Nikola Jokić Post Game Press Conference vs. Magic 🎙

Nikola Jokić Post Game Press Conference vs. Magic 🎙

Nia um uh coach sort of brought up uh the bad defense of third quarters 44 last night and 41 tonight um said he told you guys that you need to figure out something else halftime that that sort of works better in terms of getting out there with the right energy is is

There anything that you sort of feel like you guys need to fix from from an effort standpoint going into I mean we had we had a third quarters that we had 16 stops in a row so I mean there some night it’s going to be different than

Some night so today and yesterday was bad we had a good we had a good uh third quarters too Co can you take us through the final play call and just what the what the goal was on The Possession the thing that you saw of

Course the the the blit pi and all kind of Swit you know they were aggressive and Jamal had a switch on on Mo Wagner and he he took a shot him miss you know it’s a something that we going to live with you talk so often about just kind

Of reading the game and and going with the flow of the game when a guy is hot like like Mike tonight is there any part of you that is like I got to get him I got to look to him a little bit more than I normally would or is it just

You’re always going with the flow I don’t know I’m just trying to play the game you know I I’m trying to win a game I cannot uh to be honest for me open man wins and U is it me or is someone else know if you take a

Shot it means I’m going to be fine with that officiating has been a big talking point this season um through the various games four free throws tonight I was curious if uh do you stay mad at non calls after games are over I don’t want to get you fine I’m just more asking

About your reaction like do are you just kind of over it the second the game ends yeah as soon as the game ends it’s over like you can change it there is no reason to to to to think about it and you’re coming off an emotional

Win like you guys had last night and you’re playing like less than 24 hours later is it difficult to sustain guys’s focus and effort and energy for a full game I mean of course but uh those things are it’s part of the season is

Part of the of the job it’s part of the game uh we were we were of course we came back last night um 16 points deficit we came back at 3:30 4:00 in the morning uh but that’s something that you know we cannot change it so you better

Just uh show up and be ready to play kind of on that note you guys have already played nine back to backs does it feel like you guys have played significantly more games to start this definitely that yes definitely is there a little bit of relief knowing that it

Will get a little bit lighter now down the stretch hopefully we going to feel it we’re going to feel it when it comes to the the you know the next couple weeks Orlando I know you guys still scored 120 points but Orlando was playing very physical defense throughout

The game just what was it about maybe their defensive game plan or some of the stuff that they were doing that maybe gave you guys some issues down the stretch um I mean they were they shot 34 free throws they shot 47 from three-o they

Made 7 threes and 50 from the field you know I don’t know is it the one thing but when they when they have that big big uh I’m going to say offens night I think it’s a little bit of everything you know just not U not not being capable of one

Guarding one on one not rebounding some some in some uh uh situations um making getting defending without follow without fallou uh so I think it’s uh you know we we try to match their physicality um but seems like uh it seems like we didn’t

Uh to be honest I was lost I don’t know what to say to answer your question uh what’s your question uh were they doing anything defensively no they were just uh they were Shing the full they were aggressive they they were they they were really good in close outs uh by uh

Closing up to touch the shooters or whatever and and still keeping being capable of guarding people so I think I think that’s what how they that’s that’s how they play that’s why they have a they’re really good you and Jamal both talk about how confident and comfortable you are in the

Twan game and we’ve seen it executed at such a high level in clutch moment so often what does it feel like when it doesn’t go the way you guys planned I mean that’s that’s the game it’s a live thing we sometimes we miss sometimes we make

Uh you know just just uh try to try to be uh try to do the right thing and then if you make if you miss it I mean it’s a Miss make League okay okay I just was going to fall up do you guys ever talk

About it when it doesn’t go right about what could have gone different now if as long as we have a good shot I think I mean there’s nothing to talk about I think uh I know you have a game on Sunday but do you have any special plans

For POS each yeah yes I mean hopefully we’re going to have a nice nice uh morning whatever it is breakfast so just to celebrate it in the right way is there in Ser is a Str a big meal on Christmas this year it’s a Christmas it’s like a day

Before Christmas night and Christmas yeah the whole the whole uh going to say the whole day is kind of special thank you guys thank to call

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Nikola Jokić Post Game Press Conference vs. Magic 🎙