Game 6 Post-Game Press Conference: Cade Cunningham | Pistons vs Knicks | 05.01.25
Detroit Pistons
[{'start': '5.371', 'end': '8.474', 'text': ">> KATE, OVER HERE TO YOUR  RIGHT. IN THE IMMEDIATE  AFTERMATH, WHAT EMOTIONS ARE YOU  FEELING AND WHAT WILL STICK WITH  YOU FROM THIS SERIES?  >> THE IMMEDIATE ONE IS  DISAPPOINTMENT. WE FELT GOOD  ABOUT THE SERIES, SO YOU KNOW,  TO NOT PULL IT OUT HURTS. BUT  DEFINITELY WILL STICK WITH US  THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. MOONDOG.  THAT FEELING WILL STICK WITH US  THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AND OUR  WORKOUTS AND CONVERSATIONS AND  EVERYTHING. WE'LL BE BACK AND  BETTER.  >> GUEYE TEAM WAS UP SEVEN,  OBVIOUSLY LATE. WHAT WAS TOUGH  WITH THE KNICKS DOWN THE STRETCH  THAT MADE IT DIFFICULT TO CLOSE  THIS ONE OUT.  >> I MEAN, THEY MADE A COUPLE  TOUGH SHOTS ALONG WITH GAVE THEM  SOME SECOND CHANCES. THAT WAS,  YOU KNOW, NOT JUST JUST NOT  COMING UP WITH THE BALL. AND  THEN YOU KNOW WE MISSED SOME  SHOTS. SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS  ALLOWED THEM TO GET BACK IN IT.  AND THEN OBVIOUSLY A BIG SHOT  THEM.  >> COMING INTO THE SERIES THERE  WAS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT, YOU  KNOW, THIS TEAM NOT HAVING  PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE BEING YOUNG.  BUT YOU KNOW IT GOES SIX I MEAN  EVERY SINGLE GAME WAS INCREDIBLY  CLOSE. DID THIS FEEL LIKE A  YOUNG TEAM TO YOU JUST THROUGH  THE SERIES COMPARED TO BEFORE.  AND I GUESS HOW MUCH DID YOU  FEEL LIKE THIS TEAM GREW UP AND  MATURE AS THE SERIES WENT ON?  >> YOU SAID, DID WE FEEL LIKE,  DID I FEEL LIKE WE WERE A YOUNG  TEAM?  >> YEAH. DID YOU FEEL LIKE THIS  WAS AN INEXPERIENCED TEAM, JUST  BASED ON THE WAY YOU GUYS WERE  ABLE TO MAKE EVERY SINGLE GAME  CLOSE AND COMPETE AGAINST A  THREE SEED?  >> WE WERE PLAYING THE SAME  BRAND OF BASKETBALL. SO I THINK,  YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T LIKE WE WERE  DOING ANYTHING NEW. WE HAD  EXPERIENCE PLAYING LIKE THAT. IT  WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, LITTLE,  LITTLE THINGS THAT GOT AWAY FROM  US, BALL NOT BOUNCING OUR WAY  AND THEN US JUST NOT EXECUTING  CERTAIN DETAILS THAT WE WANTED  TO EXECUTE. SO I THOUGHT IT WAS  A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR US AS A  YOUNG TEAM. I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE  WE WERE TOO INEXPERIENCED TO WIN  THAT SERIES THOUGH.  >> OKAY, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE  BETWEEN PLAYOFF AND REGULAR  SEASON BASKETBALL? JUST FROM  ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH IT AND  EXPERIENCING WHAT'S WHAT'S THE  BIGGEST DIFFERENCE?  >> I'D SAY THE PHYSICALITY IS UP  AND JUST THE ATTENTION TO  DETAIL. EVERY, EVERY POSSESSION  MEANS A LOT MORE. AND POSTSEASON  AND REGULAR SEASON. SO, YOU  KNOW, YOU JUST HAVE TO DO  EVERYTHING STRONGER, FASTER AND  A LITTLE MORE TOGETHER.  >> OKAY. IT'S THE THIRD COACH,  YOU KNOW, IN YOUR CAREER THUS  FAR. KIND OF TALK ABOUT THE  IMPACT AND THE LEADERSHIP OF JB  BICKERSTAFF GOING ON THIS RIDE  INTO THE POSTSEASON.  >> MAN, HE'S BEEN HE'S BEEN  AMAZING. HE'S DONE SO MANY  THINGS. YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY HIS  ZANOS PUTTING US IN THE RIGHT  POSITIONS. ALLOWING US TO PLAY  TO OUR STRENGTHS HAS BEEN, YOU  KNOW, IS WHAT ALLOWED US TO HAVE  THE YEAR THAT WE HAD. BUT THE  WAY THAT HE INSPIRED US EVERY  DAY, THE WAY THAT HE PUSHED US,  I MEAN, I'VE NEVER BEEN A PART  OF ANYTHING LIKE THAT. A GROUP  THAT WAS SO WILLING TO BUY IN.  