Zion Williamson on Larry Nance Jr.’s impact, teammates | Pelicans Jazz Postgame Interview 12/28/23

Zion Williamson on Larry Nance Jr.’s impact, teammates | Pelicans Jazz Postgame Interview 12/28/23

Kind of impact did you feel like uh Larry made in this game he made a big impact uh but outside of that it was great to have him back out there uh kind I of know what it feel like to to be injured and got to do what

You got to do to get back to where you want to be um so to have him back out there uh it was great it it was great so he made a big impact tonight and it was good to have my boy back out there you guys uh generated I guess

Multiple of those baskets in the last few minutes with uh pick and roll with you and Brandon a lot of the conversation lately has just been like crunchtime offense do you feel like that is an action like you guys can kind of kind of lean on of just like pick and

Roll at the all two and it flows out of there um honestly I don’t know if we I don’t think we have a bread and butter right now I think that goes back to us just being on the court more playing a lot more games together but we’re we’re

Figuring it out um I think depending on the night and what matchups we like I think we’ll attack that and going back to Larry he’s I think he’s a typical guy you talk about when you say uh he it’s hard to measure his impact just from the

Numbers right I guess you would know better than anybody else just how can you like say what impact he has that’s hard to kind of know unless you’re out there with him so there’s some games where Larry’s impact will show up on the stat sheet

But then there a lot more games where it doesn’t and Larry will be the first one to tell you he’s fine with that because if you know basketball you know the impact he’s bringing to the game so uh he knows that and the team knows that

And like I said glad to have him back out there and it’s just the third time Ubi and CJ all scored 20 in the same game just what do you think was working well with y’all three tonight just kind of playing off of each other uh I think different quarters

Uh we saw different uh areas to attack and uh like I said we just try to exploit matchups Z I got to ask you about that game recap that Larry post what made you do it what went into that like I said uh I know what that feels

Like when you have to kind of not be with the team and get to where you need to be and it sucks you know as NBA players we we deal with a lot but I’ll be the first person to say everybody go through stuff but uh him particular I

Know what that feels like cuz that it sucks like when you want to do certain things but you you can’t so you have to get back there so uh it meant a lot to me like I said it was good to have back out there so he showed me the picture I

Said send it to me I’m going to do my first ever game recap now gu said about Trey we’re not used to seeing him cold he didn’t get his first baskets of course until late in the game were you guys saying anything to him like up

Until that that point and how big was it to see him make those two threes uh yeah we were saying stuff to him uh only thing I kept telling him was man shooter shoot um same with Larry with Trey you ain’t got to say nothing Trey’s confidence is already up there and you

Saw it even though he missed a few threes he hit a crucial one that uh really gave us a little Gap and we were able to get to win see uh looking at bi defense this is the uh I think seventh game Straight had multiple blocks multiple steals what have you seen from

Him on the defensive end even though y’all trying to figure out on the offensive then uh intensity uh cuz be knows what it what it feels like when somebody’s being physical with him on when he’s on offense um so I think he’s kind of been implementing that to his own defensive

Game and it’s been working I mean each game he just gets better and better and with defense or three-point shooting when Trey comes in Everybody Wants shoot threes when herbs in the defense just amps up is there a way y’all just feed off of each other’s talents like that

It’s it helps rip LIF everybody up uh most definitely um I mean it’s a game of matchups you see who’s on the court and you see like where our strengths are and we try to excel in that um I think this was the the the

Photo of the dunk that Larry had was the one that you posted but I was just wondering what did you think of that dunk as far as it seemed like we talked to him earlier as far as him kind of showing like he’s back and he’s 100% ready to

Go he bet he’s back uh when I passed it to him it looked like he was going for a dunk but not that but once he jumped I just look like man that’s I’m happy for that brother he calls himself a 30-year-old man like the

Old guy in the group do he look like an old guy tonight did he look like an old guy tonight Larry Telly he’s a 40y old Sant wisdom him and CJ both act the same it’s hilarious but uh nah he look he look young super young and we’ been

Talking a lot about the clutch games and closing things out lat before court how good was it just to have a game close at the end that y were able to execute and come out with the way um it was good for us uh step in the

Right direction but uh I got to make those free throws at the end of the game cuz there could be a game where if me missing those free throws we lose so still some things improve on but step in the right direction is the double digit

Rebounds two games in a row is it just the way the ball bounced or is it something like you’ve been emphasizing lately on that end um JB coach JB definitely uh me and him talk a lot and he feels like I’m really good in transition so he says if I get

The rebound down the defense doesn’t really have time to set up so I need to be more aggressive with that and I have looking at the criticism that you had a few weeks ago you responded very well on the court tonight two assists away from the first triple double of the season

That’s something you going to be looking at uh do you feel like you’ve really ramped up in your forms a lot better these last few weeks uh yes sir my body is definitely getting to where it needs to be slowly but surely figuring it out

Um I’m just happy we won endend day I just want to win it’s nothing crazy I just want to win than you guys have a great night

New Orleans Pelicans post game interview with forward Zion Williamson after their win against the Utah Jazz on Thursday, Dec. 28 during the 2023-24 NBA season.
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New Orleans Pelicans Roster
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Jose Alvarado #15 Guard
Dyson Daniels #11 Guard
Jordan Hawkins #24 Guard
Brandon Ingram #14 Forward
Herbert Jones #5 Forward
Kira Lewis Jr. #13 Guard
E.J. Liddell #32 Forward
Naji Marshall #8 Forward
CJ McCollum #3 Guard
Trey Murphy III #25 Guard
Larry Nance Jr. #22 Forward
Matt Ryan #37 Forward
Dereon Seabron #0 Guard
Jonas Valanciunas #17 Center
Zion Williamson #1 Forward
Cody Zeller #44 Forward-Center

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