Stephon Castle on the OKC defense I'm trying to play through it it's tough The way they guard how physical they are we don't get that same luxury to play as physical on the other end

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

Rafael and Ime have talked about wanting to get your minutes down at points this season-Kevin Durant Why I'm better on the court The team is better when I'm on the court That's what I'm supposed to be training for is to play the long haul 48 minutes a night If the game needs me to be out

Laker Legend Byron Scott says Lakers are pretenders Defense wins championships still in this league At the end of the day you got to get stops right Kessler at the center position he better average about 8 blocks a game because they're going to be getting a lot of blow-bys

Jokic talks about which defenders give him the most trouble

Marcus Smart on playing with Kevin Durant I get to be on the other side of him taking the shots and not taking the shots over mehis ability to make shots it doesn't matter who's there And it also doesn't help that he's close to seven foot and I'm close to six foot

Kon Knueppel Im not super athletic so being able to play off two feet now they have to be ready for a shot fake or a pivot It kind of evens the playing field It evens out the athleticism