Ty Lue Says Russell Westbrook Saved The Clippers In 113-104 Win Over Hornets. HoopJab NBA

Ty Lue Says Russell Westbrook Saved The Clippers In 113-104 Win Over Hornets. HoopJab NBA

[Applause] okay some uh some pretty big swings in late in that game between them there 24 to runs take you guys responded with your 14 schol was going on that fourth and and how did you guys kind of come out of um well when was up 10 just a couple bad

Shots you know shot selection was bad you know messing around with the game um had free chances to go up 12 I think Zoo miss two free throws turn the ball over and they was able to get back in the game and so you know just got to be

Professional just playing through the game and um can’t you know take bad shots can’t mess around with the game when you get up and so we did that like I said Cliff teams are going to play hard they always prepared and organized know exactly how they want to play and

They came back and took a eight-point lead you know so um it was a good win for us I thought it was going to be a tough game coming into it which it was um but you know Russell was really good Off the Bench for us you

Know save the game for us I thought James was really good you know zoo was good you know better in that second half but um I knew it was going to be a tough game but it was a good bounce back win for us um defensively we were pretty

Good um outside those last like six or eight points cuz we didn’t want to give up threes so we just kind of stayed at home on penetration but I thought defensively we were pretty good and um that’s about it coach uh you know you talked about Russ

You know he had the big sequence uh in the fourth quarter three-point shot block shot then the assist to zubac just what does he mean to just not only the team but just like the the crowd the energy that he brings when he makes the big plays yeah I mean the crowd loves

Him soon as he checks in the game and he plays with that same intensity every night and so you got to love a guy like that um their brings it every single night like said made a big three pass to zoo made a big block and then he had a

Big layup you know down the middle of the floor Zoo kind of sealed his man and so um the way he played tonight with that effort that pace that speed uh we needed every bit of it tonight to uh that first half they had the Hornet had 42 points in the paint

Most y gave up in any half the season what did y’all do to address that at halftime and how do you feel like the team um defended better at a high higher level in the second half yeah I mean we we talked about it they were one for 12

At halftime with 42 points in the paint and so um we want to protect the paint coming into the game want to be a shrink first team and we didn’t do that and so um in the second half you know we talked about the halftime like we want to protect the

Paint at all cost and then build back out to their Shooters and I thought our guys did a better job of doing that in the second half but first half was just a little too easy for those guys in the paint how what’s the what’s the key to

To building that kind of defense like when when you say that you want to make sure you protect the paint like who is kind of cuz everyone’s going to think about you and zo is not the guy guarding those drivers you know most often they’re not like who who do you kind of

Rely on you know key a turnaround in that yeah it’s our team defense just shrinking the floor you know when um guy has the ball at the top of the key you want boxes and elbows when the guy has the the ball in the wing you know you

Want to be elbow and box is the same thing you know so you just can’t show any seams in any gaps and know the players are too good in this league now to show them any kind of gaps or scenes because they can still you know get

Through there so I thought the second half did a better job with shrinking the floor I thought we did a better job may I have your attention please may I have your attention please I thought we did a better job has been reported in the building please proceed to the stairways

And exit the building L do not use elevators gu with you got an easy one let’s get ready for hoop Jab

Los Angeles Clippers Head Coach Ty Lue speaks to the media following the Clippers 113-104 win over the Charlotte Hornets.