BASKETBALL: NBA: Los Angeles Lakers post-game reaction (Reaves, Redick)

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Austin Reaves says his game-winner over the Timberwolves felt like redemption for the Lakers' playoff series

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00:00那一路 felt good

00:02我看,for obvious reasons we won

00:04但是,last time we were in this building

00:07I had a shot to tie it in the corner

00:09in the playoffs

00:11Game four and miss

00:14Let me tell you that

00:16That feeling sucks

00:18And we had a comfortable lead in the fourth

00:21I wouldn't say comfortable

00:22Nothing's comfortable in the NBA anymore

00:24But we had a lead in the fourth

00:25And,you know,they did a good job

00:27Getting back into it

00:29And,you know,take the lead with ten seconds to go

00:32And it's easy not to

00:35It's easy to be,you know,down on yourself

00:37And frustrated

00:38There were some plays in the fourth that I wish

00:40You know,I didn't make

00:41And that I made

00:42A couple turnovers

00:43And just to have that opportunity

00:46To get us a big road win

00:49Obviously with a lot of people hurt

00:52It's special,I know

00:53But like I said out there

00:55You know,we wouldn't have been in that position

00:57If it wasn't for,you know

00:58Everybody that,you know,chipped in tonight

01:00You know,Jake was monstrous

01:03And I think that's the best basketball game

01:05I've seen him play

01:06Since he's been in the league

01:07But you could go down the list

01:09It wasn't just him

01:10And even though I struggled offensively

01:12You know,putting the ball in the basket

01:15You know,we didn't let that frustrate us

01:18They kept hooping

01:19And they kept encouraging me to go do what I do

01:21Even when they're playing

01:23Even when they're playing

01:24I put a,you know,big responsibility on myself

01:26You know,there's

01:28It's different responsibilities obviously

01:32Because,you know,they do so much for our team

01:34But when we don't have them,the responsibility changes

01:37But it's not

01:38I wouldn't say it's

01:40Physically it's a little more

01:43But,you know,I'm always mentally trying to figure out

01:46How I can help with them too

01:48And without them too

01:50So,it's definitely different

01:52In the sense of,you know,how I have to play

01:55And how I have to,you know,conduct myself

01:57I can't get frustrated

01:59Because,you know,at that time,you know

02:01Everybody's looking at me

02:02And in those situations,you know

02:04You have to,you know,be calm

02:05Be confident

02:06And,you know,lead your guys through

02:09Like I said,you know,they had a

02:11We were up,I think,10 or so

02:13And they went on a run

02:14And it's not

02:15It's not hard to,you know,kind of crumble in those situations

02:18But you got to keep the energy high

02:20You got to keep the spirit high

02:21And

02:22But saying all that

02:24Everybody,not just them too

02:26Please come back

02:28I'll be honest with you

02:29It wasn't much of an emotional rollercoaster for me

02:32I don't think it was for our guys either

02:35We executed against the zone,we got good shots

02:37Had a couple,you know,offensive rebound

02:41Drop off passes that we just bobbled around the rim

02:43But we actually did a good job executing

02:47And missed some really good threes

02:50There was no break in composure

02:57There was no break in competitive spirit

02:59There was no break in belief

03:01Of whether or not we could win the game

03:03You know,I thought

03:05I thought

03:10I thought the guys

03:11Those last two plays

03:12Because we,you know

03:14They ran zone for four and a half minutes

03:17So those last two plays

03:18To drop two plays

03:20One versus man,one versus zone

03:22They ended up running man both times

03:24For us to get that execution

03:26Get it to the right guy

03:27Create an advantage

03:28Both times really

03:30You know,we had an advantage

03:31Austin was easily going to race that

03:33And create a five on four

03:35Or a four on three

03:36So I thought

03:37That was huge from our guys

03:40You know,we're

03:42This is

03:43I'm so proud of this group right now

03:45Honestly,it's

03:47From where we were like three weeks ago

03:50Where we're discombobulated

03:52And guys are missing training camp

03:55And guys are modified participants

03:57We're starting to come together

04:00And I've asked a lot

04:03I've asked a lot of these guys

04:05And I'm asking a lot of them

04:07While we're on demand

04:08And they,they're delivering

04:10They're delivering

04:11They,they,they,they earned this victory

04:14That guy is gonna show up in the big moments

04:18It's not surprised

04:20He's done that many times in his career

04:22He's done that many times since I've been his coach

04:24I feel very comfortable

04:26With him making decisions at late game

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