April 28, 2025 • 10 mins
Voice of Golden State Warriors Tim Roye Joins The Show Before Game 4 of NBA Playoffs
Mark as Played
Transcript
Episode Transcript
Available transcripts are automatically generated. Complete accuracy is not guaranteed.
Speaker 1 (00:00):
Already on The Matt Thomas Show and Ross here from
(00:02):
San Francisco tonight. Game number four'll be your first round
series in the Rockets and Golden State. Golden State's up
two games to one, and a second time visitor of
the show in the last ten days or so on
our good friend, the very talented longtime voice of the
Golden State Warriors, Tim Roy, is with us here on
seven ninety. Tim, first and foremost, there's got to be
(00:23):
a huge part of you that's got to be thinking, no,
Jimmy Butler, if we just get a split of the series,
we're gonna be fine. But to get that win game
number three, that has to have Warrior fans, the organization
yourself pretty happy about how things turned out, especially with
guys like Gary Payton and Buddy Healed helping the cause
on Saturday.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Yeah, there's no question that was a big, big win
for the Warriors. You know, the dude without Jimmy, Jimmy
turned the whole season around, and so to do that
to get contributions from other guys, you know, when you're
in the playoffs, if you get contributions from role players
that are big, you're more than likely you're gonna win
the game, and so yeah, it was. It was a
(01:03):
big win. And I think that that they felt. You know,
I'm pretty sure nobody would say they want to go
back to Too, but they if you had told them
you could go back to Too, I think they would
have taken that. But but but you know, and now
you know from the warrior perspective, now it's trying to
get greedy. You know, Jimmy plays or not. If he
does return, which I think there's a chance of that tonight,
(01:24):
then I think you get greedy and try to go
back three one.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Yeah, for sure. It's so funny looking at social media,
Tim and you, I'm sure you've seen it yourself. But
the buddy healed the crowd as a mixed crowd. He
helps you out one night and then you don't hear
from him four or five games. Is that how it's
been so far as him as a Warrior is that
he you know, comes and goes, you know, on the.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Floor, he comes and goes off the floor. He's consistent
and he's good for this team. He keeps everybody on,
you know, loose. He's a funny guy. He's a nice guy,
and everybody loves Buddy, So his contributions are more consistent
off the floor than on the floor. But but I
think that's that's the way shooters are. You know, he's
(02:05):
not you know, guys are who are you know, great
shooters tend to be a little streaky and and but
he is that There's gonna be a nights where he's
gonna be you know, four of seven and from three,
and there's gonna be nights where he's one of seven
from three, and so you have to kind of figure
out where he is on particular nights. But but again,
I think his contributions for this team are really great
(02:28):
off the floor that nobody dislikes Buddy. Heals. He and
Jimmy Butler had this great thing where they interrupt their
press sessions and stuff where it's pretty humorous if you
listen to him all the time. But yeah, I just
think that's the way it is with shooters. They tend
to be kind of a streaky. And also, I think
in the playoffs it's harder for a guy like Buddy
(02:50):
to get going because you know, the other team's been
drilled over and over. Don't give him an open shot,
don't let him get comfortable, be on the three point line.
So I think, you know, in playoff situations, I think
shooters have trouble getting going because the other team, unlike
the regular season where you know, all of a sudden,
Buddy Hill pops out of nowhere. For the opposition, you know,
(03:11):
they're drilled over and over again at every practice. Don't
leave him. He's a shooter, and so I think it's
harder for those guys in the postseason.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Tim Roy and the voice of the Golden State Warriors
with us here on the Matt Thomas Show with Rosster time,
he's eleven thirty three. So Tim, you go with the
double a bigger lineup, putting Quinton Post in starting five,
then it's you know, obviously a change of what not
having Jimmy out there? What did you think of that?
And even though Posts did not help out in terms
of going mono and Mono against Shin Gun was more
(03:40):
outpering going against Draymond Green, the rebounding numbers were much
better than the first two games of the series. And
do you think that Steve will go with that lineup
again tonight?
Speaker 2 (03:50):
I think he could have, especially if Jimmy doesn't go.
