Joe Mazzulla used the six-game road trip towards the end of the season to simulate the playoffs Every team we were playing they were better than us at one thing and we really fought to take that one thing away

Mike Conley cracks a small joke about Joe Mazzulla being crazy Mazulla makes eye contact with him and Conley's self-preservation instincts kick in as he adjusts his statement and clarifies that Joe Mazzulla is definitely totally not crazy repeating it several times for clarity

Alperen Sengun on losing to the Lakers We gave them a really hard time We beat them in every stat but the experience beat us

Paul George jokes about catching the Celtics off guard in their 1st-round loss against the 76ers Joe Mazzulla briefly but seriously considers engaging in catastrophic life-threatening violence

Silver on 2nd apronThe point was to design a system - I'm not embarrassed to say more NFL like where every team was put in a position where regardless of market size they could compete for championships 8 different champions over the last eight years That isn't necessarily a sign of success

The absolutely electric OKC crowd during the Young OKC's playoff run Steve Kerr in commentary talking about how they had been on their feet for 20 minutes straight and the energy in the building was so high that it would wear out some of the players before the games even began

Jonathan Kuminga says he likes the winning culture and the winning mentality the drive to win in Minnesota