Jacque Vaughn discusses loss to Rockets

Jacque Vaughn discusses loss to Rockets

VAUGHN, WITH MEGHAN AND THE MEDIA. >> Meghan: JACQUE, THIS WAS A FIVE-POINT GAME AROUND THE 7:54 MARK OF THE THIRD QUARTER. WHAT CHANGED THAT ALLOWED THE ROCKETS TO GO ON A RUN AND CHANGE THAT MOMENTUM? >> YEAH, SENGUN. HIS ABILITY, WE HAD CONTAINED HIM EARLY, BEING ABLE TO TRAP

HIM, AND REALLY GET THE BALL OUT OF HIS HANDS. GREAT, I DON’T KNOW, THEY MOVED HIM AROUND A LITTLE BIT, MADE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR US SO HE GOT A CHANCE TO GET TO THE RIM, AND THE FOUL PIECE OF IT ALSO COMBINED. >> Meghan: YOU MENTIONED BEFORE ABOUT NOT LETTING ONE

PLAY AFFECT THE NEXT, AND WHEN THE ROCKETS WENT ON THEIR RUN, WHAT MADE IT DIFFICULT TO FIGHT BACK AND TO RESPOND ON THE RUN? >> YEAH, I THINK OVERALL, WE TRIED TO TURN THE PAGE AND MOVE TO THE NEXT POARKS AND UNFORTUNATELY THOSE POSSESSIONS WERE MISSED SHOTS FOR US DURING THAT STRETCH.

I SPECIFICALLY REMEMBER TWO THREES THAT WE HAD THAT DIDN’T GO IN, THEN THEY GO BACK DOWN TO SENGUN AND HE GETS A AND-ONE. YOU LOOK AT THE STATS, I MEAN, 26, 23 AND 25, WE HOLD THEM TO FOR THREE QUARTERS, AND JUST THE THIRD QUARTER GOT OUT OF HAND FOR US.

>> Meghan: YOU SAID THE OTHER NIGHT THAT YOU’RE GOING TO CHALLENGE THIS TEAM, JUST WHAT WAS YOUR MESSAGE TO YOUR GROUP COMING OFF OF THIS ROAD TRIP, NOW HEADED HOME? >> YEAH, CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT WE CAN GET OUT OF THIS HOLE THAT WE’RE IN, THAT’S THE FIRST PIECE OF IT.

THAT I’M GOING TO CONTINUE TO HOLD THEM TO A STANDARD, AND COACH THEM THAT WAY. THEY DESERVE THAT. AND THIS WILL MAKE US BETTER AS A TEAM, WE’LL GROW FROM THIS TOGETHER, BUT THE BELIEF PART OF IT HAS TO BE THE FIRST PART OF GETTING OUT OF THIS HOLE.

>> AND YOU’VE BEEN PREACHING TURNOVERS PRETTY MUCH ALL SEASON. FIRST HALF, ACTIVE, IN THE LANES, STEALS, FORCING TURNOVERS. IN THE SECOND HALF, WAS THAT SOMETHING THAT THEY DID TO CORRECT THAT? OR WAS IT SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS WERE FAILING TO REPEAT? >> NO, I THINK IT WAS THE POSITION THAT THEY HAD SENGUN

IN, SO WE WERE ABLE TO SCRAMBLE AROUND. THEY START PUTTING HIM AT THE ELBOW WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO DOUBLE-TEAM FROM THERE JUST BECAUSE HE CAN SEE THE FLOOR, HE’S ONE OR TWO BOUNCES FROM THE RIM, SO YOU GIVE THEM CREDIT FOR THAT ADJUSTMENT.

SO THAT PUT US IN A POSITION WE DECIDE TO PLAY ONE ON ONE A LITTLE BIT, WE TRIED THAT, HE GOT TO THE RIM, THEN WE HAD TO MAKE ANOTHER ADJUSTMENT AND THEN THEY MADE THREES FROM THAT. THAT’S JUST THE ABILITY OF A PLAYER TO BE ABLE TO GARNER ATTENTION.

HE HAS THE ABILITY TO SCORE AND CONTRIBUTE TO HIS OTHER TEAMMATES. >> FIVE LOSSES, I THINK 10-11, WHAT IS THE MORALE LOOKING LIKE IN THAT LOCKER ROOM RIGHT NOW? OBVIOUSLY NOBODY LIKES TO MOVE. WHAT’S THE MORALE LIKE AT THIS POINT? >> I THINK SHOWING HOW WE RESPONDED TODAY, THE WAY WE

BEGAN THE GAME, THE WAY WE WERE IN THE GAME AT HALFTIME, SHOWS THAT THIS GROUP IS CONTINUING TO PLAY HARD, AND TRY TO PLAY FOR EACH OTHER. I DO LIKE THE FACT THAT THEY AREN’T ACCEPTING WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. WE FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE WON MORE GAMES.

