POSTGAME REACTION: Miami Heat at Los Angeles Lakers, 1/3/24.

POSTGAME REACTION: Miami Heat at Los Angeles Lakers, 1/3/24.

Eric Reed and John crate upstairs we enjoyed watching you start and finish and play one of the best games you’ve had in your two seasons with the heat how good does this feel for you I mean it feels great you know uh I started a lot of games but unfortunately we didn’t

We didn’t win a lot of them this year this my first win as a starter and you know it means a lot of me you know I don’t want to be out there and lose a game that’s the most Nico what do you feel like is your strengths right now it’s so impressive

To see you both shoot the ball well but also you have that ability at 610 to put the ball down on the floor and make things happen in the open court yeah I I feel first of all defensively you know uh getting another you know big guard in

Uh in the paint you know helping bam out because you know there’s some big teams like this one and uh offensively just helping them out you know we have some great Tri uh triggers with uh of bam Tyler you know Duncan and I just need to

Be at the right spot at the right moment and they trusted me uh and I made shots that’s it Nico you you look really good and the team defensively tonight was Sensational 14 steals a season High the team forced 22 turnovers talk about what it’s like to be a Heat player and the

Collective sort of Buy in by everybody on the roster to defend physically and hard this was a great night for defense what went into the to the game planed defensively I mean after uh after we lost the against Clippers you know we had a team meting where it was all about

Defense you know everybody stepped up and said need to do a better job and that’s what happened you know we was locked in that’s what coaches wanted to see and that’s what we did Nico you you’ve got a a unique relationship with Jimmy Butler uh as a veteran on the team

Tell us about how much he supported you and what that means to you as a young player on this Heat roster I mean it feels a lot you know first of all uh uh I feel like he’s my older brother you know and uh first of all confidence you

Know uh working out with him and being around him uh he just always always help me to to they actually believe in myself and you know working out with him man a lie to me because if I can score Jimmy and guard Jimmy I can that against

Anyone you know he’s best in the league in on both ways and uh yeah it just means a lot you know he’s a good friend he’s a good guy and that’s it yeah niik yich we enjoy seeing you play We en enjoy seeing you smile and I think all

The late night viewers of Heat basketball are smiling right now with niik yic congratulations on a great game and win love guys have a good one have a good one that we did have a good one New Year’s Eve New Year’s Day in Los Angeles and the heat get a win against the

Lakers to end the the wooden jacket for the alumni is undefeated you see me yeah I sport I told you I was going to sport it today so I wasn’t lying we showcase that in your entire time here today uh this just a sweet ending to the trip I

Had imagine yeah very sweet being able to uh come out here and get a win um is really special we didn’t want to come out of here um 0 and2 um so happy to get this win and move on to Phoenix to the work that has to be done when you have a

Game like you had on Monday and transfer things around immediately into your next game nothing’s guaranteed but you do have to sit and go through a review that’s painful before you can get out here and be successful again is that right yeah 100% we had a great film

Session we learned a lot about what we could do better in that game and we just try to implement it into this one and uh I think that’s why just great Focus professionalism all around um taking accountability I think was a big one um and we came out here and got the win

What was most important in that down the stretch of locking this thing down and getting the win um I think just collectively just getting stops getting stops and uh getting shots on goal um and and pushing the pace in transition we knew they were a team that didn’t

Want to um guard in transition so you know that was kind of our game plan just to move the ball up and down the floor and get great shots all right thank you

The Miami Heat defeated the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday by a score of 110-96. Hear from Nikola Jovic and Jaime Jaquez Jr. on the win!

0:00 – Nikola Jovic
2:36 – Jaime Jaquez Jr.

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