Head Coach Adrian Griffin Postgame Press Conference | 1.3.24

Head Coach Adrian Griffin Postgame Press Conference | 1.3.24

Tyrese goes for 31 and 12 tonight I don’t think he had any turnovers five games against him this year what do you feel like you guys just have been unable to do to you know pressure him or make him feel uncomfortable in any sort of

Way no he’s a well he’s a good player right he makes some some tough shots uh at the end he kind of got going and hit some deep threes but overall I think we did a pretty good job you know we uh for us I thought it was just uh the turnover

So you know I challenged the the team before the game about rebounding we held them you know under single digits I think seven maybe um so our guys I thought we fought we we kept competing um I just thought the the turnovers really hurt us uh just the timing of it

And the how we were turning the ball over didn’t give us opportunity to even try to get back you know they were just like Point Blank at The Rim um I think that was where we we you know got to be strong with the ball we got to make

Great decisions with the ball I thought that’s where you know that third quarter especially how we started uh the third quarter and gave up 47 points U but overall you know like halber is going to score he’s going to get some points uh you know they got a very good team but

Um I thought we we gave ourself a chance but it’s hard when you you know turn the ball over um when you’re talking about doing a pretty good job against him what do you feel like you you are doing a pretty good job against him because when

You look at the numbers it would suggest that maybe you weren’t doing a good job yeah I mean just the the last couple games that we’ve you know played against him you know the P his pick and roll um kind of frequency is uh has been lower

Um you know they they Thrive off of him and you know I thought I guys you know he’s going to make some tough shots and you know he had a couple of isos where he’s going to shoot him uh from deep but you know outside of that um you know you

Can’t foul him either and I thought we we uh fouled him a couple times and put him to the free throw line but you know overall it was it was pretty solid like he’s you know good players is hard they’re they’re hard to stop is just

Kind of how they get their points um I mean you alluded to it there with the turnovers but 47 points in total in the third that’s not just you know the handful of turnovers so what in particular happened especially early I think they started on a 20 20 to6 run

And really took took control yeah we you know we came out of a locker room we just uh kind of out of rhythm um you know I start thought our starters played well up to to that point you know I had the starters in and we just uh got off

To a very poor start in the third quarter and then we were you know playing catchup you know we you got to execute you got to take care of the basketball you got to be able to get stops um you know they they’re a very uh energetic a athletic uh young group they

You know they fly around that they’re very uh athletic from all their positions and you know we got to neutralize some of that with our physicality without fouling um but you know we we kept competing um we didn’t give up um you know you learn a lot from

Games like this and we’ll just continue to get better what do you feel like you’ve learned about this team against the Pacers well you know they they going to the way they play right that you know they play Fast uh we have to be very disciplined and

Transition um you know with our scheme and and whatnot you got to execute at a high level I won’t go into too much detail about you know opportunities for us uh in the future you know if we play them uh in the playoffs and whatnot um but you know you always Gathering Intel

And I like some of the stuff that we were doing I thought marn was great Off the Bench I thought Dre was great um it was an opportunity for our younger guys to get out there and play in a very uh physical High intense game it was playoff atmosphere and I thought they

Handled it well so um we can get better uh we know that you know there’s always room to get better and we just got to keep plugging away you know we got to get ready for San Antonio a quick a quick turnaround we talked about Dame

Struggles a little bit the other night I think just six of 18 again tonight what did you feel like he struggled with finding a rhythm or or just kind of getting in a group offensively no I thought he was getting some uh some good looks and listen he’s going to make

Those shots you know I have complete confidence in that game um he knows how to get himself going and uh some of them a couple of them went in and out and um you know sometimes again it it’s going to have those nights but um listen it’s

It’s a lot of games left um not worried one bit about Dame he’s Dame’s going to be Dame he’s terrific I thought you know for the most part if you look at the stat sheet man it was pretty even across the board man we did shot the ball uh

Well you know shot the ball from the three-point line even evenly with them we both made 14 threes we shot 50% from uh the field they they shot 55% um again I just thought you know when you’re on the road you got to take

Care of the ball you got to you know you got to be strong with it make great decisions and um they made us pay you know when we turn the ball over they made us pay you talk about Malik’s three-point shooting this year’s been at a high level but these last two games

He’s had foul trouble with Tyrese has had to go to the bench and not really get involved get as many shots it did you feel that again tonight where you know he hits his first two threes then he’s got to sit yeah you know like like

I was saying like we we were F fouling a little bit too much uh especially with h burden and um you know listen like he’s going to make some tough shots and when he does just take the ball out and you know and uh you know rush it up the

Floor but we can’t you know once we especially once we get him inside the line like we can’t afford to put him on the on the free throw line and I thought be’s kind of got caught a couple times with his hand in the cookie jar and he

Got some quick fouls and and we had to uh set him for a little bit but again you got to be disciplined against a Halbert and a guy like that you know he’s he’s skilled and you I think lastly you have to be um willing to live with

Certain shots uh obviously you don’t want the threes but once he gets inside the line and he’s going to make a couple of those pull-up jumpers you got to be able to live a couple of those um you certainly can’t foul them and give up

The or give up the layup at The Rim uh we just got to be a little bit more disciplined with him what’s your messaging to your team especially when you start a road trip uh with the loss here and then You’ got a quick back toback I’m curious if there’s a certain

Type of messaging that you have with them in the locker room I just uh we got to shift our Focus San Antonio uh we got to uh put a great game plan together you know as a as a staff uh they got to go out and execute and and it’s you know on

The road and in the NBA uh you you you got to perform and you got to bring it and um I always say nobody’s going to feel sorry for us who cares we lost two in a row like we we can’t pal we can’t hang our heads and and that’s not the

DNA of our group like we High character guys they’re going to respond greatly you know we we lost two in a row probably I don’t know if this the first or second time that we lost two in a row but we’ll be respond well and and and

Bounce back tomorrow what do you uh what would you say about your team’s mental toughness not only in this situation with the entire season I’m curious uh what are your thoughts on it I think it’s been great like we’ve had some really great wins uh our team is really

Resilient um even in the beginning uh we dealing with a lot of you know injuries and lineup changes and rotations and many restrictions we fought through that um we’re trying to get healthy uh again and um you know again I think we we are we could have easily uh folded um we

Gave us ourself a chance at the end we missed couple threes you know I think be had a clean look Dame had a clean look Chris had a clean look you know a couple of those fall uh we we get it under 10 easily and and with 3 four minutes left

It’s it’s a ball game so I just like our fight you know we didn’t give up and and we we gave our chance ourself a chance you know when you keep competing you give yourself a chance it didn’t go our way uh we’ll go to the film find ways to

Get better like we always do and stay positive and get ready for tomorrow

Coach Griffin speaks with the media following the loss to the Indiana Pacers at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

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