Jacque Vaughn sums up season-long losing streak

Jacque Vaughn sums up season-long losing streak

QUESTION FOR JACQUE VAUGHN. >> PREGAME YOU MENTIONED JUST ABOUT PLAYING AT A HIGH LEVEL FOR FOUR FULL QUARTERS. WHAT DID YOU SEE FROM YOUR TEAM HERE TONIGHT. >> YEAH, OVERALL, GOOD EFFORT FROM OUR GUYS. I THINK WE PUT OURSELVES IN A POSITION TO TRY TO WIN A BALLGAME. I THOUGHT OUR ATTENTION FOR

THE MAJORITY OF THE NIGHT ES IN THE RIGHT PLACE GOT TO PUT FOUR QUARTERS TOGETHER OF EACH PLAY REALLY MATTERING FOR US. >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE LAST FEW MINUTES, WHAT STANDS OUT TO YOU KIND OF ABOUT WHAT ALLOWED THIS ONE TO HAVE THE END RESULT?

>> AT THE END OF THE GAME, YOU KNOW, THE LETHAL COMBINATION OF JOKIC AND MURRAY AND THEIR ABILITY TO PLAY TWO MAN GAME AT THE END PUT YOU IN A COMPROMISING POSITION. WE CHANGED COVERAGE TO PUT IS IN PRETTY GOOD POSITION TO DEFEND. THEY HAD SOME PERIPHERY PLAYERS, WHETHER IT WAS WATSON

DRIVE TO GET TO THE END TO MAKE PLAYS FOR THEM. I FELT OVERALL, OFFENSE DEFENSE SUBSTITUTION AT THE END WAS BENEFICIAL FOR US AND ANOTHER EXPERIENCE FOR US TO BE IN THE LATE GAME, AND TO BE ABLE TO EXPERIMENT WITH DIFFERENT THINGS AND FIND SOME SOLUTIONS. >> WHAT DO YOU TAKE AWAY AND

WHAT DID YOU SEE FROM THAT MISSED JAMAAL MURRAY FREE-THROW. >> IT’S INTERESTING, SAME STRATEGY, WE USED THE PLAY BEFORE WHEN CAM MAKES THE THREE. WHEN YOU’RE DOWN, YOU HAVE LIMITED TIMEOUTS, YOU HAVE TO TAKE CALCULATED RISKS. OUR SAME SET WHEN WE SEND TWO GUYS DOWN THE FLOOR, PLAY BEFORE THAT, CAM HAS ONE

PERSON IN FRONT OF HIM, HE MAKES THE THREE. WE WANT TO BE IN THE SAME POSITION WITH CAM WHERE SPENCER CAN HAVE ONE-ON-ONE AND GET INTO POSITION TO MAKE A PLAY. HE DECIDED TO MISS A FREE-THROW THIS TIME, AND WE HAD THREE GUYS IN THERE, I THINK CAM AND DOE WERE TRYING

TO SQUEEZE TO JA AND THE BALL WENT BACK TO HIM. PART OF BASKETBALL. >> TWO THINGS, YOU MENTIONED HOW MUCH HE WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT. >> YOU FELT THE PRESENCE WHEN THE GROUP STARTED TO SUB AND COME IN AND REALLY PUT THEIR IMPRINT ON THE GAME. I THOUGHT THEIR PHYSICALITY,

THEIR ABILITY TO HAVE DEFLECTIONS AND OUR ACTIVITY LEVEL ES PRETTY HIGH WHEN GOES GUYS CHECKED IN. >> YOU SAID YOU DIDN’T WANT TO MAKE A LINE CHANGE. WANTED TO SEE HOW THIS GROUP DID. GIVEN THE BENCH PLAY, IS THAT MORE DATA TO STORE AWAY AND RETHINK ABOUT KIND OF WHERE

YOU WANT THIS TO GO A LITTLE BIT. >> I’M GOING TO GET ON MY KNEES TONIGHT AND PRAY THE SAME GROUP IS AVAILABLE TO PLAY. THIS TEAM HASN’T BEEN ABLE TO PLAY. THOSE GUYS HAVEN’T BEEN AVAILABLE TO PLAY. I ASKED HIM DO WHATEVER TO DO TO BE READY TO PLAY TOMORROW.

