is peing in his career always had the talent but I think he has the knowhow the last couple of Seasons 76 games last year uh this year he’s out of the box really good and consistent on all the things that we want him to do and he needs to do rebound defense score he’s having that type of season you know I mean one of the things I look at is the size on the court even though sabonis has size he likes to help out a lot then he depends on his strength to get his position but tonight ad was in better position him so he got eight offensive rebounds think about it that’s Eight Second Chance shots that you get which is huge when you go up against a team that usually dominates you in their Arena and for me when he’s able to get round the basket and get extra shots that’s a great thing but that also is a sign that you know he’s not always sitting the pick and roll and they taking a lot of outside shots they taking great shots with him in position to get those Second Chance shots and those are little Keys like that the small things when you playing basketball if you don’t get any second shots you’re going to be in trouble and if you look at this team I outside of Cam reddish and AD sometimes LeBron there’s nobody’s really going to give you second shots because they too busy trying to get back when this team was struggling guys and JJ said this to Mike shell on the walk-off interview at halftime uh defensively this team for span they were 29th in the league almost dead last and he thought there was a time in the second quarter and you pointed out it was when ad was out where the team looked like that um but we got to give them their flowers for the last four games and I know it’s only four games but but James had said this before too in the pregame and he said it in the postgame show like whatever it is they got together the meeting of the minds but they have made an effort to change things on that end whether it’s communication um max into the lineup whatever it is but the way they’re helping each other James we saw it when we were down there at the Memphis game the this this defense uh has improved uh I know it’s only four games but but 100 points per in these four and a huge difference tonight D it’s like okay the defense is what’s starting to win them games no no complaints about the Laker offense tonight at all but it’s starting to feel like what JJ reck wants he he wanted a little more defense lately he wanted to really Hammer that home over this weird span where they had two games in 10 days and uh it’s it’s coming out pretty clearly James and Rob the defense is is really Standing Tall which is great because still don’t have Jared Vanderbilt playing and you know whenever he comes back hopefully he can help it’s been it’s been a great four games o for sure yeah I love the fact that the the new energy in there I mean DLo going to the bench was a good move uh but I got to tell you man playing some of these younger guys who have been eager on the bench and they’re ready uh Max is ready I love the way uh reddish comes in you know he he he disrupts a little bit with his effort uh even even Coco uh I call him Coco crazy Coco not the tennis player but you know just the energy and when you blend that in there with ad’s you know dominance and then you got you know uh Reeves who’s always uh given the effort you get you get a little bit of energy it’s almost like you get a jump start when you get Max in there on the ball and attack on the ball it kind of takes a little bit of pressure off the defense when that point guard has to work a little bit so I think it’s been ad and an injection of some some some young energy in there yeah for me I I I really look at what Max christen’s mayble do think about he’s guarded J MH yeah now Fox those two guys Dynamic even though Fox had 26 tonight there was a tough 26 yeah and and the one thing is is you know how sometime when you know a guy is I don’t I put it nicely not that good defensively so that kind of makes you help more with him you don’t have to do that because he’s a big body he can stay in front and he’s he’s able to contest shots and you think about it there’s a couple times Darren Fox tried to body him you didn’t move him so I like the fact that he’s got stronger and he know how to use his and that’s one of the things about I try to teach teach young kids is when a guy hits you you got to learn how to either take that blow or Matrix so you can get back and he’s really good at that yeah most games Fox is killing us and we notice it the 26 tonight they were 26 but they weren’t like the 30 or 35 that we visibly noted he ex not impactful all right let’s hear from JJ reck he’s speaking with Mike in the media yeah JJ so ad ends up with the six block three steals you know 20 rebounds not sure how many other plays he impacted what did you see from him especially defensively but in how did you feel like that impacted the match yeah he was he was phenomenal tonight and it just shows you how Elite he is as a player that he can have a seven for 20 night and still dominate a basketball game um you know for for the group I really felt like this might be my my favorite win we’ve had all season just because we weren’t um we weren’t efficient offensively but because of our crashing because we limited them in transition um limited them to to one shot like all of the things that we’ve preached that give yourself a chance to win every night if you have an off shooting night and an off offensive night uh we did tonight and it just the the group was great we had so many different uh contributions at different times um you know Max and and Gabe with the the offensive rebounds late um some defensive plays from cam just really good really good stuff uh and then you know AR LeBron ad you know they they were they were great as always with Austin we mentioned something to him the other night where he’s been you know trying to turn the corner a little more and attacking and he he likes to talk about himself as like not a says I’m not fast I’m not an athlete obviously that’s relative being in the NBA but did you have that conversation with him about the thrust that he can do getting downhill and because it seemed like there was a lot of what you call the paint to great tonight yeah we we we talk about it all the time with him um and