Bucks’ Lillard talks about strong second half in win over Cavs

Bucks’ Lillard talks about strong second half in win over Cavs

I’m standing here with Damen Lillard first off congratulations on the win and on going three and one on this road trip so you guys had some struggles in the first half what did you say to your teammates and vice versa during the halftime locker room session that got

You going in the third quarter uh I mean we came into the locker room and we just kind of addressed that we hadn’t done a lot of things well you know they started the game better than us our transition defense our help defense we you know it

Was it was bad they got to the spots they wanted to they played a comfortable game and um you know they’re a good team they play with a lot pace and they play Confident they got they got a lot of guys out there that can get stuff done

And we just told ourselves you know it’s a game you know we play some of the the teams at the bottom of the Eastern Conference at home couple teams that you know at at the bottom of the West you know all teams that we respect but you

Know this was a different caliber of a game for us and um it was good for us and that’s what we said it’s good for us a good game on the road end of a road trip a team challenging us and you know we got to show our character and I

Thought we came out in the third quarter and established that well something that you and your teammates have been addressing is your defense and something you said earlier to me today was you’re seeing improvements on defense and you guys did get a lot of stops in the

Second half where did you see that Improvement specifically tonight uh just our our togetherness you know in this league guys are too good at everything guys can create off the bounce shoot threes get get fouled you know craftiness and um it’s a team thing you

Know you got to be on the string Five Guys and um I thought that was where we made the the biggest Improvement we did things together our communication um getting to spots and supporting each other we did that much more consistent in the second half thanks Dame thank [Applause] you

Milwaukee Bucks star Damian Lillard after scoring 31 points in the win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.