Willie Green recaps win | Pelicans at Warriors Postgame 1/10/24

Willie Green recaps win | Pelicans at Warriors Postgame 1/10/24

Coach a wire to wire win another successful contest on this road trip what are you most proud of on this one um just I’m proud of the way we we start games um with the mentality to to guard number one and um share the basketball we guard we get stops and then 39

Assists only 11 turnovers those are the concepts that we we’ve been working on and uh it’s good to see the guys put it on the floor in the past the road had been an Achilles Hill for the Pelicans they were so much better at home right now you’re 11 and

Seven what’s helped you flip the script and and get your footing in hostile territory so to speak well like I said it it’s really a credit to the character in that locker room you know realizing that we’re a work team and we’ll continue to be honest about the things

That we’re doing well and and be positive about it but there are some things that we can improve on and the guys are dedicated to to getting better and we come in every day with that mindset and you know it’s hard to win in

The NBA it’s hard to win on the road so we don’t take this for granted but this is a big time win for us and we talked about the importance of this road trip coming into it just uh just started off two straight games where you’re up by 40

Plus at one point just what do you really like about the way your team is playing right now well just just I’m blessed we’re blessed and grateful to have two games like that where we start off um dominating and uh it’s hard to do especially against two teams that move

And shoot the ball the way they do and and they can guard and you got guys that play different positions but you know credit to uh jiren Collins and Coach JB um who worked on you know this scout tonight and we really worked on it in

Practice we worked on it in film and the guys went out and executed the game plan and what stands out in some of these blowouts is these aren’t games where Z and bi are scoring 30 40 points points it seems like everybody’s kind of chipping you’re close to 40 assists as a

Team tonight how do you like uh just how much everybody is chipping in right now yeah I I think that’s the growth factor for us is there’s going to be nights because it’s going to be nights that you know z may have 12 13 14 points the same

Thing with bi and are we okay with that you know when we’re winning games and you can see that the double digit um scoring is with seven eight n guys are we okay sometimes you know with just having a solid night and and this was a

Growth moment be you know the guys were happy in the locker room happy for each other and that’s what it’s about it’s about a team win you know guarding rebounding the ball sharing the basketball in the offensive end and taking care of the ball low turn turnover

Games coach the last time you guys were in National TV is probably night you guys want to forget you’re back on national TV tonight do do you feel like this was kind of a statement to show uh everybody how different this team is since Vegas and what has been

The difference since Vegas it it’s more about proving to ourselves um the standard that we want to we want to set for ourselves and Vegas wasn’t it and we were honest about that that that was a a poor performance on our part we played with a lack of

Energy I don’t want to continue to go back let’s stay positive but um we had some honest discussions about it and we want to hold ourselves to a certain standard and the last you know 10 15 games since since Vegas it’s been more more of what we’re about and um that’s

The goal continue to move forward and also with uh bi is there seem like he’s more efficient more joy in this game this year am I am I wrong in what I’m saying or he’s having a ball he he’s sharing the basketball he’s defending you know

He’s one of our leaders uh on on and off the floor it’s it’s great to see him set the tone and and play with such force and efficiency like you said Mark and we’ve talked a lot about the offense and some of these blows but what do you like

About just where you are defensively right now as a team and just the way you’re getting stops consistently well it it all starts with that um we’re a team that we we know we have to defend we have to guard uh we have to contest shots and then we work our tails off

Defensively making sure that we finish those possessions and not give up a ton of offensive rebounds um this is a good offensive rebounding team they still beat us in that category but you know those that’s the focus for us is is making sure that our game plan disciplined defensively is at a high

Level and tonight credit to all of our guys in the locker room they did that uh coach the way you guys were hitting threes it’s almost like you beat them out their own game tonight and then you had vales pretty much doing whatever he wanted inside the paint there was the

Mentality just to keep the the foot on the gas pedal not let up knowing that you know the Warriors can have their own Shooters and have try to take over a game for sure um we know that this is a a group that the Warriors that they they

Have heart they play with pride um they want to protect their home floor they just had a loss here um a few nights ago so we didn’t want to let them back in the game they made a run and then a credit to our guys once again they

Responded and and JV had a huge third quarter uh I think 15 points four rebounds something like that but you know it it was a big time response um from our guys okay thank you

New Orleans Pelicans head coach Willie Green speaks to the media following the team’s win over the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday, January 10, 2024.

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