GARY PAYTON II on Ant Edwards: “if he’s talking to the refs, I’m doing a pretty good job on him”

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00:00 If I can hit a goddam shot.
00:10 GARY PAYTON II: How'd you feel you did tonight, defensively, on Edwards?
00:17 Probably made it tougher than Friday night. And yeah, a guy like him, can't let him get comfortable early. So I just try to disrupt and make him work earlier in the game, try to just continue to wear him down, wear him down. He was making tough shots. And then at the end strap up and make plays.
00:41 Without Wiggins, were you anticipating getting the start on him?
00:46 Probably. Yeah.
00:50 What's kind of, I guess, the key, especially late in the fourth quarter, when you're going up against him?
00:58 Like I said in the beginning, starts in the beginning. Yeah. Can't let him be comfortable early and then he's just continuing to have confidence throughout the game and in late situations. He already got the confidence, the rhythm. Then he starts to take the tough shots and make the tough shots. So just try to bother him earlier, make it tough for him early. And then, later down the line, he's still not in a rhythm, kind of, but just make it tough and our coverage and our schemes make him second-thinking, get it out of his hands. Sometimes he's just gonna take tough shots, so — and we're gonna live with those.
01:34 What was going through your mind when you saw Draymond blow by Gobert, throw down a dunk and hit the night-night?
01:42 It's time to go home. It's time to go home. Knockout punch. I think he did the whole night-night through the whole possession. So you already know, we get another big stop down the way, JK makes a big defensive stop, scores off them. It's game.
02:02 Gary, you had two steals in that fourth quarter, there. Describe them, especially the second one, because the second one's kind of crazy. The jump steal.
02:14 Yeah, yeah, I think we was blitzing him. And then I seen Dray was there, so I try to cover, get back for Dray and let him red out and Ant threw the line drive and I put my hands up, be disruptive. I got my hands on it and got it. Get it to Wardell.
02:31 Is there a certain mentality — you go out there and, in other words, do you think steal or do you think just limit? I mean, what's the mentality? I think because you did some of both in this fourth quarter. Ant was 1-of-7 in the fourth quarter, and you were the main guy on it.
02:43 Yeah, just try to be disruptive. When you get the ball, if he brings it close to me, try to get a hand on it, give my teammates, our defense, a couple more seconds to reset and let him go get it and then set back up. It's probably gonna be a high ball-screen or something we know we in, and just try to get my hand on the ball. If I can get my hand on a tip deflection or if I can grab it, then grab it.
03:08 Is there something more special about doing something like that against a guy at his caliber?
03:16 It's fun. It's very fun. Make those guys think and work, as they do for great defenders. Brought the best out of me tonight and bring the best out of him. He's gotta work. I gotta work. It's a pretty fun matchup every time.
03:31 Gary, you mentioned you bothered him. Can you get more specific on that? What do you do? You get hands on him or just push him, annoy him? What do you — ?
03:40 If he's talking to the refs, I think I'm doing a pretty good job, so...
03:44 What was he saying?
03:47 Something.
03:47 What were you saying to…
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FROM DEC 8, 2024, postgame after Minnesota Timberwolves at Golden State Warriors, held at Chase Center in San Francisco, CA.

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