Jacque Vaughn talks end of losing streak after win over Pistons
LET’S HEAR FROM COACH. >> JAWRKS YOU OBVIOUSLY WERE FOCUSED ON YOURSELVES, NOT THE PISTONS, BUT WITH THIS FIVE GAME LOSING STREAK WHAT WAS IMPORTANT FOR YOU GUYS TO MAINTAIN THE GOOD START YOU HAD TO START THIS GAME? >> YEAH, THE SCHEDULE PRESENTS AS IS, AND SO WE LOST TOO MANY
GAMES IN A ROW, AND SO FOR US, TONIGHT WAS ALL ABOUT GETTING A WIN, AND GETTING BACK TO DOING THE RIGHT THINGS ON THE FLOOR TO EARN A WIN. >> MIKAL KIND OF SET A TONE EARLY, 13 POINTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER. OBVIOUSLY WE TALK A LOT ABOUT HIS STRUGGLES, HOW GOOD WAS
FOR IT HIM TO BE AS EFFICIENT AS HE USUALLY IS WITH HIS SHOT? >> YEAH, GOOD TO SEAT BASKETBALL GO IN. IT WAS A MATTER OF TIME GOING THROUGH THE STRETCH OF THE SEASON, TOUGH STRETCH FOR US, BUT YOU GOT A CHANCE TO SEE THE BALL GO IN, WHICH WAS GREAT.
I THOUGHT THE FLOW OF THE GAME WAS REALLY GOOD, THE WAY WE WERE ABLE TO GET ORGANIZED EARLY, GET THE SHOTS THAT WE WANTED. PROBABLY TOO MANY MIDIS GOING TO HALFTIME, WE CORRECTED THAT A LITTLE BIT IN THE SECOND HALF. >> COACH, OVER HERE. >> YES. >> THE TEAM, YOU GUYS WERE
ABLE TO WITHSTAND A COUPLE RUNS FROM DETROIT, THEY CUT TO IT 2 IN THE THIRD, 9 IN THE FOURTH, HOW HAPPY WERE YOU TO FIGHT BACK ESPECIALLY THE SECOND GAME OF A BACK-TO-BACK? >> YEAH, IT’S BEEN INTERESTING FOR OUR GROUP TO BE IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE
YEAR, ANOTHER TEST FOR US TO SEE IF WE KEEP OUR POISE AN COMPOSURE. OVERALL WE D. THAT WAS BOTH UNITS, BOTH UNITS GOT A LITTLE PIECE OF THAT EFFORT AS WELL. SO WHEN WE’RE HEALTHY, ABLE TO DEPEND ON MORE BODIES TO DO GOOD THINGS FOR US, I THINK OVERALL, WE WON THE MAJORITY
OF THE CATEGORIES TONIGHT, WHETHER IT WAS THE REBOUNDING, THE TURNOVER BATTLE, WE MIGHT HAVE LOST THE FOUL BATTLE. BUT THAT PIECE OF IT HOPEFULLY WE CORRECT WHEN WE SEE THEM IN A COUPLE DAYS. >> I WAS JUST ABOUT TO ASK ABOUT FOUL ISSUES, DO YOU THINK THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF
FATIGUE GOING IN THERE OR JUST OUT OF POSITIONING FOR THE PLAYERS A LITTLE BIT? >> IT’S INTERESTING, DETROIT HAS MULTIPLE GUYS WHO CAN GET TO THE PAINT AND DRIVE THE BASKETBALL, THEY’RE A VERY PHYSICAL AND AGGRESSIVE TEAM. SO I THINK THEY WERE BRINGING THE FIGHT TO US IN THOSE SITUATIONS, AND WHEN YOU’RE
OUT OF POSITION, SOMETIMES YOU REACH AND YOU OVERREACT AND YOU PUT YOURSELF IN A POSITION TO FOUL. >> YOU PROBABLY EXPERIENCED SOME EXTENDED LOSING STREAKS DURING YOUR COACHING CAREER, NOTHING LIKE WHAT DETROIT’S GOING THROUGH, BUT CAN YOU SPEAK ABOUT WHAT THAT’S LIKE IN A LOCKER ROOM WHEN YOU HAVE
A STREAK AND LOSSES PILING UP, WHAT IT TAKES TO BE ABLE TO PLAY THROUGH THAT? >> YEAH, FOR US, I’LL JUST REFLECT ON OUR LOSING STREAK RIGHT NOW. I THINK YOU APPRECIATE THE NOW, AND YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU’RE AT. ARE YOU GETTING BETTER? AND SO THAT WAS MY BIGGEST
THING, SO WE DIDN’T WIN VERSUS DENVER, BUT WAIT WE PLAYED, I THOUGHT WE PLAYED WITH PURPOSE. AND ON BOTH ENDS OF THE FLOOR. I DIDN’T FEEL THAT WAY VERSUS THE JAZZ, AND SO ALONG THE STREAK YOU ASK AND YOU QUESTION YOUR GROUP AND YOU QUESTION YOURSELF, ARE YOU GIVING EVERYTHING YOU HAVE TO
PUT YOURSELF IN A POSITION TO WIN? SOME NIGHTS WE WERE ABLE TO SAY YES. BUT ON THE NIGHT THE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SAY NO, WE PAID FOR IT. SO I THINK YOU TRY TO, YOU KNOW, GET THE GROUP TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN, HOW HARD IT TAKES TO WIN
