2023-05-13 07:45:00
National team captain Dennis Schröder has reached the conference finals in the west of the NBA with the Los Angeles Lakers. With an impressively strong performance, the record champions got a 122:101 against the Golden State Warriors and threw the defending champions out of the playoffs.
Schröder himself did not see the end of the game on the field after two technical fouls. Following the success, the 29-year-old from Braunschweig spoke to the German Press Agency about…
… the joy of getting into the Western Conference Finals:
“I’m proud of the team for bringing this to a conclusion. I’m in the conference finals, first time out west. I’m just happy. Bringing home the win, winning the series. That means a lot to me.”
… the reasons the Lakers beat the Warriors 4-2:
“We stuck together and played harder than them in the games we won. We left everything on the field. Our game plan was good. We defended Steph Curry well, he’s the head of the snake and I think we did a very good job of keeping him under control. As a team, we were very focused offensively and defensively.«
… the scenes with Draymon Green, for which he received two technical fouls and was thrown off the field:
“When you play in the NBA, you fight, do everything, give everything. I just met Green, everything’s fine there.”
… Lakers coach Darvin Ham’s praise for being one of the best NBA pros to defend Curry:
“I’ve never been a fan of talking and saying I’m one of the best. A lot of people in the NBA do that. When people see it – I know what I can do defensively and when other people see that, it’s cool. But in the end we all did a good job together. AD (Anthony Davis, note) had my back when he went to the basket.«
… the Denver Nuggets as opponents in the next round:
»Very cool, intense, very good team. Defensive and offensive. They have (Nikola) Jokic, twice MVP. How they move the ball, how he passes the ball. They are at a very good level. At the end of the day you just have to give 110 percent.«
… the title ambitions of the Los Angeles Lakers:
“We had the confidence to make the playoffs. And in the playoffs, there’s only one thing you’re chasing. I said from the start that there is work here that has not been completed. In the first round against Phoenix and how the exit was, that was a little bit difficult. I came for one thing. We have the best player in the world plus the top 3 player in the world on our team. Yes, they have Jokic. But if we play against them, then we have a good chance. And we can achieve something if we are the team that plays the hardest.«
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