Intro:

Reaction following the Memphis Grizzlies 99-89 victory over the Golden State Warriors on Saturday (9 May) to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference semi-finals.

Script:

SOUNDBITE (English): David Joerger, Memphis Grizzlies Head Coach:

"It was a tale of two halves for us, we played very well the first half, we played very hard the second half, we made some mistakes. We can get better, we will be better but this was a huge win for our franchise, a huge win for our team."

SOUNDBITE (English): Steve Kerr, Golden State Warriors Head Coach:

"This is a, it's a learning process for us, we're a very young team and you know this is a, this is a, kind of our moment of truth, you know? We, you have to learn in the postseason. You know everything that, that we talk about as a staff in the regular season, all the details ... The regular season, it doesn't, you know it doesn't register because you're winning games and teams don't make you pay but all those little mistakes - especially against a veteran team like Memphis - you're going to pay if you make them and we've gotta, we've gotta clean those up."

SOUNDBITE (English): Marc Gasol, Memphis Grizzlies Center, on how experience helps in the playoffs:

"I don't, I don't know about them. I think we've been doing it for a while, we understand what our strengths are and, of course, at the end of games, you know, we not gonna panic. We might not play great or we might not make the shot or we might make mistakes or might get really slow, but we gonna stay in the moment, we're going to play next possession always and, you know, we're gonna try to get stops."

SOUNDBITE (English): Zach Randolph, Memphis Grizzlies Forward:

"That's their strength is you know, their shooting ability so we know that and that's what we focus on. You know, staying down on the pump fakes and showing up on the pick-and-rolls cause, you know, that's their strength, you know, just like our strength is, you know, playing in the paint. So, you know, we know what their strength is."

SOUNDBITE (English): Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors Guard, on being down 2-1 in the series:

"It's frustrating but it's fun at the same time cause this is definitely a challenge for us. You sweep in the first round and everything's going great and you're on top of the world and win game one the second round and obviously we got hit in the mouth two times in a row and it's important for us to answer that call, however we can get it done. You know nobody's defeated in our locker room, nobody's down - I think everybody's heads are up and we're pretty encouraged by the effort that we had, especially in the second half tonight so we have to just play better individually and as a group, get home court back and kind of take it from there. So this is a big opportunity, big, you know, challenge and I like our chances."