I think he would probably go with that the other
part about it. I remember telling Tom Tolbart Miami during
the game at one point Quintin Post was leading the
Warriors and assists. If you had that on your big
no card, well you you scored big. So yeah, I
(04:11):
thought he. I thought he played well, you know, for
a rookie. The one thing we've known about him since
he started to play is he doesn't have any fear.
And I think it's partially because in Europe the younger
players play against men, so this is nothing new to them, right,
They've played against men their entire lives, and so I
think it gives him a better preparation for the NBA.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
All Right, So Steph with Jimmy with has obviously been
a very successful group, and with before that it was
Andrew Wiggins, and there was always this thought of can
Andrew be the second scorer? Clearly that's not the conversation
piece with Jimmy, But on a night like last Saturday,
and you've known Steph for a long part of me
his entire career, you've known him, does he have a
(04:56):
different mindset with the people around him or does he
pretty much going to every game going I can knock
back ten three pointers or do you think there was
a part of him on Saturday that said, you know what,
no disrespect to Buddy Healed, or to Moses Moody or
to Gary Payton, but if we're gonna win this game,
I've got to knock down a bunch of shots.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
Yeah. I think he felt that going in. I think
he understands the situation. You know, he's a he's an
unbelievable player, and I think he just made sure that
he was going to get his shots. He made sure
that he was going to get free. He made sure
that he was going to use his screens and get
get guilp and use his dribble to get himself a shot.
And I think, yeah, I think he was a little
(05:39):
more you know, intent on getting shots up than he
would be if Butler was on the floor. So yeah,
so I think he reads the game and then he
plays the game the way you know it should be
played most Knights. There are Knights where he doesn't look
to score because him being a decoy is helping the
Warriors win the game. Yeah, so I think he kind
(05:59):
of reads the night for night and I know, I
know he's not you know, Houston's favorite opponent but but man,
he's an incredible player, he's an incredible person, and you know,
I think at some point we're going to look back
and say, wow, we got to see this guy play
in person.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Oh for sure. And it's so funny because Fred van
Vliet Tim was like, why y'all the tripping? We're a
different basketball team. Like, do you not realize the Rockets
have had zilt in terms of success against the postseason
in ten years? I mean you have to kind of
read the room a little bit. And that's the thing
that's probably bugging so many people here in Houston is
the fact that, look, we've beaten everybody, I mean over
(06:38):
when you win championships and going deep playoff runs. But
there's just been one team that has been the kryptonite.
And I don't know, has Golden State had as much
success against any other team besides the Houston Rockets the
way they have it over the last ten years.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Wow, that's a great question. I'd have to look back
and do some research. They've had good success against Memphis,
they've played them in multiple playoffs series.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
Yeah. Uh.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
And and Portland, you know, the the Damian Lillard Portland
Treblazers never could get past the Warriors.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
But but Houston was the focal point. Part of that
was that, you know, James Harden was there and Chris
Paul ended up being there, and the Warriors already had
had issues with Clipper and so so I think the
their their team of destiny kind of twitch when they
when the Clippers started to take a step back there
(07:31):
for a couple of years, Uh, the Rockets stepped up.
And I think so that was the team that they
had the Warriors had to get. You know, the Warriors
had to get past Houston to get to the finals,
and as we know, those series were not you know,
the Warriors didn't walk over those series. They had to
dig deep to win those games. And so so yeah,
I think it just became a natural rivalry with the
(07:52):
with the personnel, you know, combined with the talent that
Houston had and the coaching they had. I mean, you know,
unfortunately for the Rocket fans, that didn't end up the
way they would have liked. But you know, there were
some great games in there too. There were some outstanding
NBA Playoff games in there, and.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
It's been a good series honestly, despite the fact we're
on the short end of things. Wrapping us up with
Tim Roy, the Voice of the Warriors. So do you
think that Steve Kerr and his defensive coaches are marveling
at the fact they've kept Jalen Green and check two
out of three games, or the fact that a Men
Thompson has struggle from the floor as much as he
has so far? What do you think has been the
(08:28):
man we're beating our chess moment so far for Golden State,
at least some defensive side of things.
