Max Strus | Cavs Shootaround, Game 5 | 5.15.2024

Max these are the games just the moments that that you train for really your whole life describe the the mindset not just for the game but leading up the entire day heading into a must one game it's opportunity to play basketball again um at the highest level on the biggest stage so uh you can't get excited for that then something's wrong with you you individually and as a team have battled through adversity all season long like what have you seen from this team in those moments yeah we fight um we're resilient um and guys Step Up um you know we're going to need a lot of guys to step up tonight with some some down bodies so expect a lot of guys to you know have some big minutes and have some crucial moments um throughout the game to help uh help us get a win you said it yourself down bodies you know Donovan Jarrett Carris all listed as questionable tonight in what way does your offensive responsibility change or how do how do you think about that knowing that you'll be down bodies yeah I'll just be involved in a lot more more um which I'm excited about um but yeah I mean that's just next man up um somebody's got to step up somebody's got to make plays somebody's got to make others better so um you know just try to help DG um in that regard and um we can all do it together and we still have a lot of guys that are on this roster that are talented enough um to play at this level and and to help us get a win tonight when you say helping DG in that regard what are you referring to just playmaking um helping out um you know Drew holiday has been good all series just uh trying to take some pressure off of him um and just give another ball hander that can um you know get in the paint and find guys or make plays for themselves or um for other people so just looking forward to doing that and um you know running running it with DG look you guys have surprised people in this building this series before what's it going to take to do that again tonight it's going to take a lot um discipline is probably the biggest thing um we've been good defensively all series I believe um just got to work on closing possessions finishing possessions with rebounds and then getting out and running um um have some fun with it and play fast and um you know execute our game plan and then lastly Max you know what it takes to go to the Eastern Conference Finals for a team to get there what is required of a team to do that it's not easy um it takes a lot it takes uh discipline a lot of discipline um toughness mental and physical um and uh you know those are things you learn throughout your career but um it's not easy and you got to come every single night and and give it your all and um you know every game's a new day so we got another chance to to get a win tonight and carry on Max always appreciate you thank you