IN THIS LEAGUE AND THE SACRIFICE THAT YOU GOTTA MAKE ON A NIGHTLY BASIS. >> WITH DENNIS I THINK YOU GUYS NOW ARE 3-1 IN GAMES HE’S PLAYED IN SINCE HE CAME BACK FROM THE FIRST INJURY, I GUESS. 3-1 IN THE LAST 4 GAMES HE’S PLAYED N. HIS ENERGY, JUST
TALK ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOU GUYS, WHAT DOES IT DO JUST ON THE COURT SEEING GUYS RESPOND TO HIM, AND EVEN DORIAN, WHAT THEY BRING? >> IT’S INTERESTING, I THINK THOSE TWO REALLY FEED OFF EACH OTHER. THEY HAVE A PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIP, ABLE TO PUSH EACH OTHER, WHICH IS ABLE TO
DRIVE US DEFENSIVELY. SO IT’S DEFINITELY A PIECE THAT WE WERE MISSING WHEN HE WAS GONE. THERE’S A PHYSICALITY THAT HE PLAYS WITH, AINGE HE PLAYS WITH THAT HE GIVES TO THE REST OF THE GLUP. SO THE MORE HE CAN STAY HEALTHY, THE BETTER WE ARE. AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THE
MINUTES SINCE HE’S PLAYED, I DON’T HAVE TO EXTEND SPENCER, PLAYING OUT OF POSITION, SO THOSE THINGS HAVE A TRICKLE-DOWN EFFECT WHEN HE DOESN’T PLAY. >> LAST NIGHT YOU TOLD ME YOU WERE GOING TO PRAY THAT YOU HAD THE SAME GROUP READY AND YOU DID. >> YES. ANSWERED. >> DO YOU FEEL THAT
CONTRIBUTED TO THE WIN, CONSIDERING I’M PRETTY SURE IT WAS SIMILAR ROTATIONS AND EVEN THAT BENCH UNIT DIDN’T PLAY GREAT IN THE FIRST HALF BUT PUT THE GAME AWAY IN THE END OF THE THIRD QUARTER. >> WITHOUT A DOUBT, LUCAS. IT IS, I’LL SAY, IT’S THE WAY OUR TEAM IS BUILT TO HAVE
DEPTH AND VERSATILITY. AND WHEN WE’RE MISSING THAT DEPTH AND VERSATILITY, IT PUTS A STRAIN ON THE GROUP. AND TONIGHT, MINUTES ACROSS THE BOARD, YOU LOOK AT MINUTES ACROSS THE BOARD BOTH. THOSE TWO GAMES, PRETTY GOOD, WHICH I THINK GAVE US A CHANCE ON A BACK-TO-BACK WITH THE PHYSICAL TEAM THAT WE PLAYED
YESTERDAY TO HAVE FLUFF JUICE TONIGHT. EVEN TO BE ABLE TO SPREAD THE MINUTES AROUND. BOTH UNITS LIKE YOU SAID, IT’S HUGE FOR US TO BE HEALTHY. SO I’M GONNA KEEP PRAYING. >> JACQUE, I DON’T WANT TO LOOK TOO FAR AHEAD, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS BACK-TO-BACK WHERE YOU HAD DENVER AND
DETROIT, THE NEXT TWO NOW IS DETROIT AND MILWAUKEE. >> YEAH, YOU’RE LOOKING TOO FAR AHEAD, MEGHAN. >> Meghan: I AM LOOKING TOO FAR, BUT WHAT CAN YOU TAKE FROM THIS BACK-TO-BACK SINCE YOU HAVE A BACK-TO-BACK IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS? >> IT’S HUGE FOR OUR GROUP TO
BE IN POSITION TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR BODIES. I THINK AS AN ORGANIZATION WE TRY TO PUT OUR GUYS IN A POSITION WHERE THEY’RE HEALTHY AND THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE THEIR BODIES IN A POSITION TO PERFORM. AND SO SOME DAYS IT’S GOING TO BE OFF DAYS, SOME DAYS IT’S
RECOVERY DAY, SOME DAYS IT’S NO SHOOTAROUND WITH THE IDEAL OF YOU DOING YOUR JOB TO BE READY TO PLACEMENT BACK-TO-BACKS ARE HARD. AND I THINK THERE’S A FOCUS LEVEL THAT GOES INTO IT WHEN YOU WAKE UP THAT NEXT MORNING OF CONVINCING YOURSELF THAT YOU GOTTA PLAY AND GOTTA PLAY
AS WELL AS YOU DID OR BETTER THAN THE NIGHT BEFORE. I THINK WE HAD THAT GOING INTO TODAY’S GAME. I THOUGHT OUR INTENT, OUR PURPOSE, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE. OUR ATTENTION TO DETAIL AT SHOOTAROUND, SO THOSE THINGS MATTER REALLY ON A BACK-TO-BACK WHEN YOU DON’T
HAVE THE MARGIN
Jacque Vaughn was focused more on Brooklyn earning a win than anything else as seven Nets reached double figures scoring Saturday against Detroit. Subscribe for daily sports videos!
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