Speaker 2 (08:33):
For a defensive side of things, I think they're just
happy that they've made some people uncomfortable, and I think
that's part of it. And I think, you know, for
Green and Jalen Green and for Aman Thompson, I think
this is part of their growth. This is part of
their maturity because you know, nothing a coach says, nothing
(08:55):
a teammate says, can really prepare you for the intense,
the and the the atmosphere of a playoff series. So
I think in a couple of years, it's just say,
for arguments sake, say the Warriors win this series. But
in a couple of years, the Rockets are gonna win
a hard, tough series and their young guys are gonna
look back and say, well, that series kind of taught
(09:16):
us how we need to be, how what preparation you know,
we had to do to win a playoff series. And
I think that's what we're seeing here. And maybe they'll,
you know, maybe they'll mature right in front of our
eyes in this series. It's happened before. But I think,
you know, either way, win or lose, I think the
Rockets will look at this series and in a couple
of years and say, that's a series that really helped
(09:38):
us because it taught us, you know, what we need
to do to win a playoff series.
Speaker 1 (09:43):
And it might even folk require some position changes and
player changes in the off season. We don't know about that.
But first things first, we got Game four tonight. Tim,
thank you so much as always for your valuable time.
We'll look forward to seeing you and Tom of the
arena tonight. And thanks again for joining me on the
show today.
Speaker 2 (09:58):
Always a pleasure. And we're going to do a POSI
some ship for you too. We're gonna put you on
the roof tonight, so I don't like that.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
Once you put me in to San Jose Arena, I'll
do the Shark. I'll do it from the Sharks press box.
Speaker 2 (10:07):
How about that, Oh, the tank, you gotta do the
Shark thing, then you gotta do the Jaws thing if
you get out of the tank. All right, No, it'd
be great. Well, I'll look forward to see you tak.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
Thank you, Timmy. We appreciate his always tim Roy voice
of the Warriors, one of the best in the association
to do it, and we appreciate him spending some time
with us here on the program.
Already on The Matt Thomas Show and Ross here from
(00:02):
San Francisco tonight. Game number four'll be your first round
series in the Rockets and Golden State. Golden State's up
two games to one, and a second time visitor of
the show in the last ten days or so on
our good friend, the very talented longtime voice of the
Golden State Warriors, Tim Roy, is with us here on
seven ninety. Tim, first and foremost, there's got to be
(00:23):
a huge part of you that's got to be thinking, no,
Jimmy Butler, if we just get a split of the series,
we're gonna be fine. But to get that win game
number three, that has to have Warrior fans, the organization
yourself pretty happy about how things turned out, especially with
guys like Gary Payton and Buddy Healed helping the cause
on Saturday.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Yeah, there's no question that was a big, big win
for the Warriors. You know, the dude without Jimmy, Jimmy
turned the whole season around, and so to do that
to get contributions from other guys, you know, when you're
in the playoffs, if you get contributions from role players
that are big, you're more than likely you're gonna win
the game, and so yeah, it was. It was a
(01:03):
big win. And I think that that they felt. You know,
I'm pretty sure nobody would say they want to go
back to Too, but they if you had told them
you could go back to Too, I think they would
have taken that. But but but you know, and now
you know from the warrior perspective, now it's trying to
get greedy. You know, Jimmy plays or not. If he
does return, which I think there's a chance of that tonight,
(01:24):
then I think you get greedy and try to go
back three one.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
Yeah, for sure. It's so funny looking at social media,
Tim and you, I'm sure you've seen it yourself. But
the buddy healed the crowd as a mixed crowd. He
helps you out one night and then you don't hear
from him four or five games. Is that how it's
been so far as him as a Warrior is that
he you know, comes and goes, you know, on the.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Floor, he comes and goes off the floor. He's consistent
and he's good for this team. He keeps everybody on,
you know, loose. He's a funny guy. He's a nice guy,
and everybody loves Buddy, So his contributions are more consistent
off the floor than on the floor. But but I
think that's that's the way shooters are. You know, he's
(02:05):
not you know, guys are who are you know, great
shooters tend to be a little streaky and and but
he is that There's gonna be a nights where he's
gonna be you know, four of seven and from three,
and there's gonna be nights where he's one of seven
from three, and so you have to kind of figure
out where he is on particular nights. But but again,
I think his contributions for this team are really great
(02:28):
off the floor that nobody dislikes Buddy. Heals. He and
Jimmy Butler had this great thing where they interrupt their
press sessions and stuff where it's pretty humorous if you
listen to him all the time. But yeah, I just
think that's the way it is with shooters. They tend
to be kind of a streaky. And also, I think
in the playoffs it's harder for a guy like Buddy
(02:50):
to get going because you know, the other team's been
drilled over and over. Don't give him an open shot,
don't let him get comfortable, be on the three point line.
