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  • come to downtown Los Angeles and the Staples Center home today for the L.

  • A Clippers.

  • It's gained six between the Clippers and the Golden State Warriors in a game that many didn't think What even happened with the Clippers winning on Wednesday night in Oakland Force this Game six.

  • Beverly has an ongoing conversation with lots of people during the course of a game.

  • He was sensational Game five, as was Durant, who at 45 points quickly knocks down his first shot, becomes Shaman Drive's blocked by Draymond Green.

  • Great hustle.

  • Get back defensively.

  • I'm a full of nails it, but you could do with that.

  • But give credit to Draymond.

  • Green has been a difference maker early on in this ballgame offensive rebound and that time bringing back, blocking the layup blocked by Thompson demand.

  • With Williams Harold coming into the game, Durant racing down a floor on another pretty from Draymond Green double, Williams knocking away.

  • Williams has been brilliant in the games, and Oracle struggle a bit here in these two games.

  • Staples tops and misses the layup they're gonna call ago.

  • 10.

  • Durant drives gets inside.

  • Nice Lou, Euro step.

  • That's just unguardable shot clock now four.

  • Culinary Corner three.

  • And that's not just a problem for this game.

  • That's a problem for the next series, as Durant finishes another poor transition defense that time on the Clippers.

  • Durant off to a great start.

  • He's got 12 points.

  • Temple Corner, three barrels Tip.

  • Mrs.

  • Durant, pull up.

  • Kevin Durant, 15 points already here in the first quarter on Golden State with a six point advantage.

  • It's a 16 point turn around turn spires counted and one Kevin Durant with a hand in his face.

  • A chance for a three point play clock winding down turn.

  • Temple tries to contest the old Shane Battier in the face.

  • Hits him down low.

  • Durant doesn't see it.

  • I don't know about you, but I'm a doctor.

  • I'm not allowing Kevin Durant play one on one the rest of the way.

  • Trying to stay with Durant again.

  • Same spot.

  • Pull up.

  • Same result.

  • You've got to send a double team, get the ball out of his hands.

  • Parent temples.

  • Doing his job is a stellar defense, but give me great offense over great defense Any day of the week.

  • Kevin Durant getting his spot elevating and eliminating contest comes up with the steal.

  • Knocks it away from you.

  • Michael Green drives its side on Draymond Green Finds Durant, Durant straight on three.

  • Good Kevin Durant.

  • 28 points already, and there's still seven and 1/2 to go here in the second.

  • Durant.

  • Find some room puts it in.

  • Durant.

  • 31 points.

  • Coach.

  • Big time played by Durant, but that place should not Father the Clippers.

  • That's Gallinari.

  • Man set in the pick, but he's laid off, allowing Durant to come off the screen wide open the past.

  • Draymond Green.

  • The layoff.

  • Beautiful feed from Kevin Durant throwing three assists as well.

  • Down five.

  • Williams drives on Thompson.

  • Off balance rolls in and out.

  • Durant The rebound.

  • A good opportunity for Durant.

  • Go two for one to get a quick shot of Durant Does three pointer bang Kevin Durant's got 36 the lead balloons to 19.

  • Durant knocks down the 3 41 for Durant.

  • Second straight game.

  • Is it 40?

  • Plus?

  • There's a double on Durant back to Draymond.

  • Green catches fires.

  • Three Pointer puts it in.

  • Kevin Durant with 44.

  • Michael Green, with four fouls on Durant down.

  • Throws it down with veteran Andre a dollar with authority in a time out called by Doc Rivers.

  • The lead back up to 18.

  • Durant foul.

  • Durant now with 46 12 for 12 from the free throw line on its back up to 19.

  • Beverly to Gallinari off the dribble.

  • Gets inside, blocked by Durant.

  • Oh, sensational rejection and a foul down the other end on the pass.

  • Durant, after a turnover, makes up for it.

  • Terrific block.

  • Wayne County and the foul.

  • Beverly.

  • Him and Durant, with a chance for a three point play, 50 in a 37 minutes, ties Damian Lillard for the highest point total in these playoffs.

  • Just like they did after the game to Los Golden State Responds with some dominant basketball respect from the coaches from the players.

  • The Golden State Warriors win in six games and now advance to the Western Conference semifinals.

  • Will play the Rockets on Sunday afternoon in Game one in Oakland.

