The Matt Thomas Show with Ross - Voice of Golden State Warriors Tim Roye Joins The Show Before Game 4 of NBA Playoffs

Episode Date: April 28, 2025

Voice of Golden State Warriors Tim Roye Joins The Show Before Game 4 of NBA Playoffs

30 on the Matt Thomas show with Ross here from San Francisco. Tonight game number four of the first round series between Rockets and Golden State. Golden State's up two games to one and a second time visitor of the show in the last 10 days or so on our good friend, the very talented, longtime voice of the Golden State Warriors. Tim Roy is with us here on 790. Tim, first and foremost, there's got to be 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 going to be fine.

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 Heald helping the cause on Saturday. Yeah, there's no question. That was a big, big win for the Warriors. You know, to do it 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 going to win the game and so yeah it was a big win and i think that they felt you know i'm pretty sure nobody would say they want to go back to two two but if they if you had told them you could go back two i think they would have taken that but but um but you know and now you know from the warrior perspective now's trying to get greedy you know if jimmy plays or not if he if he does return which i think there's a chance of that tonight then i think you get greedy and try to go back three-one yeah for sure you sure it's so funny looking at social media to him and you i'm sure you've seen it yourself

but the buddy healed crowd is a mixed crowd he helps you out one night and 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 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 So his contributions are more consistent off the floor than on the floor. But I think that's the way shooters are. You know, he's not – guys who are great shooters tend to be a little streaky. And buddy is that.

There's going to be a night where he's going to be, you know, four of seven and from three, and there's going to 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 again, I think his contributions for this team are really great. off the floor that nobody dislikes Buddy Heel and Jimmy Butler had this great thing where they interrupt their press

sessions and stuff where it's pretty humorous if you listen to them all the time. But yeah, I just think that's the way it is with shooters. They tend to be kind of a streaky guy. And also, I think in the playoffs, it's harder for a guy like Buddy 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 beyond 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, 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. Tim Roy, the voice of the Golden State Warriors with us here on the Matt Thomas Show at Ross. Our time is 1133.

So, Tim, you go with a double, you know, bigger lineup, putting Quentin Post in the starting five, that is obviously a change of not having Jimmy out there. What did you think of that? And even though Post did not help out in terms of going mono-a-mono against Shengun, it was more outboring going against Dremont 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?

I think he could, especially if Jimmy doesn't go. I think he would probably go with that. The other part about it, I remember telling Tom Toler, my analyst, during the game, at one point, Quentin Post was leading the Warriors in assists. And if you had that on your bingo card, well, you scored big. So, yeah, 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 played against men their entire lives and so i think it gives

them a better preparation for the NBA all right so step with jimmy with it's 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 score clearly that's not the conversation piece with jimmy but on a night like last saturday and you've known step for a long part of me his entire career you've known him. Does he have a different mindset with the people around him, or does he pretty much going to every game going, I can knock back 10 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 going to win this game, I've got to knock down a bunch of shots. Yeah, I think he felt that going in. I think he understands the situation. you know, 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 help and use his dribble to get himself a shot. And I think, yeah, I think he was a little more 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 nights. are nights where he doesn't look to score because him being a decoy is helping the Warriors win the game. So I think he kind of reads that night for night. And I know he's not, you know, Houston's favorite opponent, 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. Oh, for sure. And it's so funny because Fred Van Vleet, Tim, was like, Why y'all tripping? We're a different basketball team. Do you not realize the Rockets have had zilch in terms of success against the postseason in 10 years? I mean, you'd 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, when you win championships and go on 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 over the last 10 years? Wow, that's a great question.

I'd have to look back and do some research. They've had good success against Memphis. They played them in multiple playoff series. Yeah. And Portland. You know, the Damian Lillard, Portland Trailblazers never could get past the Warriors. But Houston was the focal point. And part of that was that, you know, James Hardin was there.

And Chris Paul ended up being there, and the Warriors already had issues with the Bulls. Clipper. And so I think their team of destiny kind of switched when the Clippers started to take a step back there for a couple years, the rocket stepped up.

And I think so that was the team that they had to, 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 just became a natural rivalry with the personnel, you know, combined with the talent that Houston had and the coaching they had.

I mean, you know, unfortunately for the Rockets fans, it 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 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 that, they've kept Jalen Green in check two out of three games or the fact that a man Thompson has struggled from the floor as much as he has so far.

What do you think has been the man, we're beating our chess moments so far for Golden State, at least from a defensive side of things? 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. I think, you know, for Green and Jalen Green and for Almond Thompson, I think this is part of their growth. this is part of their maturity because, you know, nothing, nothing a coach says, nothing a teammate says,

can really prepare you for the intensity and the atmosphere of a playoff series. So I think in a couple years, just say for argument's sake, say the Warriors win this series, but in a couple of years the Rockets are going to win a hard, tough series, and their young guys are going to look back and say, well, that series kind of taught us how we need to be, how what preparation you know we had to do to win a playoff series 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 in a couple years and say that's a series that really helped us because it taught us you know what we need to do to win a playoff series and it might even focus require some position changes and player changes in the off season we don't know about that But first things first, we got game for 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.

Always a pleasure. We're going to do a position shift for you, too. We're going to put you on the roof tonight. Oh, my God. Why don't you put me into San Jose Arena? I'll do it from the Sharks Press Box. How about that? The tank, you got to do the shark thing, then.

You've got to do the Jaws thing. If you get out of the tank. No, it'll be great. Well, I'll look forward to see you. tonight thank you timmy we appreciate as always timroy 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