So I think, you know, in playoff situations, I think
shooters have trouble getting going because the other team, unlike
the regular season where you know, all of a sudden,
Buddy Hill pops out of nowhere. For the opposition, you know,
(03:11):
they're drilled over and over again at every practice. Don't
leave him. He's a shooter, and so I think it's
harder for those guys in the postseason.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Tim Roy and the voice of the Golden State Warriors
with us here on the Matt Thomas Show with Rosster time,
he's eleven thirty three. So Tim, you go with the
double a bigger lineup, putting Quinton Post in starting five,
then it's you know, obviously a change of what not
having Jimmy out there? What did you think of that?
And even though Posts did not help out in terms
of going mono and Mono against Shin Gun was more
(03:40):
outpering going against Draymond Green, the rebounding numbers were much
better than the first two games of the series. And
do you think that Steve will go with that lineup
again tonight?
Speaker 2 (03:50):
I think he could have, especially if Jimmy doesn't go.
I think he would probably go with that the other
part about it. I remember telling Tom Tolbart Miami during
the game at one point Quintin Post was leading the
Warriors and assists. If you had that on your big
no card, well you you scored big. So yeah, I
(04:11):
thought he. I thought he played well, you know, for
a rookie. The one thing we've known about him since
he started to play is he doesn't have any fear.
And I think it's partially because in Europe the younger
players play against men, so this is nothing new to them, right,
They've played against men their entire lives, and so I
think it gives him a better preparation for the NBA.
Speaker 1 (04:35):
All Right, So Steph with Jimmy with has obviously been
a very successful group, and with before that it was
Andrew Wiggins, and there was always this thought of can
Andrew be the second scorer? Clearly that's not the conversation
piece with Jimmy, But on a night like last Saturday,
and you've known Steph for a long part of me
his entire career, you've known him, does he have a
(04:56):
different mindset with the people around him or does he
pretty much going to every game going I can knock
back ten three pointers or do you think there was
a part of him on Saturday that said, you know what,
no disrespect to Buddy Healed, or to Moses Moody or
to Gary Payton, but if we're gonna win this game,
I've got to knock down a bunch of shots.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
Yeah. I think he felt that going in. I think
he understands the situation. You know, he's a he's an
unbelievable player, and I think he just made sure that
he was going to get his shots. He made sure
that he was going to get free. He made sure
that he was going to use his screens and get
get guilp and use his dribble to get himself a shot.
And I think, yeah, I think he was a little
(05:39):
more you know, intent on getting shots up than he
would be if Butler was on the floor. So yeah,
so I think he reads the game and then he
plays the game the way you know it should be
played most Knights. There are Knights where he doesn't look
to score because him being a decoy is helping the
Warriors win the game. Yeah, so I think he kind
(05:59):
of reads the night for night and I know, I
know he's not you know, Houston's favorite opponent but but man,
he's an incredible player, he's an incredible person, and you know,
I think at some point we're going to look back
and say, wow, we got to see this guy play
in person.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Oh for sure. And it's so funny because Fred van
Vliet Tim was like, why y'all the tripping? We're a
different basketball team. Like, do you not realize the Rockets
have had zilt in terms of success against the postseason
in ten years? I mean you have to kind of
read the room a little bit. And that's the thing
that's probably bugging so many people here in Houston is
the fact that, look, we've beaten everybody, I mean over
(06:38):
when you win championships and going deep playoff runs. But
there's just been one team that has been the kryptonite.
And I don't know, has Golden State had as much
success against any other team besides the Houston Rockets the
way they have it over the last ten years.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Wow, that's a great question. I'd have to look back
and do some research. They've had good success against Memphis,
they've played them in multiple playoffs series.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
Yeah. Uh.
