UNIFORM. AND SPEAKING OF KEVIN DURANT, HE IS NOW STANDING BY WITH VANESSA. >> HEY KEVIN 20 POINTS FOR YOU TONIGHT. 12 OF THOSE CAME IN THE THIRD QUARTER. HOW DID IT FEEL TO BE BACK OUT THERE.
>> IT FELT GREAT. FEEL GREAT NBA SEASON IS HERE. FANS WERE INTO IT EVEN THOUGH IT’S PRESEASON. SO IT WAS GOOD TO COME OUT HERE AND MAKE SOME SHOTS, GET A RHYTHM. >> ALPEREN SENGUN HAD A DOUBLE DOUBLE AND THEN THOMPSON DID WHAT HE ALWAYS DOES.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT THE WAY THIS TEAM IS CLICKING? >> JUST. >> YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO PLAY OFF ONE ANOTHER. IT’S THE FIRST TIME I LINED UP, GOT OUT AND PLAYED A GAME TOGETHER. AND TO SCORE 140 POINTS, YOU KNOW, WE WERE MOVING THE BALL.
I THINK WE HAD OVER 30 ASSISTS. SO THAT’S THE FORMULA FOR US.
AND EKPE IS A BIG FACTOR IN THAT. >> READ SHEPPARD LOOKED MORE AND MORE COMFORTABLE AS THE GAME WENT ON. YOU WERE VERY ENCOURAGING TO HIM.
WHAT DID YOU LIKE ABOUT HIS GAME TONIGHT? >> JUST HOW AGGRESSIVE HE WAS. LIKE I SAID, I ALWAYS TELL REID TO PUT HIS HEAD DOWN AND TRY TO GET CREATIVE PLAY FOR US. AND TONIGHT HE DID THAT, ESPECIALLY IN TRANSITION. SO WE’RE GOING TO NEED THAT GOING FORWARD.
SO THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
>> LAST BUT NOT LEAST.
