Jalen Wilson reflects on his performance against the Bucks

Jalen Wilson reflects on his performance against the Bucks

SHORT TIME AGO. >> Reporter: JALEN THIS WAS YOUR FIRST GAME THIS SEASON GETTING, YOU KNOW, EXTENDED COURT TIME. HOW DID IT FEEL TO BE OUT THERE AND CONTRIBUTE THE WAY THAT YOU DID? >> IT FELT GREAT. ALWAYS FUN PLAYING THE GAME THAT I LOVE SO MUCH. JUST HAVING A CHANCE TO COMPETE,

ESPECIALLY PLAYING AGAINST A GOOD TEAM LIKE MILWAUKEE, OBVIOUSLY WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY AND BOW OUT AND JUST PLAY HARD. >> Meghan: JAY HELP, YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO DOMINATE FROM THE INSIDE, 70 POINTS WHAT WAS PART OF THAT GAME PLAN THAT YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO CAPITALIZE ON WHEN

IT COMES TO DOMINATING FROM THAT INSIDE ZONE? >> JUST NOT FALLING IN LOVE WITH THE THREE. TAKING CONTESTED SHOTS. WHEN THE BALL GOT MOVING AND WITH HE GOT TO CUT ASKING DRIVING TO THE PAINT, SAW A LOT OF LANES OPEN UP AND I THINK WE JUST TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

DIDN’T SETTLE TOO MUCH. SUCCESSFULLY GOT TO THE RIM AND ONES AND KEPT GAME CLOSE. >> Meghan: I KNOW THE SCORE DOESN’T SPEAK FOR ITSELF BUT THE GAME AS CLOSE AND ESPECIALLY GOING UP TO THE FOURTH QUARTER. HOW DO YOU LOOK AT YOUR TIME WITH LONG ISLAND AND ON YOU YOU

GUYS HAVE BUILT THAT CHEMISTRY AND WERE ABLE TO SHOWCASE WHAT THANASIS HERE TONIGHT. >> YEAH I THINK JUST ALL OF THE GAMES THAT WE PLAYED TOGETHER. WE HAVE JUST GROWN MUCH, MUCH MORE. EVERY SINGLE GAME. IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST GAME. VERSUS THE LAST COUPLE OF GAMES THAT WE HAVE PLAYED.

YOU SEE ALL OF US JUST GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER MORE, ESPECIALLY ON THE BASKETBALL FLOOR IT’S ALWAYS GOOD TO KNOW WHERE GUYS LIKE TO BE WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING IN THE LANE, SLIDE TO THIS CORNER, KEON IS CUTTING, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT YOU PICK UP ON. BEING ABLE TO PLAY TOGETHER.

VERY WEAPON VISUAL AT LONG ISLAND BEING ABLE TO DEVELOP TOGETHER AND INDIVIDUALLY SO IT’S BEEN FUN. >> Reporter: HEY, JALEN ONE OF THINGS I NOTICED TONIGHT WAS YOU DID A GREAT JOB ON THE BOARDS, A LOT OF THE BOARDS THAT YOU WENT FOR, YOU WERE TIME BEING THE JUMPS PERFECTLY IS THAT

SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE HAD IN YOUR BAG OR DID YOU HAVE TO WORK ON IT? >> I IS KIND OF JUST HAD A NOSE FOR WON TO GO REBOUND, EVER SINCE BEING IN COLLEGE THAT WAS THE MAIN WAY TO GET ON THE FLOOR WAS PLAYING HARD, REBOUNDING,

DEFENDER AND I KIND OF JUST WANT TO CARRY THAT WITH ME THROUGH MY ENTIRE CAREER. THOSE ARE ALWAYS THINGS YOU CAN HAVE ON THE FLOOR. AS YOU CRASH EVERY GAME FOR YEARS AND YEARS ON YOU KNOW WHERE THE BALL WILL BE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO, YEAH, JUST TAKING IT AS

PRACTICE, AS LIKE A — GOING THROUGH THE GAMES AND NOW IT’S BECOME SECOND NATURE WHEN I CRASH. >> Meghan: JALEN, JACQUE MENTIONED ABOUT HOW MUCH TRUSTEE HAS IN YOU. YOU ARE A PLAYING THAT DOESN’T MAKE MISTAKES, HOW HAVE YOU AND JACQUE’S RELATIONSHIP GROWN IN THESE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS WHEN

HAVE YOU LEARNED FROM HIM AS A HEAD COACH. >> IT’S BEEN GREAT. THAT WAS ONE THING I LEARN, BEING AT SCHOOL, HAVING THE COACH’S TRUST SAY BIG THING TO HAVE AND WHEN YOU CHECK IN THE GAME YOU DON’T WANT TO THINK ABOUT YOURSELF BUT HOW CAN I MAKE THE GUYS AROUND ME BETTER.

HOW YOU CAN I TAKE THE SCORE WHEN FROM WHATEVER IT IS AND EXTENDS THE LEAD THAT’S WHAT I TRY TO DO. JUST PLAY HARD. I FEEL LIKE IF YOU DO DEFENSE REBOUND THOSE THINGS THAT’S LIKE THE QUICKEST WAY TO EARN TRUST FROM NOT ONLY MY TRUST BUT TEAMMATES AS WELL.

IT’S IMPORTANT TO HAVE YOUR TEAM AMOUNTS MATE TRUST KNOWING WHEN YOU ARE GUARDING SOMEBODY THEY KNOW THAT YOU ARE GOING OVER THERE. JUST HAVING THESE OPPORTUNITIES IS GREAT I AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE. >> Meghan: I ASKED VOICE ABOUT YOUR GAME AND HE WAS HAPPEN A YOU GOT THE DOUBLE-DOUBLE HE

SAID YOU STARTED LISTEN TO HIM AND GAVE HIMSELF THE CREDIT WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE TO HAVE GUYS LIKE ROYCE AND OTHER VETS IN THE LOCKER ROOM? >> ROYCE IS GREAT. THAT’S MAY GUY. ALL THE VETS THEY ARE SO HELPFUL EVEN TODAY HOW THEY WERE IN THE HUDDLES FOR US TALKING TO US,

AND THAT WAS THE MOST MINUTES WE HAVE ALL PLAYED ON THE COURT AND TO COME BACK TO THE HUDDLE AND, YOU KNOW, JUST HAPPENED THE MOST WE PLAYED AGAINST ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE NBA. AND SO MANY THINGS HAPPEN, BUT THEY ARE THERE HE HAVE SINGLE

MOMENT OF THE WAY AS WELL AS THE COACHES SO IT WAS JUST FUN, FUN TO HEAR THEIR FEEDBACK, GO OUT THERE AND APPLY IT AND, YOU KNOW, JUST CONTINUE TO PLAY AND LEARN. >> Reporter: JALEN, YOU KNOW, THE BUCKS MADE SURE THEY PLAYED, YOU KNOW, NORMAL ROTATION AND

YOU FOUND YOURSELVES A FEW TIMES GOING UP AGAINST GIANNIS. WHAT WAS THE ONE THING THAT YOU LEARNED FROM YOUR DEFENDING HIM THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT? >> QUICKER THAN WHAT I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT. FROM WATCHING HIM. I FEEL LIKE HIS FIRST STEP WHEN HE SWINES HE TAKES UP SO MUCH ROOM IN THE PAINT.

ONE STEP FROM THE THREE-POINT LINE AND HE CAN COUPLE OF THE BALL. THAT WAS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW GOING INTO THE GAME WHAT HE CAN DO. BUT WHEN YOU ARE GUARDING IT IT’S DIFFERENT. I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY FUN. I THOUGHT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED

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