Speaker 2 (07:02):
And and Portland, you know, the the Damian Lillard Portland
Treblazers never could get past the Warriors.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
But but Houston was the focal point. Part of that
was that, you know, James Harden was there and Chris
Paul ended up being there, and the Warriors already had
had issues with Clipper and so so I think the
their their team of destiny kind of twitch when they
when the Clippers started to take a step back there
(07:31):
for a couple of years, Uh, the Rockets stepped up.
And I think so that was the team that they
had the Warriors had to get. You know, the Warriors
had to get past Houston to get to the finals,
and as we know, those series were not you know,
the Warriors didn't walk over those series. They had to
dig deep to win those games. And so so yeah,
I think it just became a natural rivalry with the
(07:52):
with the personnel, you know, combined with the talent that
Houston had and the coaching they had. I mean, you know,
unfortunately for the Rocket fans, that didn't end up the
way they would have liked. But you know, there were
some great games in there too. There were some outstanding
NBA Playoff games in there, and.
Speaker 1 (08:08):
It's been a good series honestly, despite the fact we're
on the short end of things. Wrapping us up with
Tim Roy, the Voice of the Warriors. So do you
think that Steve Kerr and his defensive coaches are marveling
at the fact they've kept Jalen Green and check two
out of three games, or the fact that a Men
Thompson has struggle from the floor as much as he
has so far? What do you think has been the
(08:28):
man we're beating our chess moment so far for Golden State,
at least some defensive side of things.
Speaker 2 (08:33):
For a defensive side of things, I think they're just
happy that they've made some people uncomfortable, and I think
that's part of it. And I think, you know, for
Green and Jalen Green and for Aman Thompson, I think
this is part of their growth. This is part of
their maturity because you know, nothing a coach says, nothing
(08:55):
a teammate says, can really prepare you for the intense,
the and the the atmosphere of a playoff series. So
I think in a couple of years, it's just say,
for arguments sake, say the Warriors win this series. But
in a couple of years, the Rockets are gonna win
a hard, tough series and their young guys are gonna
look back and say, well, that series kind of taught
(09:16):
us how we need to be, how what preparation you know,
we had to do to win a playoff series. And
I think that's what we're seeing here. And maybe they'll,
you know, maybe they'll mature right in front of our
eyes in this series. It's happened before. But I think,
you know, either way, win or lose, I think the
Rockets will look at this series and in a couple
of years and say, that's a series that really helped
(09:38):
us because it taught us, you know, what we need
to do to win a playoff series.
Speaker 1 (09:43):
And it might even folk require some position changes and
player changes in the off season. We don't know about that.
But first things first, we got Game four tonight. Tim,
thank you so much as always for your valuable time.
We'll look forward to seeing you and Tom of the
arena tonight. And thanks again for joining me on the
show today.
Speaker 2 (09:58):
Always a pleasure. And we're going to do a POSI
some ship for you too. We're gonna put you on
the roof tonight, so I don't like that.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
Once you put me in to San Jose Arena, I'll
do the Shark. I'll do it from the Sharks press box.
Speaker 2 (10:07):
How about that, Oh, the tank, you gotta do the
Shark thing, then you gotta do the Jaws thing if
you get out of the tank. All right, No, it'd
be great. Well, I'll look forward to see you tak.
Speaker 1 (10:18):
Thank you, Timmy. We appreciate his always tim Roy voice
of the Warriors, one of the best in the association
to do it, and we appreciate him spending some time
with us here on the program.
Popular Podcasts
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
I’m Jay Shetty host of On Purpose the worlds #1 Mental Health podcast and I’m so grateful you found us. I started this podcast 5 years ago to invite you into conversations and workshops that are designed to help make you happier, healthier and more healed. I believe that when you (yes you) feel seen, heard and understood you’re able to deal with relationship struggles, work challenges and life’s ups and downs with more ease and grace. I interview experts, celebrities, thought leaders and athletes so that we can grow our mindset, build better habits and uncover a side of them we’ve never seen before. New episodes every Monday and Friday. Your support means the world to me and I don’t take it for granted — click the follow button and leave a review to help us spread the love with On Purpose. I can’t wait for you to listen to your first or 500th episode!
Stuff You Should Know
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
Dateline NBC
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com