WE SHOULD BE WINNING GAMES, WE SHOULD BE MAKING SHOTS. SO I FEEL FOR THEM IN THAT CIRCUMSTANCE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE GOTTA JUST CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK THAT’S GOING TO PUT US IN POSITION TO WIN BALLGAMES. BUT I TOTALLY BELIEVE IN THE GROUP, BRIAN, AND THE CHARACTER IN THIS GROUP.

LIKE I SAID, I’M GOING TO CONTINUE TO PUSH THEM, AND GET THE MOST OUT OF THEM. >> THE THREE-POINTERS FROM THE OTHER TEAM AGAIN WAS ANOTHER FACTOR, BUT THE FIRST HALF, EVEN WITH ALL THE ACTIVITY, STARTING 9 OF 18, SO I GUESS WHAT DO YOU SEE AS A COMMON

THREAD THESE LAST FEW GAMES WITH TEAMS JUST GETTING THOSE THREES? LIKE YOU SAID, CERTAIN GUYS SHOOT OR WHAT? >> YEAH, IT’S STILL THAT COMBINATION. SO DID WE THINK JAE’SEAN TATE WOULD MAKE TWO THREES, THINK THOMPSON WAS GOING TO MAKE A THREE? PROBABLY NOT GOING INTO THE GAME. BUT WE KNEW GREEN AND

VanVLEET HAD THE ABILITY. JEFF GREEN WAS SHOOTING 30% COMING INTO THIS GAME. AND SO THERE ARE SOME RISKS THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE JUST BECAUSE SENGUN, YOU CAN’T PLAY HIM ONE ON ONE, YOU JUST CAN’T. HE’S TOO GOOD. PHILADELPHIA DOUBLE-TEAMED HIM, OTHER TEAMS HAVE AND THE TEAMS THAT DIDN’T, HE SCORED.

SO WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT CHOICE THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE GAME. THE NEXT PART IS YOU SEE SOME OF THE THREES THAT THEY MADE WHERE WE HAVE ONE ROTATION, SECOND ROTATION, AND SOMETIMES A THIRD ROTATION IS NEEDED. SO THAT GROWTH OF BEING ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIRD ROTATION AND THEN DO IT.

>> SO I GUESS WITH THIS FIVE-GAME STREAK DO YOU TAKE DIFFERENT PIECES, THE EFFORT, OTHER POSITIVES OR SIT JUST ALL GOTTA FIGURE IT OUT SOMEHOW? >> NO, THERE’S JUST DIFFERENT, I DON’T KNOW, SEGMENTS OF THE GAME THAT ARE REALLY GOOD FOR US, AND THAT’S THAT KIND OF SUSTAIN ABLGHT I WAS TALKING

ABOUT, TO BE ABLE TO GO HALFTIME, AND BE IN THE BALLGAME, THEN BE ABLE TO RESPOND IN THE THIRD, WHETHER IT IS NOT HAVING ONE DEFENSIVE BREAKDOWN, THAT’S OUR CHALLENGE TO REALLY VALUE EVERY SINGLE POSSESSION. SO WHEN I SHOW GUYS FILM, IT’S GOOD AND BAD, AND SHOWING THEM THE THINGS THAT WE’RE CAPABLE

OF DOING, SHOWING THEM THAT WE’VE DONE IT. BUT THEN ALSO WHAT WE NEED TO BE BETTER AT. >> AFTER THE LAST GAME, CAM JOHNSON WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW BASICALLY THE BREAKDOWNS OF THE OFFENSE, CAM THOMAS HAD BEEN THE VICTIM OF. HE GOT THROWN A LOT OF HAND GRENADES AND HAS TO TRY TO

MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING. BUT HIS SHOOTING SLUMP IS CONTINUING, AS IT’S ONGOING, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING FROM HIM, AND WAS THAT PART OF THE PROCESS IN YOUR MIND, IN TERMS OF KEEPING HIS MINUTES REASONABLY LOW, DID YOU FEEL, OR JUST LET HIM DECOMPRESS AND SIT AND WATCH WHAT’S KIND OF

GOING ON OUT THERE? >> YEAH, I THINK IT IS A TESTAMENT THAT WE KNOW HE CAN SCORE ONE ON ONE. SO SOME OF THOSE GRENADES THAT HE GET, YOU KNOW, HE’S BAILED US OUT MANY TIMES BEFORE, SO I THINK THAT’S A COMPLIMENT. BUT NO PLAYER WANTS ALL THOSE THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE

GAME FOR SURE. I THINK CT IS TRYING TO MAKE THE RIGHT PLAY, AND YOU KNOW, I THINK FIRST HALF HE MIGHT HAVE HAD FOUR ASSISTS, I THINK HE’S TRYING TO MAKE THE RIGHT PLAY. AND I THINK OUR ENTIRE GROUP, WE’RE JUST NOT IN A GROOVE RIGHT NOW AND HE’S JUST A PART

OF IT. I THINK IT HELP WHEN YOUR OTHER TEAMMATES ARE MAKING SHOTS ALSO. I MEAN JUST LOOK AT THE GROUP THAT WE ARE IN AS FAR AS FREE THROWS IS CONCERNED THAT PIECE OF IT ALSO OVER THESE ELEVEN GAMES. SO I HAVE COMPLETE CONFIDENCE THAT’LL FIND HIS GROOVE. HE’S TOO GOOD NOT TO.