  • Right here.

  • Uh, how you doing?

  • CPJ of hoops and bruise.

  • Was this the best game offensively you've ever had?

  • Um, I don't know.

  • No score.

  • 50 points were I missed some good shots tonight.

  • Uh, well, I couldn't make a few more, but, I mean, I felt great.

  • I feel great.

  • It was a fun game for sure.

  • Kevin Durant Camera Buford L.

  • A News.

  • I was ever got a question totally irrelevant to the Siri's.

  • The Seattle Seattle, on the 13th of May is having a meeting to try to bring back the Sonics.

  • Would you lend your name to me or give any support to that effort to bring the Sonics back to Seattle?

  • I mean, I've been since I've been in the league since we left.

  • I've been screaming.

  • That team needs to go there, so, yeah, we're gonna reach out to you guys.

  • I'm sure somebody just seen that.

  • Yes, sir.

  • Appreciate that too, man.

  • It's a good question for the city.

  • Right there.

  • Like that.

  • Yeah.

  • I came to see you play up there, 2008.

  • I guess it was before you let before you guys left.

  • So that would be good to get the Sonic back to Seo.

  • I hold you responsible for taking Kevin the point you made earlier this week of all the work you do behind the scenes to stay at this level consistently.

  • What do you think?

  • Key in that routine.

  • And what what is kind of a day today with ah, first of just starts with, ah, mentally prepare to, you know, work on my skills on a day to day sa you guys.

  • Any MBA player is tough, especially when you been for so long to keep doing the same things over and over again.

  • But oh, you know, that's those, uh, brings results, so it was pretty simple.

  • We just get up, you know, get shots up, focus on the game when I'm at home.

  • See how I could be better throughout the game.

  • Just always just trying to be a student, To be honest, you know, that's just been my approach.

  • Kevin Chris was fantasy sports cape.

  • Obviously, you had a good officer game.

  • Let's talk about the defense.

  • You talk about how your defense flew around today.

  • I know there was one possession where they double June turned it over, but you sprint back in black.

  • Gallinari, Could you talk about the effort from all of you guys defensively today?

  • Beverly with another 40 mile night.

  • It's crazy, but I think you know, we, uh, held with 39% shooting, which is a win for us.

  • They all rebounded this, but I think we just made him Mr Knight Way Made a mis you know, we made Louis was three for 21.

  • Damn, I didn't know he was doing between when I was a great job by Clay Aid Andre doing just making him see bodies, hands.

  • And but we just try toe.

  • Just try to make everyone.

  • It looks tough.

  • I think last game they were just a little bit too free and their movements and actions that they call, you know, coming downhill, not really a body on him.

  • Shoot open threes because we're leaving guy.

  • So I think tonight we just locked in or more so individual game plan for you, Claire.

  • Tumors are from clutch points.

  • Uh, Kevin, since you joined the Clippers are one of the few teams to push you guys to six games.

  • What can you say about them when they were predicted to get swept by most, uh, whoever predict anything about basketball?

  • You can't predict this game that you can try to make assumptions, but anything could happen.

  • And that's we expected that especially with this group, you know, the might not have the huge names, but they got great big players that can play on any team in this league, you know, from top to bottom, from Gallinari to Pat Bear to Lou.

  • Well, who was all world scored of Montreal's Harold to Carrie.

  • Tell me from the down the line they got just saw the players and we knew we had play our A game for us to have a chance because they they will coach the, uh, not gonna stop playing.

  • And, uh, they have fun playing with each other.

  • Kevin, some of your teammates do not have great Siri's or particularly great games when that happens.

  • On nights like tonight to you recognize that very early on and take it upon yourself to compensate for that.

  • Offensively, I just keep on coming no matter what.

  • You know, I just played my game through it all.

  • I think, you know, I definitely don't want to go away from my teammates that they're struggling to shoot the ball.

  • You still keep him in the game, but at the same time, you know, be aggressive and trying to win the game as well.

  • But we trust and all are our guys and, like, clay stuff, and they're not making shots early.

  • We still gonna try to find him and get him going.

  • You know, I think that's they do that with everybody.

  • If I'm not going to start the game, we all try and look for each other.

  • We play a team game.

  • When everybody touched the basketball, we, uh we're in good shape.

  • Logan.

  • Murder, NBC Sports Bay Area.

