Mavs’ Jason Kidd Speaks After Win vs. Blazers: Jan. 3, 2024
Uh great response to uh what happened in uh Utah just what we talked about uh this morning and being able to be focused I thought the ball movement was great defensively again um was really really good we were locked in um a lot of great performances by our two stars
To get us started and and Kai was he didn’t wait tonight he was aggressive and then Luca was Luca how about Grant Williams we kind of update on him uh they both have ankle sprs yeah sorry you’re not tied with uh Titan dunks with Luka anymore he’s passed you
He’s got one now that was a dunk I’m joking claim it’s one he was flying like Mike tonight he was he was he was up there pretty high he he was going to tell you he double pumped it too so uh or Ori cradle did one of the two but um
Yes um no he passed me you’re still zero I think yeah for sure uh no he I thought Luca was great great response um from the last game everybody but again I thought those the two leaders set the tone early and uh took control of the game on both ends
Defensively and offensively but I thought our ball movement and our player movement was probably its best tonight are you much of a believer in Rust and kind of working that out with you know Kyrie hav been out as long as he has yeah 12 games that’s a that’s a
Long time um and then also we always look at the you know time that someone’s out but the times the time that the other guys have to put in you know when you talk about uh exom and and and Jones those guys have put on a lot of minutes
You know normally they probably wouldn’t have played so you know there’s probably some tired bodies of mentally and physically um but again I think we talked about before the game is being home uh here for 2 weeks and and starting off the home stand on the on
The right note what did you guys do in the first quarter to P them into eight turnover in that uh deflections we were we were active um everyone’s you know deflections are are coming up with steals I thought you know understanding uh Simons is a a tough cover and uh and
Trying to make it tough on him and I thought the guys did a really good job of trying to keep him in front it’s not easy to keep uh stay in front of Simons cuz he can go either way and he range is deep so I thought the guys did a really
Good job coach kid from the start Kyrie Irving was being aggressive what do you think of his overall offensive performance tonight yeah I thought Kai was great um when you look at the shots that he got um he he wasn’t has a 10 any time he starts off the game uh looking
You know for the three you know that he’s uh he’s in a different mindset so um again we’re going to need that uh on Friday this baseball schedule is not easy it’s not easy to beat a team twice we understand they’re going to give us
Uh their best on Friday so we have to be prepared and also we got to try to get healthy here thanks
Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd speaks to reporters after the 126-97 win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Jan. 3, 2024.
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