LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS MEDIA CONFERENCE

June 2, 2021

Ivaca Zubac

Postgame Press Conference

Dallas Mavericks 105, Los Angeles Clippers 100.

Q. Can you talk about the mindset you took to Dallas to get two wins on the road and how you can use that on this trip down to Dallas?

IVACA ZUBAC: Man, we know what we got to do. We don't go home. We are coming in with a mindset to win, that's it. Like we did it before. We won two in a row. It's going to be tough. They have got a packed arena.

But we've got to do it. We can do it. We know how to do it. We've just got to go in, start the game right, play hard and we can do it.

Q. With that experience, do you feel you guys respond with more urgency when your back is against the wall?

IVACA ZUBAC: Sure, got a lot of great players and being down 3-2, our only choice is to win. So we're going to respond how we are supposed to.

Q. What can you say about Luka? Obviously he's so involved in everything that they do, and you guys know it, and yet even with the back, the neck thing, he's so effective. What can you guys do and what did you make of his spectacular play?

IVACA ZUBAC: Can you say that question again?

Q. What can you guys do against a guy that plays like that, that plays so courageous, playing so well?

IVACA ZUBAC: We have to make it as hard as possible for him. He's good at every level and it's hard, we just have to pick the shots we want to live with. But we cannot allow him to get this many shots. We've got to get the ball out of his hands more.

Q. What's the vibe of the locker room like now compared to when you guys went down 0-2? What's it like right now?

IVACA ZUBAC: Similar. It's similar. You know, we got to go on the road and we got to get a win. That's really it. Everyone's thinking about that game, Game 6, one game at a time and we are going to watch some film tomorrow. We are going to make our adjustments. We're going to figure out what we've got to do and we're going in with a mindset to win.

Q. Were you taken aback by the fact that they started Boban and Porzingis together?

IVACA ZUBAC: Were we what?

Q. Taken aback. Like surprised.

IVACA ZUBAC: I mean, we knew they were going to make some adjustments, so we expected something and that was to start big and pack the paint and make us make jumpers. You know, we got some great shots tonight and we just didn't hit them. We've got to hit those shots.