USE THIS 24 HOURS TO BE READY TO GO AGAIN TOMORROW. >> ROYCE AND DAYRON, WHAT DID YOU SEE INCLUDING THE TWO THAT EVAN MENTIONED FROM THAT FOUR AS A WHOLE THAT WAS MARKEDLY DIFFERENT. >> THEY’RE BALT TO COVER FOR EACH OTHER. THEY HAVE FLEXIBILITY. DENNIS ABILITY TO BE INTO THE

BASKETBALL GIVES YOU AN ADVANTAGE. IF DAYRON IS PROTECTING THE RIM, WE’VE GOT A LOT OF DOS COVERING FOR EACH OTHER. CAM IN THAT GROUP GIVE US A LEAD SCORER. IT’S AN INTERESTING BALANCE. I’M ON MY KNEES TONIGHT, MAN. >> SPEAKING OF BALANCE WHEN IT COMES TO THE BALL MOVEMENT,

AND JUST THE ASSIST, YOU HAD CLAXTON WITH SIX ASSISTS. WHAT WAS IT ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE THAT WAS WORKING SO WELL, WHAT DID YOU LIKE AND WHAT CAN YOU TAKE AWAY FROM THAT AS YOU KIND OF MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE NEXT COUPLE OF GAMES. IAN: >> IT’S A PRETTY GOOD RECIPE,

SEVEN DUDES I HAVE NOT DOUBLE FIGURES, SO MOST OF THESE TEAMS ARE GEARED TOWARD KEEPING YOU AWAY FROM THE RIM. I THOUGHT TONIGHT, THE ABILITY FOR US TO DRIVE THE BASKETBALL THROUGH THE PAINT AND JUST TO COLLAPSE THE DEFENSE, AND THEN TO BE ABLE TO GET IN WINDOWS

AND PROVIDE AREAS FOR OUR GUYS TO PASS THE BASKETBALL AND TAKE ADVANTAGE WHEN GUYS ARE CLOSING OUT. IF WE CAN TAKE THAT CONCEPT AND CONTINUE TO GROW WITH IT AND EVEN WHEN THE BASKETBALL DOESN’T GO IN, BUT THE PROS OF PENETRATING, OF MAKING SURE THAT YOU GET AN OPENING FOR OH

TEAMMATE ARE GOOD FOR US. >> YOU TALKED NOT LETTING THE LAST PLAY AFFECT THE NEXT PLAY. HOW DO YOU NOT LET IT AFFECT TOMORROW ON A BACK-TO-BACK? >> IT’S A HUGE CHALLENGE. I’M GOING TO LEAN INTO THE FACT THAT WE NEED A WIN SO HOPEFULLY FOCUS THE GROUP THAT THAT AREA.

WE DID A LOT OF GOOD THINGS TONIGHT. THAT DOESN’T GUARANTEE YOU IN THIS LEAGUE THAT YOU’RE GOING TO WIN. CAN WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO DO THE GOOD THINGS AND GO INTO TOMORROW. >> THE TANDEM OF NIC, NIC’S REBOUND AND DAYRON’S ABILITY TO GUARD SIGNIFICANCE AND HAVE

A BIG BODY ON HIM AND ALSO OFFENSIVE REBOUND FOR US. AGAIN, I HAVE BEEN ON DAYRON TO CONTINUE TO GIVE US EVERYTHING HE HAS, EVERY SINGLE GAME AND LIVE WITH THE RESULTS AND NOT COMPLICATE HIKES R. THINGS. RECENTLY HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HIM JUST TO KEEP IT SIMPLE.

HE CAN IMPACT THE GAME AND I THOUGHT HIS DECISION MAKING WAS GOOD TONIGHT, WHETHER HE GOT AN OFFENSIVE REBOUND

The Nets have lost a season-high five games in a row. Jacque Vaughn goes over how Denver got better of them in the 4th and what he’s seen from his team of late. Subscribe for daily sports videos!

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