Rui Hachimura Reacts To Lakers Game 3 vs Nuggets | May 20, 2023

Hey Rui, at this point how do you guys try to focus on game four and not get discouraged by the you know the fact that it's 3-0 now? I mean yeah I've never been in a position like this so I don't know. I mean yeah I just gotta you know we just gotta watch film tomorrow and yeah just focus on ourself and yeah trying to win the next game. Rui, Austin came in here and talked about obviously Denver a very good three-point shooting team with Nikola Jokic but when you look at what you think you guys could have done better tonight where can the improvements be made for game four? Yeah just I just think I understand it but like I think they're just they're just you know bigger than us you know they can just shoot over us you know we're smaller than them so they can just shoot over us and you know of course the Jokic is a good passer so you know you just you just get a lot of tension when the um when he has the ball so you know we just sometimes watch him and then get back out or the other side of you know the court is wide open so yeah just a they're a good team you know so you gotta you gotta give them credit yeah. Rui, when you're also trying to give the team offense and then defend Jokic how difficult is that on you physically? I mean it's actually not bad you know it's just um I like being physical so you know it's just nothing you know for me it's no you know nothing crazy but you know as a team I think you know um they're just you know they're big they're very physical they're fast and so you know just those are things hard in us right now so yeah we just gotta we just gotta try to you know I just gotta try to win How is your feeling about and your confidence about your ceiling as a player in this league changed throughout this playoff run because you obviously played really well? You know for me I don't know it's just the people don't know people don't know me for a long time you know just uh I don't know if I'm a wizard or like you know like other players or coaches you know for me I don't think you know it's nothing it's not it's not new for me you know it's just I mean I had this you know for a while and I just it's just a different opportunity you know it's uh Lakers is like one of the biggest you know team in the league and playing with the bronze AD you know um the highest level so it's just a different opportunity you know and there's nothing it's nothing new for me here Thank you for your hard work. I've been matching up with Yokichi since the beginning of the series. What is the challenge? How difficult is it? What kind of things are difficult? How do you deal with your opponent's adjustment? Please tell me about that. Of course, he is the MVP. LeBron's on his way here.