Domantas Sabonis after Saturday’s loss: “They’re the best defensive team in the NBA for a reason”
Uh back to back tonight domas just what was your thoughts in terms of Minnesota physicality wise how they played against you guys and the length that they provided that that unfortunately wasn’t enough guys yeah you know there number one in defense um in the NBA and um
They’re a really good team that’s why they’re they’re number one in the west and U I thought we did a really good job fighting throughout the whole game we just didn’t make wide open shots early on and mostly throughout the game domas I think Minnesota had 44 points of the
Pain in that first quarter and you guys cleaned it up in that second half what did you see as the difference between the two uh you know we were really hugged up on uh on their perimeter players you know and um they didn’t shoot that well from the three-point
Line and Coach told us to like back off and help and protect the paint you know and I feel like we uh we came out and we did that in the second half more but you know they already built that lead and uh we tried to crawl back but we just
Weren’t making our open shots how big did you feel Rudy was early on for them um yeah it’s tough you know we’re going through our coverages but um we weren’t we weren’t connected as a team there and in that first half you know and um leaving wide open ducks for a player um
Play after play um doesn’t help and then when you guys kind of got things going there in the fourth what did you see that was just working for you um their defense had you kind of figured out for a good portion of the game did you kind
Of was there something that slipped on your end that kind of made it easier I feel like you know uh we found some grit we we found some energy you know we got stops you know we turned them over and we went out and ran and um we started
Making shots shots that we usually make and you know that totally flip the game you know and then at the end we just didn’t have enough to finish it off I know it’s not an excuse but just how much does it hurt not having Malik
There to kind of change the sort of the energy with that second unit oh yeah you know he’s he’s a big part you know he leads he leads the second unit and everything and um not having him his energy his Vibes on the court you know
Uh that just brings brings life to us you know um uh you know he’s uh in that second unit he’s the one uh leading leading the charge you know so missing him obviously is big and you guys are 4 and0 on the first night of back to backs
0 and four on the second night how how do you clean that up and tonight’s effort clearly was better than some of the other games you guys have had you know we just got to come out and not look for excuses just go out there and
Uh fight you know I feel like today we we we did that you know we missed wide open shots early on got good looks got what we wanted and the fact that we came back and fought till end um is a big plus for us you know hopefully in the
Future we can finish these games off doas you guys have had um some match up where where size and length has been you know kind of problematic for you how how do you deal with that um you know from this point forward how how can you guys kind of combat some of those
Disadvantages you know tonight I don’t think it was such a problem you know we got the shots we wanted uh we converted when when when we needed to you know at the end there we kind of went at them on on on size and picked on certain matchups but um overall you
Know I feel like we didn’t we we played better defense than than then then we have these last couple games and then uh we just couldn’t put the ball in the basket as much as we usually do domas in the third quarter what was the zone you
Guys were playing was it a 3-2 was it um it’s the usual Zone we do the 2 three you know um we try to mix it up a little bit you know um like you said they they attacked the the paint in the first half more than we wanted you’ve had this team
Twice now obviously they often one of the best records in the league um I don’t know if surprising is the right word but what do you just make of their start and uh guess surprising at all to see them off such I no you know on paper
They have a great they have a great roster you know um they’re playing together this year they’re they’re connected you know um defense wins game you know and they’re the number one defense in the in the NBA so um they’re playing together you know Anthony Edwards is leading the charge and um
It’s showing thanks everyone thank you guys than CHR
Sacramento Kings center Domantas Sabonis spoke with reporters Saturday night following their 98-110 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. He discussed the difference between their first and second-half defense, struggling on the second night of back-to-backs, and more.
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