NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS: LAKERS vs WARRIORS

May 4, 2023

Rui Hachimura

Media Conference

Warriors 127, Lakers 100

Q. What did you feel on the court were the biggest adjustments that Golden State made? How do you think that impacted things?

RUI HACHIMURA: I think they made a small -- changed the starters. Offensively they were there, opened up the floor. It was hard for us to guard four shooters. Defensively they were more aggressive I feel like. They had all the loose balls and the rebounds and everything.

Yeah, that was the game.

Q. You were still able to find your rhythm. Where have you gotten to the point of comfort with your game, how you're fitting into your team?

RUI HACHIMURA: I was just being ready. It was all good looks. They're my teammates, made good passes. Yeah, I was just ready to shoot. It was like a practice for me, yeah.

Q. How did you see them adjust with A.D.?

RUI HACHIMURA: Yeah, they were for sure crowding the paint tonight. I think they made a good adjustment, for sure. It's our time to make adjustment. Next game is going to be very important for us. They might going to do same thing. Maybe they'll change it. We don't know.

We got to figure it out tomorrow. We're going to watch film. Yeah, we just got to figure it out.

Q. You have been so good defensively over the last month plus. Hadn't given up a 40-point quarter. Tonight two. Where was the defensive breakdown? Was that a product of the amount of threes they're taking?

RUI HACHIMURA: Yeah, there were the four shooters on the court at the same time. First game I think there was maybe two or three shooters at the same time. They made adjustment.

We just got to figure out the way to guard them. They open up the floor now. Yeah, we just got to play together, watch film, get back on the Game 3, yeah.