Jonas Valanciunas on where the Pelicans can improve | New Orleans Pelicans
Well I guess what’s kind of been message from the coaching staff about just improving some of the late game execution and figuring out things in the fourth quarter well it’s not a secret we struggle in the end of the games especially in the fourth
Quarter uh I don’t know we we need to do something better we need to man up and take a challenge I think you know we got to look at ourselves everybody who’s who’s who’s on a court and then just just improve you know from from physicality from you know waning
More being smarter about the positions everything got to just got to improve and just for you was it surprising for them to make that call with4 seconds left cuz we see a lot of teams go for the lob there with you know under 1 second left but it was
Surprising to to see them actually make a call like that in that moment well yeah I mean if I could take it away I would take it away but now is what it is you know now we can just look at the film and learn from it for the next time
Jve do you feel like today’s practice was productive Wily toast you guys were basically trying to rerun what you guys played last four minutes of yesterday’s game yeah we tried to simulate those you know end of the game situations and be more sharper you know practice that get
Better on executing down the stretch and you know it’s hard to simulate and of the games you know not playing the games but uh you know what that’s what that’s where the focus been and that’s where we need to improve it seems like you you guys are having possessions in the last
Few minutes that are coming down to the end of the shot clock a lot or you know like you’re not getting into the offense until later in the is it about trying to attack earlier or is it maybe just being more aggressive like how do you see that
Maybe uh just finding the some easy bucket some you know some some plays where you don’t need to work that much you know just being more productive more I don’t know I don’t know how to say just just finding finding better Solutions Brandon use a word decisive
Last night just needan to be more decisive in some of those situations where does that start or who does that start with well you know decisive so just making better decisions making better you know plays making better everything got to go better so for me better screens this and that everybody
Got to step up you know just you know this decisive more locked in I don’t know what but we got to be better
New Orleans Pelicans center Jonas Valanciunas’ post-practice interview from the Ochsner Sports Performance Center or Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023.
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