READ THE GAME, YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO READ THE GAME. >> SO HOW DID DALLAS WIN THIS? BY ONLY HITTING WITH ONLY HITTING 636 OUT OF 25. THEY NORMALLY TAKE LIKE REGULAR SEASON, THIRD MOST THREE ATTEMPTS, A GAME, AND EVEN IN THE POSTSEASON 35 OR SO, THEY SHOOT 25 FROM THREE TONIGHT. IS THAT BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY WERE BEING GIVEN OR BECAUSE. YEAH, DUNKS. >> YOU CAN GIVE CONTESTED SHOTS BUT YOU CANNOT GIVE DUNKS BETWEEN LIVELY AND GAFFORD. THEY WERE ABLE TO GET 20 POINTS BASICALLY ON DUNKS WITH NO CONTESTING, NO RIM PROTECTION AND NO RESISTANCE. YOU GIVE 20 POINTS AWAY ON THOSE. YOU CAN SHOOT SIX FOR 25 FROM THREE BECAUSE YOU'RE SHOOTING. YOU'RE SHOOTING, YOU KNOW, TEN FOR 11 BASICALLY FROM FROM TWO. SO YOU CAN YOU CAN MAKE IT UP BY THAT. YOU CANNOT GIVE THE DUNKS AWAY. YES. >> 62 POINTS IN THE PAINT WHICH IS THEIR HIGH IN THE POSTSEASON 62. >> BUT OH MY GOSH THAT'S EASIER SAID THAN DONE BECAUSE IF THEY'RE GOING TO PLAY THAT DROP DEFENSE THEY DROP. AND THEN THEY GOT LUKA COMING AT THEM FULL SPEED. YOU KNOW IT'S EASY TO SAY WHAT WHAT IS EASY TO STOP. BUT LIKE NO BECAUSE WHEN YOU DON'T DO LUKA HE GETS HIS NUMBERS. HE STILL GOT 30. BUT YOU EVEN SAID THAT IT WAS IDIOTIC ON A COUPLE OF DEFENSIVE PLAYS. WELL, I DON'T KNOW. IT WAS IDIOTIC WHEN THEY LEAD THE BASKET, BUT I GOT TO GET THESE GUYS CREDIT, MAN. THEY WERE TIMELY. FIRST OF ALL, ANT DID NOT PLAY GREAT. NUMBER ONE. HE DIDN'T PLAY GREAT. HE WAS GASSED, HE WAS GASSED. BUT THIS WASN'T JUST THESE TWO GUYS JUST PUT ON A MASTERPIECE IN MY OPINION. AND KYRIE SET THE TONE. THE YOUNG BOY CALLED HIM OUT. HE SAYS OH YEAH. AND WHEN HE GOT OFF TO A GOOD START THAT EVERYTHING STARTED BECAUSE BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THAT LUKA WAS PLAYING AWFUL. SO KYRIE IS THE ONE WHO GOT THEM GOING AND KEPT THEM IN THE GAME WITH TIMELY THINGS HERE AND THERE. THEN LUKA WOKE UP DOWN THE STRETCH. >> LET'S HEAR FROM ANTHONY EDWARDS. JUST SAT DOWN. >> JADEN IT SEEMED LIKE YOU HAD A REALLY GOOD RHYTHM GOING OFFENSIVELY, ESPECIALLY EARLY TONIGHT. WHAT DO YOU THINK WAS THAT CARRY OVER FROM THE CONFIDENCE YOU BUILT THE LAST COUPLE OF GAMES IN THE LAST SERIES, OR HOW ARE YOU FEELING THAT WAY? >> YEAH, JUST SHOOTING THE BALL WITH CONFIDENCE I MEAN JUST WORKING ON MY GAME EVERY DAY AND JUST BEING CONFIDENT IN IT. SO IT'S NOTHING DIFFERENT FOR ME. JUST KEEP SHOOTING AND NOT WORRY ABOUT THE MISSES. >> AREN'T YOU? TOOK A LOT OF THREES TONIGHT. WAS THAT JUST. IS THAT THEIR RIM PROTECTION THAT IS AFFECTING YOUR YOUR SHOT SELECTION OR HOW DID YOU SEE YOUR OFFENSE KIND OF COME TOGETHER, I MEAN THEY'RE DOWN THE FLOOR. >> THE BIG MAN JUST HE'S NOT SUPER HIGH UP LIKE THE LAST TWO SERIES. AND WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SO HE CAME OFF AND WAS OPEN A BUNCH OF TIMES AND TOOK THE SHOTS, AND I'LL MAKE THEM NEXT TIME I LIVE WITH IT. >> JADEN, EXCUSE ME. >> JADEN. >> THE BULK OF YOUR OFFENSIVE PRODUCTION WAS THROUGH THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS. >> AND THEN ALSO DEFENSIVELY , YOUR NUMBERS AGAINST LUKA WERE A LOT STRONGER THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS THAN THE LAST. >> DID YOU SEE ANYTHING SHIFT ON EITHER SIDE OF THE BALL FOR YOU IN THE FOURTH? >> NO, I MEAN HE JUST STARTED MAKING SHOTS. >> I MEAN, I WAS PLAYING THE SAME DEFENSE. HE