Harden on if it was him or the coaching staff on guarding Giannis Both I got it Obviously hes Giannis Hes gonna score on this entire league It is what it is But I wanted to take on that challenge to guard him and making it a little bit tough for him

James Harden We gotta do a better job as a team its not a one-man job in regards to defending Jalen Brunson

Kenny Atkinson James Harden is a good isolation defender I was a little more upset with our back line defense Everybody's putting it on James Sure some of it was him Sometimes micro experiences get exaggerated

Dray rips Cavs defensive effort Guys don't want the challenge to fight through screens and switch every fucking time Ain't Harden's job to guard Brunson but for some of the guys switching off it is their job Nobody's doing that to Steph because we weren't gonna allow it

James Harden was asked to self-assess his playoff run I think I did pretty good you know like I dont grade myself on shotmaking Defensively been extremely solid offensively you know getting guys shots and fitting into a system that was already in place

Giannis on foul baiting I think when you work all summer to manipulate the game you get rewarded People that play straight forward like me when I go down the lane and get hacked they tell me youre too strong You have to show me thats a foul People that foul bait get calls all the time

Giannis mentioned that Jabari Parker was such an incredibly talented player that his goal was to at least outwork him making it a point to always practice more than Jabari He said Jabari was the biggest motivator of his career