BUT WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO DO WHAT’S BEST FOR THE TEAM IN ORDER TO TRY TO WIN A GAME ON A NIGHTLY BASIS. >> YOU MENTIONED HE GOT. [ INAUDIBLE ] >> YEAH, IT IS THE CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU SEE, WHETHER IT’S ON THE BENCH, WHETHER IT’S IN FILM, WHETHER

IT’S IN THE LOCKER ROOM. AND SO YOU GET A CHANCE TO SEE PERSONALITIES, AND LEADERSHIP ROLES BEING ESTABLISHED, AND SO THAT PIECE OF GOING INTO A GAME LIKE THIS, WE DIDN’T PLAY VERY WELL LAST NIGHT, AND THE BELIEF, I THINK WE THOUGHT WE COULD WIN TONIGHT. AND THAT APPROACH WAS EVIDENT

IN THE LOCKER ROOM, IN THE PREPARATION, AND ON THE FLOOR. >> WITH DO, OBVIOUSLY YOU WANT HIM TO SHOOT MORE THREES ALL IMRIERKTS WAS THE PLAN TO COME OUT FIRING THE WAY DID HE? >> EVAN, THOSE THINGS ARE OPEN, PARTNER. THEY PUT SENGUN ON HIMENT SO WE TRIED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF

THAT, GET HIM IN PICK-AND-ROLL. NIC WAS GUARDED BY JABARI, AND SO A LOT OF THOSE LOOKS WERE OPEN. I WOULDN’T, I’M GLAD I DIDN’T BET ANYTHING IN MY LIFE THAT HE WOULD BE 1 FOR 11 AND CAM THOMAS WOULDN’T MAKE A SHOT IN TWO GAMES, NOT A CHANCE, EVAN.

SO WE’LL GET OUT OF THIS THING. OUR GUYS ARE TOO DILIGENT, THEY’LL GET BACK IN THE GYM AND GET A CHANCE TO MAKE SOME SHOTS IN THE GYM, SEE THE BALL GO IN, AND WE’LL TURN THIS THING AROUND. >> ARE YOU HOPING FOR. [ INAUDIBLE ] >> YEAH, I AM, BRIAN.

HE HAD LIKE A LITTLE 20-MINUTE ON-COURT KIND OF, WILL HAVE TOMORROW OFF, BUT ALL SIGNS ARE POINTING TOWARDS HIM PLAYING ON FRIDAY. >> AND DENNIS AS FAR AS HIM BEING PULLED SNOUT. >> YEAH, SOW WENT OUT AT 5:40, TRIED TO GO THROUGH WARMUP AND JUST DIDN’T FEEL THAT HE COULD GO.

SO BACK SORENESS, AND WE’LL SEE WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE WHEN WE GET BACK HOME. >> ARE YOU CONCERNED, AGAIN, HE’S HAD BACK ISSUES, ARE YOU CONCERNED IT’S LINGERING FROM HIS PREVIOUS? >> I’M ALWAYS CONCERNED WHEN GUYS DON’T PLAY. AND SO IT CHANGING EVERYTHING FOR US. AND IT PUTS MORE STRESS ON THE

ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM, EVAN. AND SO I AM CONCERNED THAT WHENEVER A PLAYER DOESN’T PLAY. >> Meghan: THESE NEXT TWO GAMES AT BARCLAYS, BACK AT HOME BEFORE YOU GO TO PARIS, MENTIONED GUYS NOT HAVING THAT GROOVE RIGHT NOW, HOW IMPORTANT IS THE FEEDBACK AT HOME AND HOPEFULLY THAT HELPS WHERE YOU’RE FAMILIAR, ALSO IN

FRONT OF FANS YOU WANT TO PLAY IN FRONT OF? >> YEAH, IT IS I GUESS GOOD TO BE BACK HOME, BE IN YOUR BED, SEE YOUR FAMILY. THOSE THINGS MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD, AND COMFORTABLE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE A TOUGH GAME. A TEAM THAT IS REALLY GOOD.

JUST BEAT BOSTON THE OTHER NIGHT. AND SO WE’VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO BE AT HOME BUT ALSO BE ON EDGE ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE GOT A JOB TO DO AND SHOW UP

Wednesday night’s loss in Houston was the Nets’ fifth straight. Jacque Vaughn met with our Meghan Triplett and the rest of the media to discuss the game against the Rockets.
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