POSTGAME PRESS CONFERENCE: Kristaps Porzingis talks Celtics big win over Jazz

POSTGAME PRESS CONFERENCE: Kristaps Porzingis talks Celtics big win over Jazz

Key the start you guys took control of this game I mean from the job sorry what’s the KE the start what ke it ah what does that mean guess what was the mindset what made that happen you guys getting off to that fast start I don’t know we didn’t have a

Specific mindset to be honest we uh we come out aggressive we come out like showing um or playing hard and just playing our basketball and um and that was it we didn’t put any extra of course maybe there’s some like feeling from last game that we lost I

Think maybe we we took that energy and and put it into this game and that was it that was that was pretty much it we went up big and then it was a bit of like a maybe not as fun game no because when you’re up 30 it’s kind of there we

Go it’s just keep playing but I think we did a decent job not great but decent job of of of trying to keep pushing and and adding to that lead you know just focus on what we need to do keep improving who makes such a good defensive team and how is this defense

May different from other ones you play in in the past I think the Personnel of course you know the type of uh players like the type of you know Defenders we have that’s that’s that just on that first line makes it easier for me and then I’m

On you know on the backside and and and and trying to protect the rim so and of course you have to give credit to the coaching staff you know the the schemes the defensive um like schemes and how we play it’s you know it’s it’s paying off

And the numbers are good although it can get better for sure and and that’s what we always strive for just keep getting better at at what we already are doing pretty good job Drew’s impact might be going a little under the radar this year why do you think he deserves to be voted

Into the elar game well because we’re number one one no number one team in the league and and he’s a you know previous Allstar player um and I think uh you can get like overshadowed by you know guys putting up numbers and but at the end if

You’re winning I think a lot of the things that he’s doing that is contributing to winning in a big way uh can go under the radar a little bit and that’s what’s happening and um but I think as I’ve said before like if we keep winning uh

It the personal like accolades will will come it’s nine straight games with 120 plus points offensively what’s making that possible um again I think it’s just a talent honestly and and uh us uh I think settling in a little bit into our roles into our uh way of

Playing and and and we’re just that talented to be honest like tonight they’re doubling JT JT is willing to make the right pass and and and the right play and that’s an automatic huge Advantage for us and that’s it it’s just when you again I always keep ring myself

But I’ll say it again like the with these kind of talent talented players playing just makes all these things so much easier teams are starting to play zone more Zone against you guys you’re trying to shake things up and your offense has been very dominant Abby said how do you

Approach a Zone what’s it like when you’re standing in the middle of a Zone and and how do do you like when teams play zone against you is that give you more options yeah I mean it’s you have to read know you have to read and try to

Exploit some of the weak spots and and I think we did a pretty good job today it was a little bit weird Zone and the OKC Zone was weird too I’m not going to lie it’s not like a classic Zone that that we have played these last two games

Against uh but I think we do a good job of picking it apart getting open looks and then it’s just a matter of us making it making the shots and I think uh the the answers like to those zones that are given to us by the coaching staff are

Good you know and Joe’s doing a great job and and um and that’s it we want to you know we want to keep seeing different kind of um looks thrown at us you know so we can so we can learn everything and and know what weapons to use in each of those scenarios Question can I do one more in English Heather Indie you missed the match up in the IST is that an I mean a high-scoring team what does the approach have to be uh we know what kind of basketball they play we’ve seen him a couple times already

You know or two or three or one maybe one no two two for sure two for sure yeah but one with halberton no and with halberton they’re like a different you know different level team and we know what kind of basketball they play super fast like running chaotic setting screen slipping out shooting

Bunch of Threes And and that’s a dangerous team you know it’s it’s um it’s a team that can on any night go off and and and be hard to stop H and we had to do a really good job of of trying to contain those guys so so they feel our

Pressure on the defensive end and uh and I think then then we’ll take care of business presented by your New England Ford dealers built for America built Ford proud

Hear what Kristaps Porzingis had to say after the Celtics 126-97 win over the Utah Jazz.

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