WAS JUST MAKING IT WITH MY HAND IN HIS FACE. >> AND THEN OFFENSIVELY, JUST JUST THE SAME THING. >> I MEAN, JUST MISSING THE SHOTS. >> I'M NOT WORRIED. >> OH YEAH. YOU TALKED TO YESTERDAY ABOUT OR TODAY ABOUT JUST ADJUSTING TO A DIFFERENT TEAM. YOU KNOW DALLAS PLAYS SO DIFFERENTLY. LIKE DO YOU THINK IT JUST TAKES A GAME TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT APPROACH. AND HOW DO YOU FIGURE YOU KIND OF BOUNCE BACK FROM THIS ONE. >> I DON'T KNOW. >> I THINK WE JUST CAME OUT, WE CAME OUT FLAT TODAY. I MEAN, AND THEN WE FOUND OUR ENERGY. THEN WE WENT BACK TO BEING FLAT. SO I THINK IT WAS JUST ON US. EVERYTHING WAS ON US TODAY, I DIDN'T GET DOWNHILL AS MUCH, YEAH, JUST STUFF LIKE THAT. WE JUST A LITTLE TIRED. PROBABLY FOR BOTH OF YOU GUYS. >> EXPLAIN THAT. EXPLAIN THAT TO ME. >> THAT WAS. I'VE. >> I'VE SAID A LOT ABOUT ANTHONY EDWARDS INTERVIEWS, ALL PLAYOFFS LONG. AND THAT WAS ONE OF MY LEAST FAVORITES, SAM, WE'RE TIRED. WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. THE SAME WAY THOSE GUYS HAVE FOLLOWED YOU TO THIS POINT. THEY'LL FOLLOW THAT AS WELL. AND THEY GOT COMPLETELY DOMINATED IN THE PAINT. WE'VE ALL TALKED ABOUT THE POINT 62 TO 38, BUT THEY SHOT 49. THEY SHOT 49 THREES. HERE'S RIGHT HERE GASSED RIGHT. LIKE YOU GOT TO GO THROUGH THAT. THIS IS THE FIRST ONE. HE'S 22 YEARS OLD AND HE'S A STAR. WE ALL BELIEVE HE'S THE NEXT FACE. THAT'S WHO THEY FOLLOW. BUT THEY HAVE TO BE BETTER IN THE PAINT. THEY SHOT 49 THREES VERSUS 25. AND THEY GOT THE SIZE ADVANTAGE. WE ALL TALKED ABOUT HOW DALLAS WASN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE WITH THEIR SIZE. AND YOU COME OUT AND SHOOT THAT MANY THREES. GIVE UP 62 POINTS IN THE PAINT AND GET OUT REBOUNDED. THAT'S A RECIPE FOR DISASTER. YEAH. WHAT DALLAS DID, ESPECIALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME . YOU KNOW YOU START A SERIES ON THE ROAD. YOU KNOW HOSTILE SEMI HOSTILE CROWD. THEY KEPT IT CLOSE. WHATEVER WAS GOING ON THEY KEPT IT CLOSE. GAIN THEIR CONFIDENCE KYRIE SET THE TONE. AND THEN SECOND HALF LUKA TOOK OVER. YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING A TEAM WHEN YOU'RE THE HOME TEAM YOU HAVE TO PUT A TEAM AWAY VERY VERY QUICKLY. THE FACT THAT YOU DON'T PUT THE DALLAS MAVERICKS AWAY ANYWAY, NO LEAD IS SAFE WITH LUKA AND KYRIE. SO THE FACT THAT THEY KEPT IT CLOSE AND THEN DOWN THE STRETCH, LUKA, HE SAID I HAD TO TAKE OVER THE GAME AND THAT'S WHY THEY WON THE GAME. NO, MY CRITICISM OF THE WOLVES HAS ALWAYS BEEN THEY DON'T USE THEIR SIZE. YOU KNOW, YOU IF YOU'RE BIGGER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE, YOU SHOULD JUST BLUDGEON THEM. THEY DON'T BLUDGEON PEOPLE, THEY THEY SHOULD DOMINATE THE PAINT. THEY GOT DOMINATED IN THE PAINT, AND THEN WHEN ANTHONY HAS A BAD GAME, IT REALLY SHOWS. COLLIN. TOWNS IS A VERY GOOD PLAYER, BUT HE NEVER USES HIS SIZE TO HIS ADVANTAGE. HE HAS A MISMATCH EVERY SINGLE NIGHT. EVERY SINGLE NIGHT. SO WHETHER HE'S POSTING UP WHEN THEY PUT A LITTLE GUY ON HIM OR DOMINATING ON THE OFFENSIVE BOARD, WHICH I THINK HE SHOULD DO EVERY NIGHT, BECAUSE IF YOU ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE GAME, THERE ARE SEVERAL TIMES A LOT HE HAS A GUARD ON HIM AND THEY'RE LETTING ANT DO HIS DANCE THING. ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS LIKE, JUST START SCREAMING, MOUSE, MOUSE, MOUSE. THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD DO BACK IN THE DAY WHEN YOU GOT A LITTLE DUDE ON A BIG DUDE, WE START SCREAMING MOUSE AND YOU LOOK UP AND THERE'S GOT TO BE A LITTLE GUY TRYING TO GUARD A BIG GUY, BUT AS I SAID BEFORE, THIS GAME, THE WOLVES GOT SOME ISSUES, MAN, BECAUSE THOSE GUYS MAVS MISSED ALL THEM WIDE OPEN THREES BECAUSE THAT'S NOTHING YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT KYRIE AND LUKA. THESE GUYS ARE ALREADY HALL OF FAMERS. THEY'RE GOING TO DO THEIR TWO OF THE BEST OFFENSIVE PLAYERS. WE'VE EVER HAD IN THIS GAME. THERE ARE TWO OF THE BEST WE'VE EVER HAD. AND IF THEY GET ANYTHING FROM THEIR SUPPORTING CAST, THIS TEAM IS GOING TO BE HARD TO BEAT. YEAH. I'M NOT GOING TO ASK YOU TO SAY WHAT BLUDGEON MEANS, BUT I WOULD SAY THIS. WANT ME TO SHOW YOU. NO, NO. YEAH, I WANT TO. YEAH, EXACTLY. DO IT ON TV. BUT I WOULD SAY THIS HUMAN NATURE IS REAL. WE'VE ALL, EVERY, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US HAVE PLAYED A TOUGH GAME. SEVEN. YES. AND HAD TO TURN AROUND AND PLAY GAME ONE. AND THE EMOTIONAL ENERGY AND THE NOT THE PHYSICAL, THE EMOTIONAL MENTAL ENERGY. CHUCK, YOU SAID BEFORE GAME SEVEN IT TOOK YOU TWO DAYS, YOU COULDN'T SLEEP. THEN YOU COME BACK WITH ONLY A DAY OR TWO, A DAY OF REST. EMOTIONALLY, THEY WEREN'T HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT WASN'T PHYSICALLY. I JUST THINK EMOTIONALLY. WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN GAME TWO. HUMAN NATURE WAS REAL TODAY. YEAH, I, I DISAGREE WITH THAT. I DON'T THINK THAT'S HAPPENED TO ME. I'VE BEEN ON TEAMS. NO, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'VE BEEN LIKE TEAMS. WE CALL THAT AN EXCUSE. WE TRYING TO GET TO THE NO LISTEN THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED. THEY SHOULD. IT HAS. BUT YOU'RE NOT. I GO BACK AND SAY NO EXCUSES. NO, WE'RE NOT SAYING IT'S NO EXCUSES. I'M SAYING. BUT THAT'S HUMAN NATURE. AND YOU SAY GAME TWO. WE CANNOT HAVE HUMAN NATURE FIGHTERS. BUT IT'S HAPPENED TO YOU. HAS IT EVER HAPPENED TO YOU? >> YEAH, BUT NOT HERE. >> NOT IN THIS SITUATION. NOT IN. I ALSO DON'T THINK. I DON'T THINK IT WAS THAT LIKE GAME ONE? NO. AND I ACTUALLY THAT'S THE POINT I WAS GOING TO MAKE. I THINK NUMBER ONE, I THINK, I THINK IT'S DISRESPECT TO THE KYRIE AND LUKA. THEY JUST KICKED THEIR. THAT'S ALL. THEY JUST DID IT MAN KYRIE CAME OUT AND SAID OKAY YOU WANT ME YOU GOT ME. SO I THINK IT'S UNFAIR TO SAY THAT TO KYRIE AND LUKA BUT ALSO SHAQ TO YOUR POINT IS ON HAND SAID YOU CAN HAVE A LETDOWN ON THE ROAD BECAUSE THAT OTHER TEAM'S BEEN RESTING AND THEN THEY CAN COME BACK BUT NOT AT HOME. THIS PLACE WAS JUMPING. HERE'S THE THING THOUGH. WE KEEP SAYING THEY'VE BEEN RESTING. THEY PLAYED SATURDAY. THEY PLAY SUNDAY LIKE THIS. >> YEAH THEY PLAYED SUNDAY. YEAH. >> IT WAS ONE EXTRA DAY. LIKE IT WASN'T LIKE THEY'VE BEEN SITTING SINCE WEDNESDAY . SO THAT'S WHY I SAID I, I'VE BEEN ON THE OTHER END. I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S NO EXCUSE. I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT'S GOING TO MAKE EXCUSE. WE'RE GOING TO LOSE THE SERIES. BUT WE COULD SAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN. >> YEAH, WE WILL SEE ON FRIDAY FOR GAME TWO RIGHT HERE. THEY'RE GOING TO LET THAT DROP COVERAGE HAPPEN AGAIN. >> OH NO NUMBERS RIGHT THERE. BY THE WAY MAN WON CHAMPIONSHIPS. WHEN YOU TALKING TO HIM LIKE THAT WE'LL
