Greg Ross: Talking about
a tough loss for a team
that really
has had a really good run
in this bubble,
and even the other part
of the season before
the pandemic.
Do you -- I mean,
is this a good test
for this team,
the mental fortitude
of this team,
the ability to bounce back
against a pretty good opponent
in a tough series?
Marc Gasol: Yeah, that's what --
what battle is about.
It’s about the next challenge.
Now, obviously, you know,
we've got a lot to get better
at from game one.
And as a matter of now,
executing and have the --
the -- the, you know,
the -- that confidence
and that trust on doing
the right thing and --
and can live with the outcome.
Greg Ross: Thanks.
Man: Tha -- excuse me,
thanks, Greg.
Next, we'll go to Rachel Brady
from the Globe and Mail.
Rachel Brady: Hey, Marc.
I'm wondering,
I know it's the time now
where families are allowed to --
to join you guys in the bubble.
Did you opt to have
your family join you?
-Marc Gasol: No.
-Rachel Brady: No.
What do you think
it will do for some
of your teammates, I suppose,
who -- who have decided
to have them?
Marc Gasol: Rachel,
we -- we would have to ask them,
because I think here
everyone is different
and everyone, you know,
has a different read
on the situation.
And -- and I think,
obviously, we all must miss --
miss our loved ones.
But -- but --
but we all have different needs
and we all --
I can’t answer that --
that question for --
for some -- anybody else.
I don’t think it would be
fair for me.
Rachel Brady:
For you personally,
was it a -- a tough decision?
Like what maybe
went into this,
can you give us, I guess,
a thought on what some of the --
the factor is for you
in not having your family?
Marc Gasol: We decided
it was the best thing to do,
not to bring them here.
Rachel Brady: Okay, thanks.
Marc Gasol: Sorry.
Man: All right.
Next, we'll go to Doug Smith
from the Toronto Star.
Doug Smith: Hello, Marc.
Thanks for coming by.
Appreciate it very much.
On the basketball side,
you have to do
what you do better
or you have to change
what you do, you think,
going into game two?
Marc Gasol: A bit of everything.
We have to do
what we do better,
we have to do
what we do hotter,
stronger, longer.
You know, it's a --
it’s a -- we got to get
better all around.
From as far as standpoint,
and I know --
I hate to talk about
effort because
I think everybody tries,
one thing effort it’s --
it can be viewed
as a different thing
from the outside than inside.
But, you know,
we all have to be, you know --
just take it up a couple of
notches and --
and -- and --
and everything will be fine.
Doug Smith: This team's ability
to figure things out
as they go along
has been well documented
and very impressive.
What's the confidence level that
if there are strategic things
that need to be tweaked,
you're able to do them
quickly enough tomorrow?
Marc Gasol: Well, yeah,
for sure we can --
you know, we can look into that,
but -- and we can, for sure,
change here, things here
and there on the fly,
because we've been together
for a while and --
and -- and we're ready for that.
But, you know,
we -- our physical game
has to go up.
Like I said, you know,
all around
from the offensive standpoint
to defensive standpoint
and everything in between.
Doug Smith: Great.
Thanks very much, Marc.
Appreciate it.
Man: Next, we'll go to Stephen
from Sportsnet.
Stephen: Hey, Marc,
thanks for doing this.
I think you guys --
so you guys,
have got this kind of
bigger lineup with --
with you and Serge on the floor
at the same time.
I was just wondering,
like -- like -- like what's --
what's --
what’s it like kind --
kind of playing
with Serge because
you guys haven't done it very --
very often this season?
And like what kind of
benefits did --
did you see out of it?
Marc Gasol: I didn't --
I didn't look at those
specific minutes
and analyzing just
because of me and Serge
were on the floor
at the same time.
You know, when --
when we both at the same time,
we have to do a great job
of communicating
first to each other,
because obviously
we both have, right now,
center tendencies
and they play obviously
pretty spread out.
So we --
we have to communicate
among each other, you know,
at a very high level
and communicate
then to our teammates,
you know, what --
where we at
and what we're doing
and what we're seeing
from behind.
And offensively, you know,
I can adapt.