a lot of that uh discussion is sent around you know his decision making once he touches the paint um there’s one play I think sabon got a block from behind where he might have you know it was a late late contest but he might have had a guy in the corner outside of that he he made great decisions uh when he got downhill and just he just provides us with again that that thrust particularly in the half court um I think he’s a great athlete I’ll be honest with you I think he’s a great athlete maybe not the 1% of the NBA but he’s in the 1% of the the world yeah LeBron’s second game back since the the absence what did you make of his night did you see a similar approach um that you saw in the last game against yeah I did um I thought the group um played the right way offensively particularly to start the third quarter um you know I I I ended up not having to use the timeout but I challenged them at halftime to just go play not walk the ball up get into our stuff quicker play like we we do most of the time in the first half to start the third um because of the timeout situation just the game Flow didn’t end up using that that timeout four minutes in but um I thought he was a big part of that um getting to Second actions being a screener being a hub um you know I I think guess you know outside of a couple guys you know we we we didn’t get like great shooting Nights from guys but the the way we played and the process with which we played I really I really liked JJ uh we asked you before the game about the corner crashing and the offensive rebounding tonight 15 offensive rebounds obviously a lot of that for ad80 was in the paint but Max had three and and several guys had some key Corner crashes um what what did you make of of that and and just continuing to emphasize that yeah thought it gave us um not just extra opportunities it gives you life um you know you you miss a couple shots in a row it can be deflating um I think we were plus 14 or plus 15 in scoring opportunities tonight um so you in terms of The Possession game we did a really good job both with our turnovers um I think we ended up with uh 11 three shot clock violations um but you know that was that was big uh between that and the the the crashes and and our ability to just get multiple stops in a row uh on a on a a poor shooting night uh was huge particularly on the road kind of going back to the possession battle that was something you guys came into the season emphasizing there’s been a back and forth with it up to this point just when especially if you guys have gone through this I guess kind of offensive lle how much more is that emphasized by the you and the coaching staff The Possession battle that is yeah um something that’s talked about um on a on a pretty consistent basis um with regard to you know the physicality that we need offensively to not turn the ball over to not get disrupted to get into our stuff to create advantages all of those things um and then you know I talked to you guys before the game there’s there’s guys that are pretty consistent with the the corner crashes and you know Max Max is one of those guys ruy has been great DK’s been really good at times Gabe’s been really good at times so um just continuing to rev those guys up and and helping us get extra opportunities as big coach reic um in that fourth quarter uh what all due respect that was the strong man at the circus uh act that I seen uh Lebron James he touched everybody on that floor he made everybody feel him uh just want to get you know your thoughts on you know that physical that physicality style that he brought to the floor in that fourth quarter yeah there was a couple defensive possessions where uh he really got into I know there’s one in front of our bench in front of D rozan um and offensively just kind of playing Bully ball a little bit um you know we we executed our our horns rip and he got a a layup and you know was physical with thear um because they didn’t they they weren’t switching that so he was going to be open ultimately it was the low man that came over and D rozan but you know I think if we can create those we call them Mac truck lanes um particularly in in transition or early transition early offense um and him just getting ahead of steam uh usually good things happen what do mean you know I’m sorry about that what does it mean when someone at this age you know planted a high urance level like LeBron you know doing this probably seen anything like this since Will Chamber um yeah I mean he’s he’s one of the one of the goats and again I talk pregame about just the the the way that he has approached the game of basketball it’s uh remarkable that he’s able to not only just keep himself in the shape uh to play at this age um but still be playing at at an elite level um you know there’s uh doc used to always talk about you know every game you know is a tug of- War you don’t want to let go of the Rope Team makes a run and I think there’s a a metaphor there for every athletes uh life as an athlete and uh LeBron has never let go of the Rope he’s still uh he’s still pull pulling pretty pretty hard on it pregame asked JJ about the corner crashing and offensive rebounding kind of got started strong over the past months gone down tonight you guys finished with think with 15 offensive rebounds you had a few yourself just how what’s gone to those discussions about specifically the corner crashing as a team as you individually I think it’s just trying to get extra possessions and I think just like we’ve been emphasized in the point of that um and we’ve seen time and time again where we have done it well we put ourselves in good positions to win and uh it was something that was useful here tonight especially to get a little run going or to keep them from getting a run going um sometimes offensive rebound can take the take the air out of somebody J also mentioned get consecutive stops we talk a lot about you know Rhythm and momentum offensively do you find I guess a defensive Rhythm where you know when you’re getting consecutive stops getting three stops in a row and what can that do for a team yeah I think it puts a lot of pressure on on the opposing team especially if you’re able to execute offensively um you know and they’re coming down they’re having a tough time getting into the paint tough