Haliburton’s Focus: Scoring Less, Impacting More in NBA Finals

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00:00As far as Halliburton goes, I gave you those numbers.

00:02People have been saying they want him to score more,

00:05that he does too much passing and other things.

00:08Halliburton, Scottie, really doesn't care what people think.

00:13Yeah, I think the commentary is always going to be what it is.

00:18Most of the time, the talking heads on the major platforms,

00:23I couldn't care less, honestly.

00:26What do they really know about basketball?

00:27But I think as a group and watching film myself,

00:32seeing where I can get better is important.

00:35At a time like this, I'm not really on social media as much.

00:40I try to stay off it as much as I can.

00:43But you see it, and ESPN might be on in my house, and there it is.

00:47It is what it is.

00:49But I think just seeing where I can be better is the most important thing.

00:52And having that reflection with myself, I talk a lot, obviously,

00:55with my trainer, Drew, and Coach Carlisle, and all those guys.

00:59And it's a constant conversation of seeing where I can get better.

01:03There was adjustments that had to be made coming into today for me,

01:06and I thought I did a better job at that.

01:08Listen, here's the deal.

01:09I think he's right that there's a lot of people that bloviate,

01:14and we do too.

01:16But the difference is, fair enough, I'll stand by it.

01:18I play basketball every day of my life.

01:20And I know this, that when you have 11 dimes,

01:25that means you created 11 opportunities that went in the hole.

01:30Your dimes led to buckets.

01:32Your rebounds lead to buckets.

01:35Transition the other way.

01:37Your buckets are, you know, enough in themselves

01:41that people talk he needs to score more.

01:44Why?

01:44If the guy has 22 and 11 double-double,

01:47and he created that many buckets and all those rebounds,

01:50like I've always said to you, if you're not scoring, crash the glass.

01:55If you're not rebounding, set screens.

01:58If you're not setting screens, dive for loose balls.

02:02Do something.

02:02Dive into the crowd.

02:04Block a shot.

02:05How about, if that's not working, foul somebody and smash their face.

02:09I've been in that game, too.

02:11You're not doing anything.

02:12All right, watch this.

02:14I'll smash someone's face in, see how they like that when they drive to the hole.

02:17And they're, you know, laying in and dunking and everything.

02:20I'm not having it.

02:22Like, I played against a kid the other night, so good, make your head spin.

02:25And I told this story on the air the other day.

02:27I hammered him twice.

02:28And when he left, after he scored 90 points, he said,

02:31at least you fouled me, old man.

02:33No one else could touch me.

02:35And he goes, I'll see you, old man.

02:37He always calls me old man.

02:38And because I am an old man, but I still play.

02:40So I don't want to hear how, I don't know what I'm talking about when I play every day

02:43of my life.

02:44And I play against great guys that play in the NBA and D1 basketball.

02:48It's real simple.

02:48If you make passes that lead to buckets, you're contributing.

02:52He doesn't, he doesn't score enough.

02:54He doesn't pass.

02:55Shut up.

02:57Shut up.

02:58And I will agree with him.

02:59Most of the people that do this are fat asses and they don't do anything.

03:04All they do is eat and drink.

03:05They don't play.

03:06They don't do anything.

03:07They don't go to the gym.

03:08All they do is sleep, eat, drink, and talk.

03:12That's fact too.

03:14I know like 95% of the people I know don't do anything that do this for a living.

03:19They don't play ball.

03:20I play ball.

03:20Shut up.

03:21I play ball every day.

03:22And I'll never stop saying it either.

03:24I know what I'm talking about.

03:25I've been playing for 50 years plus.

03:28So I love the game.

03:30And I think, you know, if he has a game like that, all that I'm mad about is he didn't

03:33get you that rebound for the trip to get cash.

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