SO IT MEANT HE MEANS A LOT TO  THE WHOLE GROUP. YOU KNOW, WE  WANTED TO PLAY HARD FOR HIM  EVERY NIGHT. WE WANTED TO  SUCCEED FOR HIM EVERY NIGHT. SO  I COULDN'T ASK FOR NOTHING  BETTER THAN THAT. A COACH LIKE  THAT, THAT THAT BELIEVES IN YOU,  THAT PUSHES YOU AT THE SAME  TIME. AND IT'S ALSO, YOU KNOW,  HAS BASKETBALL GENIUS WHERE HE  CAN MAKE PLAYS AND GET YOU  POINTS ON HIS OWN.  >> KENNARD OBVIOUSLY NOT THE  OUTCOME YOU WANTED, BUT YOU  INDIVIDUALLY HAD AN ALL STAR  SEASON. BEES JUST MENTIONED THIS  WAS THE CLOSEST TEAM HE'D BEEN A  PART OF AND HIS TIME IN THE  LEAGUE. JB MENTIONED JUST HOW HE  COULDN'T HAVE BEEN MORE PROUD OF  YOU. WHAT INDIVIDUALLY WOULD YOU  SAY YOU'RE MOST PROUD OF THIS  SEASON?  >> I'D SAY THE JUMP AND LEADING  THE TEAM. I THINK THAT'S THE  MAIN THING. YOU KNOW, HELPING MY  TEAMMATES SUCCEED. THAT'S THE  THING I GET THE MOST JOY FROM. I  THINK I DID THE BEST JOB I HAVE  SINCE I'VE BEEN IN THE NBA. WITH  THAT. AS FAR AS GETTING GUYS IN  THE RIGHT POSITION, GETTING THEM  THE BALL IN THEIR SPOTS ON TIME,  ALLOWING THEM TO DO THEIR THING.  SO THAT'S WHAT I'M MOST PROUD OF  THIS YEAR IS, IS THE WAY THAT  I'VE TAKEN A STEP IN THAT. AND I  THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S IT'S  ONLY GOING TO GET BETTER. I  STILL GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO  THIS SUMMER.  >> OKAY. YOU SAID AFTER GAME  FOUR THAT YOU WERE LEARNING MORE  IN THE FOUR GAMES OF THE  PLAYOFFS, AND YOU WERE LEARNED  IN THE WHOLE REGULAR SEASON. NOW  THAT YOU'VE DONE SIX AND IT'S  BEEN A LOSS, WHAT HAVE YOU  LEARNED THE MOST THAT WILL BE  APPLIED TO MAKE SURE THAT NEXT  YEAR THIS TEAM GOES FURTHER THAN  THE FIRST ROUND, YOU KNOW AND  ISN'T SATISFIED. YOU KNOW, JUST  MAKING THE PLAYOFFS. WHAT'S SOME  OF THOSE LITTLE LESSONS THAT YOU  LEARNED FROM THIS EXPERIENCE?  >> I'VE LEARNED A LOT, SO I'D  HATE TO DOWNPLAY, YOU KNOW,  SOMETHING. I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT  OF THINGS THAT I FEEL LIKE I  FEEL LIKE JUST THE ATTENTION TO  DETAIL, HOW MUCH EACH POSSESSION  MATTERS IS THE MAIN THING. SO  MANY TIMES, YOU KNOW, I HAVE A  TURNOVER AND I JUST WISH I COULD  GET THAT PLAY BACK, THINGS LIKE  THAT. YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THOSE  ARE THE ONES THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU  JUST CAN'T GET BACK AND PLAYOFF  BASKETBALL. SO BUT THERE'S SO  MANY THINGS AND, AND A LOT OF  THEM HAS TO DO WITH OUR SYSTEM  AND OUR PERSONNEL AND WAYS THAT,  YOU KNOW, WE CAN SUCCEED. BUT I  THINK THAT'S THE MAIN THING IS  JUST, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT  EVERY PLAY PUT YOUR BEST FOOT  FORWARD. ONE MORE.  >> CADE, YOU GUYS WON. I KNOW IT  STINGS RIGHT NOW, BUT YOU GUYS  WON 14 GAMES LAST YEAR. AND HERE  YOU ARE IN A COMPETITIVE FIRST  ROUND SERIES. WHAT DO YOU FEEL  LIKE YOU PROVED TO THE REST OF  THE LEAGUE COLLECTIVELY? BUT  ALSO WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU  PROVED TO YOURSELVES THIS  SEASON?  >> YEAH, WE PROVED TO OURSELVES  THAT WHAT WE HAVE IN THE ROOM  WORKS AND CAN BE VERY SUCCESSFUL  IN THE NBA. I THINK AT THE SAME  TIME WE PROVED THAT TO THE REST  OF THE LEAGUE AS WELL. YOU KNOW  THAT WHEN THEY COME PLAY  DETROIT, IT'S GOING TO BE A DOG  FIGHT AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE  TO PLAY THE WHOLE 48. IF YOU GET  UP EARLY ON, WE'RE GOING TO FIND  OUR WAY BACK INTO THE GAME AND  GIVE OURSELVES A SHOT TO WIN  EVERY NIGHT. SO, YOU KNOW, I  THINK THAT'S THE THING THAT THE  WHOLE LEAGUE IS TAKING NOTICE  TO. AND, YOU KNOW, JUST THE  BELIEF IN THE ROOM AND THE  LOCKER ROOM HAS GROWN"}]