time running their action uh you put a lot of pressure on them getting three stops in a row and you’ve converted three times so now you’ve snuck yourself into a 6. npoint run you know what I mean so um you know we start off the game hot with that we start off the game hot defensively and we were executing and you know we tried to carry that through what can you you guys I think coming tonight had improved your defense significantly over the past three games obviously you guys held the Kingston Knights 100 um what what have you seemen be the biggest difference defensively over the past week and a half to two weeks I just think our our overall attention to detail and focus um I think we’ve been in the gaps better I think we’ve been competing harder on the ball um been covering for one one another more um our trust has picked up on that side of the ball so I think it’s just been an overall um uptick in our effort on that side LeBron scored 19 points and led the team with seven assists let’s go inside the Laker locker room he’s with Mike LeBron encouraging to win a row game when you shoot poorly as a team like this I think only 40% but you know defense offensive rebounds what did you what stood out the most to you um our defense stood out the most I mean obviously when you shoot 40% on the road um it’s a couple factors that has to happen uh you can’t turn the ball over I blush you twice you can’t turn the ball over um and you got to get time stops and we did that throughout the course of the game JJ was talking about low man rotations the other day how important that is against team with sabonis and their their guards you know you guys were doing that and then ad’s got the six blocks three steals 20 boards you’ve seen that before but how did you get together with the scheme there and kind of build up upon what you’ve been doing as a defense 80 is special don’t don’t take those performances for granted and just say that’s that’s just 80 doing 80 no that’s that’s just a special talent a special player and uh I mean we needed every last one of those 20 BS um you know and everybody just try to protect him I thought uh I thought Maxi was was great um his offensive rebounding you know was great and I thought Gabe and dowlo came off the bench and gave us a big time boost um you know we needed it the team defense has been turning in the right direction JJ mentioned coming into the night that you guys are the best defensive rating in the league over the last three games and then obviously get the win tonight and that was a strong part of it yeah I mean how do you fit in ideally to to this defensive sche who me yeah um whatever I mean get stops um one defensively is I think the number one thing is about you know being accountable and holding your guy and understanding don’t just let blowb happen in whatever the case may be but also being on the stream with other four guys on the floor um and it starts with communication um and I think we’ve been communicating at a a at a high over the last four games like you mentioned um we’re going to need to continue that know we talked to you about it at shoot around but you obviously passed Kareem tonight for alltime minutes in the regular season have you had a chance to reflect on that since uh well not uh uh coach came here congratulated me uh my teammate said um so uh tell me I’m old old as hell and all all of that but um I mean like I said it’s a it’s a pretty cool honor um obviously anytime I’m linked with some of the greats I’ve ever played this game and uh to know I’ve been available to my teammates you know I’ve been able to do this at a high level over two decades um and continue to put myself in and and you know record books in this game of basketball that I love so much in the best league in the world is it’s pretty cool and is very um very humbling your your playoff minutes I think are you know about 3,000 more than number two which is Duncan do you hold that in even higher regard than the regular season minute totals just for sort of what it says about the runners they both are special I mean obviously you set your mark and trying to make things happen in the regular season to prepare for the for the postseason it’s all part of the process and you know I’ve been able to uh have some some deep playoff runs and play some meaningful basketball games in my career into the postseason so they both have a special meaning is you can’t have one without the other JJ called this one of his favorite wins of the season for I think process wise um what what did you like about it process-wise um that we just stuck with it um you know like you said we didn’t shoot the ball uh well at all we did get to free throw line we shot the ball uh pretty good from the free throw line but you know 40% overall um you know uh you know you just don’t see many games where you win games like that in this league especially in today’s game but you know our defense has been uh playing at a higher level and uh that helped us get this win as you know better than most you know tricky to beat a team twice in a row in their home kind kind of like in a playoff series so where do you where do you go when you win and you have to try to come back the next the next day or two days I’m I just set the all time leading uh in in minutes I am not thinking about this next game yet get some sleep first get to this room drink some wine play some mad and chill there theity the key longevity yeah what team you are running with right now Madden I can’t say I don’t want to make nobody jealous fair but I’m good where would you say you rank in terms of Madden players in the NBA oh I don’t know I don’t know um I don’t know who all plays uh but I know I’m number one on this team is there is I know I’m number one on this team for sure is there a close second or no no you say you’re number one in the league that’s possible I might be one number one in the league yeah I mean you I don’t need to I’m nice I’m nice yeah I’m nice thanks I all right another monster game for ad he’s in the locker room with Mike ad I brought up the the 2020 and the six blocks to LeBron you know probably too casually is a like oh yeah ad just did this and he said no that’s special not that you have to kind of stop and and recognize that do you do you do that even though you have the high