Jose Alvarado talks late-game execution | Pelicans-Lakers Shootaround 12/31/2023
Late late in that last game against Utah we saw uh you guys go to like a pick and roll Zant NBI and you guys generated a couple good looks out of that just how good was a SE like I guess the execution late in the game and like those two guys
Working off each other in those moment I mean we are we trying to figure out things was worked at the end of the game for us um we got to finish game strong and I think we know that and you know we’re going to go to our two best guys I
Think the whole world knows that so they need to know that and they just need to be D so they can score and win us the game yeah I think um since the end of this inseason tournament which obviously was the last time that you guys played
Them you guys are second in defense and fourth in net rating obviously of the losses they’ve all been close what do you what do you think is um some of the biggest differences I guess between you guys now and going back to maybe the beginning of the month when you had a
Lot of guys including you who would just kind of come back in the lineup it’s again Rhythm you know I think people don’t really see that you know everybody just see us and say we supposed to make shots I think it’s Rhythm the feel for the game and um that’s what we getting
Right now now and you know it takes time you know but right now we trying to make sure we don’t got enough we making sure that those time that we taking we got to go attack every minute any minute every second so um we just trying to be a
Better team from the from there I mean you guys are you’re winning you’re 18 and 14 and like it still feels like there’s like a lot of room improving on this team I guess what is how what’s like the feeling on the team of like we’re we’re pretty good right now but
Like we know it could probably be better that’s like the uh like I think that we tell each other that’s the best part cuz it feel like you know we’re like we’re we’re 18 and4 we over 500 right obviously but um we know we could be so much better and that’s the frustration
Part of I mean it’s a good frustration part on us cuz we know we want to one win win more games we know we could have win more games so uh you know we know how good we we could be so we you know we put that pressure on us so we just
Need to lock in and finish those games strong like you said we just lost maybe like three or four games straight by you know just over a turnover or just two points you know it’s just if we would have finished those games would have been a different you know different
Outcome with the records obviously you guys haven’t lost a game by more than two points since the last time that you played the Lakers um but when when you talk about you know the potential that you guys have and the optimism that you have how much of it too is just now you
Have Larry back I think Trey was only like his third fourth game maybe last time you play Lakers I mean Larry’s going to be a big part you know obviously you see what he did with Utah with us you know um it’s not about scoring obviously with us like you know
Guys like me Larry Dyson herb is about the little things and you know we do it at a high level and he came in and did what he post what he always do he’s being Larry so you know he’s going to win us some games
Just like how he when um we beat Utah with him so today is going to be a we glad to have him back overall but today is a big part this is a big game for him because this is one of those one through five and you know Larry game how much of
A goal is like right now you guys are a half game out of six so how much of a goal is like finishing top six or even top four haven’t started the playoffs at home um I mean that’s a goal but we just want to take one game at a time you know
Um we look too far ahead you know you might miss the one in front of you so um we just trying to take it day by day and know obviously we want to win as much games so we could be in the best position as we can moving forward
New Orleans Pelicans guard Jose Alvarado’s shootaround interview ahead of tonight’s game (Dec. 31, 2023) against the Los Angeles Lakers at 6 p.m. CT during the 2023-24 NBA season.
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Jose Alvarado #15 Guard
Dyson Daniels #11 Guard
Jordan Hawkins #24 Guard
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Herbert Jones #5 Forward
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CJ McCollum #3 Guard
Trey Murphy III #25 Guard
Larry Nance Jr. #22 Forward
Matt Ryan #37 Forward
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