Kristaps Porzingis on Celtics BLOWOUT vs Jazz | Postgame Interview 1/5/24

Kristaps Porzingis on Celtics BLOWOUT vs Jazz | Postgame Interview 1/5/24

He I got you all right yeah I was checking what um 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 what does that mean I 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 thep Rive 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 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 focusing on what

We need to do to to keep improving what makes this such a good defensive team and how is this defense maybe different from other played 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 back side 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 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 allstar game oh because we’re number one no number one team in the league and and she’s a you know previous Allstar player um and I think uh you can

Get like overshadowed by you know guys putting up numbers 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

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 first off that’s nine straight games with 120 plus points offensively what’s making that possible um again I think it’s just the talent honestly and and uh us 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 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 and said how do you approach a Zone what’s it like when you’re standing in the middle of Zone how do you like when team play zone against you that give yeah I mean it’s you have to read

Know you have to read and try to exploit some of the weak spots and I think we did a pretty good job today it was a little bit weird Zone and okay she 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 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 I want to see [Applause] 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 do the approach have to be uh we know what kind of basketball they play we’ve seen them a couple times already

You know or two or three one one no two two for sure two for sure yeah but one with hbert know and with hton 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 uh and we had to do a really good job of of trying to contain those guys so so

They feel our pressure on the def def end and uh and I think then then we’ll take care of business

BOSTON — Following the Boston Celtics 126-97 victory over the Utah Jazz on Friday night, Kristaps Porzingis, who scored 19 points and grabbed 5 rebounds, spoke in favor of Jrue Holiday’s All-Star team inclusion despite his lower numbers this season.

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