expectations of yourself do I do what well recognize that it’s not easy to have to dominate a game like that completely with those kind of not just the numbers but the impact yeah I mean I just tried to you know do my part um we talk about everybody just starting in their row um you know the shots you know weren’t really falling I just tried to you know make up for it on the defensive end U with rebounding and protecting the rim uh I didn’t know I had you know six box and 20 rebounds but um you know I just wanted to you know do my part you know in in his win tonight what’s been consistent about the defense that JJ mentioned to us it’s it’s been much higher in terms of ratings basically since the Minnesota game it seemed like something switched there schematically and Etc um nothing really schematically I think we just uh you know we’re covering for each other you know what I talked about you know yesterday after practice you know we’re covering for each other um we’re playing a little harder on defense we’re talking more um you know we playing desperate you know especially on the defensive end so um we just showing you know like I said we had some some practice days to kind of go over some things that was kind of hurt Miss on the defensive end and um know we had time to clean it up and now we’re just translating it to the court um during real game so um you know practice time helps us and uh you know guys are having a cover mentality to help um you know each other and you know knowing that mistake is going to happen but uh for the most part we want to be solid within our defense and our schemes and uh we’ve been doing that lately what have you liked about LeBron’s performances these last couple games since he came back from the time away with the foot um you know obviously he’s able to score um you know whenever he wants um you know I think he just commanded uh taking command at the offense um you know with this playmaking ability uh we know he can score like I said whenever he wants but you know he’s making it right read get Guys open looks um you know and guys are you know you know taking those open looks and you know whether make a Miss is a good play but um you know his voice you know is what we missed the the two games that he out that he was out on both ends of the floor um I mean he’s a natural pointy leader when it comes to you know the game and um you know when there times where we might seem you know chaotic you know um know he’s able to kind of take control and just kind of get us into something um you know and try to execute as good as possible you guys you said that you were just trying to do your part to get this win um you can point to seven guys I think tonight who can say they did the same um is that what you like best about tonight just how many different people had a hand in it yeah um you know it’s a team game and I think you know everyone chipped in tonight um whether it’s on a stat Sho or not um you know gave four for five from three um you know which we needed DLo came in and just changed the game um with his energy and effort um you know cam come in and changes the game um max Christie is you know always um you know doing what he what he what he does on both ends of the floor making shots and um you know being disruptive um and then you know me Bri and a y just kind of do what we do um but everybody had a uh their hand in this game um and you know we’re going to continue to need that he how important was you know to get this game separation knowing that you got to play this team again on um we want to get every wi um but uh I think it was a win for us you know having some days off you know when you usually take you know couple days off three days off um you know like we did um before we came back and it was a little rusty um I think we had like excuse me 22 turnovers or something like that you know in our first game you know back off the long break so um you know we came in you know fresh energized and ready to go Austin for the record JJ did call you a great athlete you always try to say that you’re not uh and you know even relative to other NBA players that’s like me calling JJ a great athlete wait which would also be true I don’t know about it okay anyway what what sorry JJ what uh getting your scoring a little bit just the defense ad him kind of at the anchoring it all but where where did you see that and especially as a continuation of the last couple games on defense uh I just thought we you know competed and well you know you got to just continue to give your flow give flowers when flowers are due and um 80 is a a monster uh 20 and 20 um you know does so much for our defense offense as well but not just him Max chrisy gave Vin and DLo was a huge spark Off the Bench everybody just competed really hard and uh when we do that we stick to you know the coaches schemes uh we’re you know locked in on that we’re we’re you know pretty good defensive team just highlighting one guy with Gabe know to make four threes in that with only five attempts you he draws a charge is just active in other places what kind of lift do you felt like that gave you on top of the starters tonight oh a lot uh I mean he was really four for four for the night you know he threw up the heave at the end of the first quarter I believe um which almost went in but you know just him being aggressive is what we need and him knocking down shots is also a big plus for us he’s going to do everything else you know he took a big charge um you know in the second half uh Malik was coming downhill and you know a lot of the times you know people aren’t going to put their you know self on the line like that and he’s going to be a guy that does it every single time so you’d love to have a guy like that on your team and uh like I said when he makes shots like that uh he just brings so so much of a boost for us as you guys as a collective as a team go through these shooting LOLs how much more of an in gets placed on the margins The Possession battle offensive rebounding physical those sort of margins just think you continue to play the same way uh all those things are important if you’re shooting it well or if you’re not uh I think if you you know focus on you know all those things and then shoot the ball well that’s when you can become a really dangerous