  • Kevin, You guys only have one day into your next game against the Houston Rockets.

  • How do you recalibrate in for a team that as well arrested as they are already?

  • Where you got well, in the n b a r.

  • We pretty used to the schedule.

  • We play a game, then they often another game pre must do that all year.

  • So, uh, is pretty, uh, just a routine.

  • So hopefully we come to play Kevin here.

  • Eric Pincus, Basketball insiders, bleacher report.

  • You sort of touched on this a moment ago, but this team has some high power scoring.

  • Obviously, some of your teammates How do you balance that?

  • When do you know?

  • You talked about when to be aggressive?

  • Is it a feel?

  • Is that how the defense is playing.

  • You may be the team needs it.

  • How do you find that?

  • This is my game.

  • I need to be the one to take those shots instead of staff or click.

  • I just never know into the game starts and, you know, it was just the flow.

  • I can't really explain it.

  • You know, the game is, uh I mean, just the perfect balance that we have been playing with each other.

  • We know each other, We have good chemistry, and I know what stuff's going.

  • He knows what when I'm going and clay and all way down the line.

  • So you know, we sacrifice shots for each other.

  • We sacrifice opportunities for each other.

  • And I think, you know, Coach and everybody on the team kind of knows how the game is being played and who needs to touch it.

  • Well, we need to run offense through.

  • I think everybody has a good feel for the game each night, but Shelley Smith from ESPN I know you told Doris that you were lost in the game thinking about possession, just getting the next possession next possession.

  • When did you realize that things were going pretty well for you, especially in the first town.

  • Oh, offer, Like every night goes well for me that I'm healthy and I get to play and, uh, I get to Ah, you know, just dive deep into the gang on me.

  • Mr makes it happen.

  • But usually when I'm in it is when I'm following the defense, the game plan to the tea when I'm flying around on the defensive side and we all communicate all on one string, I think that's usually when I'm in the game.

  • Far Boat Clips Nation.

  • So Coach Curt mentioned that the Clippers brought the best out of this Warriors team.

  • Can you mention what they brought out of you?

  • Uh, well, the physical defense was one of those things.

  • They got multiple multiple guys, they don't give up on place, you know, especially with the movement that we have in the shooter's that guys that run around the three point line, they didn't they didn't really give up too many easy shots, and it starts there with them.

  • You know, I've seen them all season, you know.

  • They play everybody tough.

  • They get into everybody, they pick up full court, they into your hip on pin downs they, you know, going over the game plan, adjusting throughout the game.

  • I think they just well coached.

  • They play extremely hard and, you know, they put together a good group of guys that can, you know, do multiple things.

  • Little coming off the bench never really complained about minutes or anything.

  • You just know he's gonna play and play his game.

  • So he's the guy that's kind of had to sneak in.

  • Montrose.

  • Heras Well, so you know those two guys have phenomenal seasons and, you know, definitely became Maura.

  • I was always a huge Lou Williams family, even more of a Louisville fan after this series and in Montrose, Harold and the whole team.

  • But those two guys really stood out to me.

  • Kevin, you know, you know, in James Harden's games over the years, what is?

  • It takes as a team to minimize the fouls and gain with the free throw line of what things does he do to make that difficult?

  • I think even more important and free throws just that's not his whole game, you know, he can do everything he can.

  • If you not focus your drive past you hit you with shoulder because he's strong.

  • Finish either hand.

  • He shoot floaters.

  • Now, obviously, the Stepback three pointers is Is this one of his staples?

  • But, um, I never really believed he was just free throw guy, you know?

  • He can he can.

  • He can score in a variety of ways, so we have to be locked in from beginning.

  • You can't fully stop a guy like that.

  • You just try toe just got to be, be ready to play it.

  • Tough for game.

  • Getty.

  • Josh With SB Nation When you're going into the playoffs, would you prefer playing?

  • Ah, Siri's where you know it's a 40 sweet.

  • A little bit easier for you.

  • Or would you rather have a series like this where you were tested and you guys were, uh, battling?

  • I mean, obviously, we would love to win for oh, every Siri's.

  • That would be ideal.

  • But we know it's the playoffs is not really gonna happen that way.

  • But, um, I think just everybody this locker room has been through every type of Syria's.

  • So we just prepare for anything but definitely would love a sweep for sure, right?

come to downtown Los Angeles and the Staples Center home today for the L.

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