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NBA PLAYOFFS ROUND TWO: CLIPPERS v ROCKETSMay 8, 2015Chris PaulLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Game Three Clippers – 124 Q. How did you feel throughout the game? Did you feel better or worse or how is the hamstring? CHRIS PAUL: I got through. I got through. This is the point of the season where nobody is 100 percent. If I could give anything to get out there and help the team, then I wanted to do it and, cool. Q. Conditioning was good? Was it just tight at all? CHRIS PAUL: I got through it. Q. How much did Austin Rivers' performance tonight take the pressure off you in your series debut? CHRIS PAUL: Austin was unbelievable. I was probably his biggest cheerleader there in the third quarter, because you just love to see that. He's been working really hard, and I just remember, like Game 2, he was really hard on himself towards the end of the game. So to see him bounce back like that, I just kept saying, I don't want to play anymore if I don't have to. And seeing him do that, it gave me a chance to rest. Q. How would you characterize the fans' energy in the Playoffs? CHRIS PAUL: Fans have been amazing. Like we said going into the Playoffs, we have to give them a reason to cheer, and that third quarter was amazing. To see our bench, to see the crowd, to see the energy, that's what it's all about. It's great to be a part of it. Q. There was one point where you told Doc, it's okay to be the dad and not a coach, and he's tried hard not to do that. CHRIS PAUL: Why y'all got to be knowing all that? Q. He's got a mic or you've got a mic‑‑ CHRIS PAUL: I don't have a mic. Q. Anyways, it was on TV. How important was that just to kind of see him kind of enjoy that moment as a dad? CHRIS PAUL: It was cool, because we talk about it as a team all the time.  It's got to be an odd dynamic to be coach, dad, son, all that. Doc is hard on him. I mean, Doc is real hard on him. To see that during the game, you know, I think about my parents with the game and stuff like that, and that was impressive, 17 in the third, to break away in a big game like that, I just told him, you can put the other hat on for a second. Q. How did it feel to be back out there after having to sit out two games? CHRIS PAUL: Man, it felt great. My nerves weren't as bad. It's actually harder sitting out. I was stressed out sitting on that bench Game 1 and Game 2, so it was fun to get out there and be a part of the action. Q. At any point did it tighten up or loosen up, your hamstring, during the course of the game? CHRIS PAUL:  I got through it. FastScripts Transcript by ASAP Sports |
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