team so it’s not just I’m about to sneeze come on all right I think I’m good um Dan don’t look at me like that anyways uh no I think that that’s how you become a dangerous team as you uh you worry about all those margins you try to win all those margins and then on top of that like I said when you do shoot the ball well is when you can become a really good team so I don’t think you change really much uh I think that’s just the way you know we have to play as a team I think ad used the word desperation to describe the way you guys brought effort on the court tonight um because of the way the schedule broke and you had all this time to kind of reassess things clean stuff up and and try to get back to your winning ways from earlier in the year like do you did it get kind of dire around your group with with all those losses that were piling up um and was kind of like that reassessment necessary for you guys to be able to to move forward or do you think you could have been able to fight your way out of it without out this this schedule break that that presented itself I always have confidence in us as a team um even when you know things are tough uh you know you continue to do and approach the game the right way then you know I believe that you know things are going to start you know going better uh you know I think you know there was a lot of games uh that we you know played well uh um you know didn’t do some things good enough and you know lost a couple of them and then there was some games that we didn’t you know have the energy have the effort that we should have have but I think for the most part um there was more games where we you know competed the right way and played the right way we just didn’t you know execute good enough to win those games so once you you know figure that out and you keep turning the page and getting better every single day with practice time and uh you know that’s when you become you know really good you know we didn’t shoot the ball well tonight but we did a lot of things really well and like I said um know when you do all those little things good and then you start shooting the ball well that’s when you become a very dangerous team the first year um you really started to play regularly your second year in the league I think you shot at least nine free throws six or seven times um this is just your fifth time in the last two years getting to the line um nine times our teams defending you differently are you getting a different whistle and I guess like for you how how important was it to get back to the line tonight um especially in a game when you guys weren’t hitting shots it was great we needed them we needed you know all the free throws that we shot um trying to find uh 30 it was 25 for 30 uh very good as a team um I think that I think the game’s changing I think it’s kind of changing back to what it was before uh you know five six years ago four five years ago I think that you can manipulate the game in a lot of ways to get a lot of free throws and I think that they’re trying to reel that back in to letting you be a little more physical on ball off ball uh and kind of just you know you’re able to muck the game up a little more I think which I think is awesome um you know I think that that if if that’s a consistent thing uh throughout the whole year and everybody gets used to it I think the game of basketball will be you know better um so I don’t really know um it was fun to shoot free throws though I say like was it is it just for you is it just being aggressive downhill more regularly I mean like obviously three-point volume has has gone up a ton these last years it’s a big part of what you have to do especially on a roster doesn’t shoot a lot of them um but for you personally like like to to like to get downhill to get into the paint um does that improve like kind of your your feel and Rhythm within within a game yeah for sure I mean uh my parents used to tell me you know growing up if you’re struggling um you know making shots get downhill get to the free throw line see a couple easy ones go in and it kind of opens everything up and um I felt like I kind of got to that point in the second half uh I think I was like one for my last six shots or something and got a couple free throws um you know made I think four the five or whatever and uh then started getting a better feel so yeah I think that that’s a real thing is uh you know if you are struggling a little bit you know get downhill if it’s not to create for somebody else or or get to the free throw line just to just see the ball go through the basket Austin if my math is right I think you played Seven about 7,300 minutes now like regular season in playoffs no what no you’re going to ask me something about LeBron well just can you comprehend it’s 69,000 minutes it just it seems kind of it seems crazy right I I mean I don’t know that’s that’s that’s that’s impressive uh to say the least um I’ve said it a million times he the way he takes care of himself the way that he approaches the game you don’t take shortcuts you know I could go on and on about you know what he does to you know put himself in that position knowing him the last four years it doesn’t surprise me with him um just because of all the things that I see him do every single day and talking to him asking him uh on off days what he’s doing you know how he’s going to you know use his day to you know be better and it’s crazy um the stuff that he does the the time that he puts in is is very impressive and you know that’s just a testament to him playing a billion minutes and uh being very successful in the game of basketball and is he as good at Madden as he said as he is yeah he’s he’s being shy um good player yeah he tells me I ask him all the time you know what his record was for the night and he he’s told me many times he’s been on five six game win streaks and then he’ll casually be like yeah I beat the you know 25th person in the world and I’m just like that’s that’s impressive so don’t let him uh don’t let him be too modest about it uh I would assume I don’t know anything about Madden I don’t play Madden I just play Call of Duty and fortnite but I would I would assume if you’re beating those guys you’re you’re pretty good appreciate y’all

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