Dorian Finney-Smith | Post-Game Press Conference | Detroit Pistons | 12.26.23
Since you played every second of the fourth quarter uh what allowed you guys to turn this from you know when you’re when you’re down five and you were able to seize control back what allowed you guys to turn that I’m just staying together um you know dday played great
You know he had some great minutes off the bench and uh you know the whole second unit was did good you know you know giv the first unit some energy and you know they they finish the game including my you know including myself what is it about that that second unit
You guys just come in you Dennis day like there’s a different energy you guys bring get Royce and Royce and Royce what what is it about you guys where there’s just some knowledge of like hey we come in just bring the energy what that’s it
We uh we just you know we always say we’re going to change the game and um you know I think we we starting to take pride in that and know it’s fun so it’s fun when when everybody you know playing for each other um you know we we don’t
Know how long we’re going to be out there so you also got that desperate you know we a little desperate out there cuz we don’t know how many minutes we going to get so that also helped us too as well so know when you got guys who just
Want to win and that’s everybody on the second unit you know we all you know uh I would say hustle guys you know you um you know it just you know you give us any one of them scores and I feel like it’s a great
Lineup H how much going in I mean I know you said Friday that you guys were thinking about the streak you wanted to get a win for Saturday but how much was it on you guys’ mind and all not wanting to be the team that out their streak nah
It’s they going to win one game soon you know but uh yeah it on us now they going to win one soon but we just trying to you trying to get back streaking too you know um we win this one tomorrow it’s a good game for us and
Speaking of tomorrow uh when you look at this Buck team what’s the challenge of going up against them and then how important is it to kind of have that Collective unit in the match up like that um we just got to come out um you know off rip you know first quarter then
Don’t you know they hit them first you know they a great team um you know they’ve been together for a while especially they Core group and uh you know we played them good last time we we played them we just got to keep them off the offensive glass and try to slow down
Yiannis and D for you to play every second of the fourth quarter I mean does that show you a how much faith that jock has in you and I’m sorry good no keep going no and I was going to ask you know you said obviously you know the second unit um
And then you pointed out the first unit with you I mean as jacqu left open the possibility of you going back into that first first unit like you were in earlier in the year I’m just I just want to win you know if coach think you know
That’s the best group out there for us to be good then I’m I’m good too and I just want to win um if you want me to start I start but um you know we just even when I was starting know we still started off slow some games so
Um we we got to address that but you know um it’s it’s uh it’s going to be a good game tomorrow for sure you’ve you’ve obviously seen Day Day grow from since you’ve gotten here what what is it about his consistency now where it feels like when Nick comes out there’s no drop
Off DayDay just comes in and keeps that energy on especially with his rebounding man he and he had four blocks getting them blocks man they they been uh been active know he been loud you know he been that you know that second anchor you know we need you know Nick Nick can
Take a rest and don’t have to worry about you know you know his guy or you know his dropping when he come out the energy cuz again they they like he say he a monster on the glass can’t nobody stop him that’s hey that’s what he said he also said there’s something
About you Dennis you and Dennis and him being Southern down south boys just had that grit that grit in them man I’m just curious if you guys if you ever talked about that about like hey man that’s kind of something we got in just bring that
Come on for sure no we like I said whenever we get in the game we already telling each other let’s change the game let’s change the game and um like I said we really starting to buy to that so um I’m happy for d day for real for real
Cuz uh you know just meeting him last year not knowing much about him and U seeing all the work he done put in he look like a totally different person you know from last year he probably could say the same about me but I’ve been doing this for a while so I got
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Dorian Finney-Smith spoke to the media following the Nets vs. Pistons on December 26, 2023
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DFS has been nothing but good for us this year. But in order to get SPIDA I know he’s gonna have to be included in a trade package which sucks but that’s business
They need to start investigating Mikal Bridges point shaving.
"Don't forget Royce," DFS responded abruptly to the reporter who asked about what makes the Nets' second unit special. Hearing this tells you a lot about how tight a team is or, in Brooklyn's case, has become.