Serge plays more of --
of the traditional five
or under the basket or,
you know, the roller.
And I can play the guy
behind and kind of reading
whatever they're trying
to do to --
to take Serge away or,
you know,
the action
that we're trying to do
with a bigger role.
And so I can adapt
to whatever offensive issues
we might have, you know,
with my limitations.
Stephen: You made --
picking how the subjects
want to spread out
to when they’re on offense,
like -- like you guys
defensively when you --
when you go back to it,
does that make it
a little more challenging
to have to kind of
get to shooters?
Marc Gasol: No, everything
has a positive and a negative,
like everything in life.
You just --
you know, like I said before,
there's challenges --
challenges will be presented
and it’s -- you got to take
one action at a time.
It's -- it’s just not going
to be one action
that takes, you know,
the game on your side.
You have to do multiple things.
So there's not a yes
or no answer that
we can say like,
we take this away,
this will get you the game.
Like it is a physical,
fast reacting game
and it started
on the ball and --
and then we have
to protect everyone
in front of us
and communicate
and finish possession
with rebounds
and then get on our horses
and run the other way.
So, yeah,
it's a basketball game.
Stephen: Thanks a lot, Marc.
Marc Gasol: Yeah.
Man: We've got time
for two more.
We'll start with Aaron Rose
from si.com.
Aaron Rose: Hey, Marc.
Thanks for doing this.
I'm wondering some of your
three point shooting
or shots haven't been
following the way
they were before the pandemic.
I'm wondering if --
if you see any reason for that.
Is that just bad luck or --
or maybe your --
your body changing
or teams are doing
something different?
Marc Gasol: No, I’m just
going to keep shooting
and when you open,
you shoot them and --
and shoot them with rhythm,
follow through.
The first shot --
if we talk about last night,
the first shot didn't, you know,
came when it came
and the way it came,
then the second I shot it
and the third one
I thought was good.
So you keep shooting,
keep shooting the ball
when you open.
Keep making the next play,
that’s the read that
you take on a three point shot
and then you open
and you feel good,
you got to take it.
If -- if that's not it,
you quickly change
your mind
and play to the next action.
So, you know, that's about
all I can tell you right now.
Aaron Rose:Thank you.
Man: Last question today,
we'll go to Chris O’Leary
from Raptors.com.
Chris O’Leary: Hey, Marc.
Just wondering,
you've seen a lot
in your basketball career,
obviously.
When you have a loss
like you did yesterday,
is it hard to put it behind you
at this point?
And if so, how do you go
about it?
Marc Gasol: A loss is a loss.
Nobody likes to lose
and nobody likes losing,
especially in the playoffs
here where we had
everything to make it.
You know,
I don't know from the outside,
but in here, obviously,
you know,
everything gets magnified
for us because we have no --
no outlet and --
and all we have is each other.
So I think there's a positive
and a beauty in it, right?
Like, you have to face
the things
that you need to face.
You can’t, you know,
just -- you're with your family
or your friends and kind of
talk about whatever else.
You have to deal
with the issues here
and fix them and get better and,
you know,
kind of execute
in the next game.
So I think in a -- in a way,
it's – it’s good for us.
Chris O’Leary: Do you --
did you do anything
last night with certain players
or will you do something today
after practice to kind of
just get ready for game two?
Marc Gasol: As far as what?
Chris O’Leary: I don't know
if maybe it's just spending time
with them,
talking about the game
or I guess just connecting
with teammates in some way.
Marc Gasol: Obviously, you know,
we have each other,
we talk about it
and we can find a lot of things.
But at the end of the day,
what I like the most
is looking at yourself
in the mirror.
And that to me
is the ultimate test.
You look at yourself
in the mirror,
did you give it your best?
Did -- obviously,
we all try to make every shot
that we take,
but unfortunately,
we don't make every shot
we take.
But beyond that, are you,
you know,
executing everything
that you need to execute?
Are you working
as hard as you can
for your teammates?
Are you doing everything
that you can?
And -- and the only one
that eventually knows
that is -- is yourself.
And that's --  that's why
I like the mirror so much.
And -- and, yes, so I think
you have to face that guy.
