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Warriors confident in new two-big lineup for short stints vs. Rockets
By Dalton Johnson ‧ Published April 22, 2025 ‧ Updated on April 22, 2025 at 3:
19 pm

HOUSTON – Warriors rookie center Quinten Post never made it to March Madness in
 his five-year college career. The furthest he went was the NIT where he scored
22 points with nine rebounds and three blocked shots in his final game for Bosto
n College, losing 79-70 to UNLV.



Post, the Warriors’ second-round draft pick at No. 52 overall, didn’t even mak
e his NBA debut until mid-January but soon after found himself in the rotation a
nd has showcased his lack of fear is one of his best traits. He was a game-high
plus-12 in the Warriors’ play-in tournament win against the Memphis Grizzlies t
o secure the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference, when he scored 11 points with
 three 3-pointers and hauled in five rebounds. Still, the NBA playoffs are a dif
ferent animal.



The lights are brighter. The crowd is more intense. The games are more physical.

聚光燈更明亮，觀眾更激動，場上的身體對抗也更加激烈。

He felt it, too.

他自己也感受到了這一切。

“I was amped up,” Post told NBC Sports Bay Area on Tuesday after Warriors prac
tice at the Toyota Center in preparation for Game 2 against the Houston Rockets.
 “I was ready to go. Throw my weight around. It was just cool.”

「我當時超興奮的，」Post 在勇士於豐田中心為對戰休士頓火箭的第二戰備戰練球後，接
受 NBC Sports Bay Area 採訪時說道。「我準備好了，準備好拚了。真的超酷的。」

In the Warriors’ 95-85 rock fight of a Game 1 win Sunday over the Rockets, Post
 didn’t just make his playoff debut, but was in more unknown territory. The 7-f
ooter shared the floor alongside fellow center Kevon Looney for the first time.
Post admitted he didn’t know coach Steve Kerr would use both players together,
though he was comfortable with the combination.



From their four regular-season games against each other, plus one in the NBA Cup
, the difference in size between the two teams was obvious. The Warriors start 6
-foot-6 Draymond Green at center and always are smaller than their opponent. The
 Rockets’ starting center is Alperen Sengun at 6-11, and they found a lot of su
ccess using a two-big lineup with him and Steven Adams together, who also is 6-1
1.



They even put 6-10 Jabari Smith Jr. on the floor next to their two centers, and
had a lineup at one point that featured Sengun, Adams, Smith, Tari Eason (6-8) a
nd Amen Thompson (6-7). All are taller than Green, and the Warriors only have th
ree players taller than those five Rockets – Post, Looney (6-9) and Trayce Jack
son-Davis (6-9).



Post and Looney’s few minutes together weren’t great overall. The first sample
 also didn’t cause Kerr any concerns.

Post 和 Looney 一起上場的那幾分鐘整體表現並不特別出色，但這個首次嘗試並沒有引起
Kerr 的擔憂。

“They’ve never played together, but the playoffs sometimes dictate maybe a min
ute or two here and there,” Kerr said. “We obviously did it to combat their tw
o bigs. We like it because Loon’s our best rebounder and Quinten’s one of our
best shooters. We’re able to space the floor against them with those two big gu
ys and present a little more size.



“Actually, the most size we can.”

「事實上，這已經是我們能擺出的最大尺寸了。」

Kerr isn’t going to play them next to each other for long stretches. If they ar
e on the court together, it will be for short stints and based on the Rockets’
personnel.

Kerr 不會讓他們長時間搭檔上場。如果這對搭檔再度同時出現在場上，也只會是依據火箭
的人員配置進行短暫的調整。

Post and Looney each were a plus-4 off the bench, and both had one rebound. Neit
her made a shot. Looney’s one shot was an airball as the shot clock expired and
 Adams was right on him. Post came up empty trying to dunk on Sengun and Eason,
hit the back of the rim on his first 3-point attempt from the right wing and air
balled his second three, with that one coming from the right corner.



The duo spent two minutes and 15 seconds together in a lineup that also featured
 Brandin Podziemski, Buddy Hield and Jimmy Butler, and were outscored 3-0. Those
 numbers after one game haven’t changed any confidence Post and Looney have in
forming their own two-big lineup.



“I felt great with Loon on the floor,” Post said. “Loon does a lot of things
that Draymond does. Obviously it was matchup dependent. They play very big. I di
dn’t expect it before the game, but I mean, at this point, you just do whatever
 to win and you try out some things to counter their size. I think we felt good
out there, and we’ll see how it goes the next few games.”



“My job doesn’t change when he’s out there,” Looney added. “He spaces the f
loor, he draws attention because he’s a great shooter. I don't know if we'll go
 back to it, but it was fun to be out there with him in a real game.”



Looney early in his career played power forward next to big men like JaVale McGe
e and DeMarcus Cousins, who are both taller than him, like Post. But in this cas
e, Post, who stands three inches taller than Looney, takes on more of a power fo
rward role with Looney still having center duties.



With his experience next to Green, sliding down from the five to four isn’t a m
ajor change for Post.

Post 曾經和 Green 一起搭檔，有過豐富的經驗，因此從中鋒位置轉到大前鋒對他來說不是
什麼太大的轉變。

“I’m more like the four,” Post explained about playing with Looney. “Even wi
th Draymond I play almost like a four offensively. He’s in most of the actions.
 Right now, that’s just what has worked in those lineups with my ability to spa
ce the floor, so that’s just kind of how we do it.”

「我比較像是打四號位，」Post 在談到和 Looney 搭配時解釋道。「就算是跟 Draymond
打的時候，我在進攻端也幾乎是打四號。他負責大多數戰術。現在看來，這樣的陣容搭配我
能夠拉開空間，也證明是有效的，所以我們就是照這個方式來打。」

The playoffs are all about tweaks and adjustments. Rockets coach Ime Udoka is su
re to throw something different at the Warriors after having 22 offensive reboun
ds, 16 more than Golden State, but finding little to no halfcourt offense and ou
tside shooting. If he continues to throw towering lineups out there, Kerr is fin
e giving them more Post and Looney.



Good butterflies are sure to flutter again before Game 2 for Post. His heart wil
l race, as it should, but he knows getting that first game done already has him
feeling a new sense of calmness and composure.

對 Post 來說，第二戰開打前肯定又會有些興奮的「好緊張」。心跳會加速，這是理所當然
的，但他知道自己已經打完第一場，現在的心情更加冷靜、沉著。

“One hundred percent,” Post says. “Now it’ll definitely become a little easi
er. I did definitely have some nerves going into the game. I could have been sha
rper in some of the decisions I made on the court, and I think getting that Game
 1 out of the way, it’ll become easier.”

「百分之百會變得比較輕鬆，」Post 說。「我確實在第一場上場前感到有點緊張。有些場
上的決策我本來可以做得更好一點。但我覺得第一場打完之後，接下來會比較容易了。」

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