Sam Merrill Enjoying Cavs Bench’s Chemistry As Team Continues To Encourage Him

Sam Merrill Enjoying Cavs Bench’s Chemistry As Team Continues To Encourage Him

Keep us on our toes in this one came down to the final seconds there but what did you see of just kind of like the roller coaster of this game yeah I mean obviously not not the way we wanted to finish the game there but

Uh you you got to enjoy every win here and uh we did a lot of good stuff for the middle 37 minutes probably other than the first eight in the last like five or six so um just learned from it and fortunately we did it in a win Donovan

Was just telling us how you make his game better you make everybody’s game better when you’re on the floor and then he came in in that second quarter and told you just to keep shooting it what does it say that the confidence that this group continues to have in you yeah

I mean I really appreciate it they they make life pretty easy for me too Tristan with the seren J with his screening and then those guys in transition or in the half court being willing to look for me and uh find me in my spots and find me

In Rhythm it makes my life as a shooter much much easier fourth consecutive game where the bench is come in and scored at least 50 points what type of flow was that group finding yeah I think we’re developing a pretty good chemistry there where Caris is kind of doing his thing um but

Also understanding what me and George can bring as ball handler not as ball movers and Shooters and Inter again with his screening is rebounding and then whoever that fifth guy may be whether it’s Craig or uh whichever the starters are still in so we understood that we

Didn’t get off to a great start tonight so we had to bring some energy that second unit we were able to do that pace seems to year game um max is one of those guys that really pushes it up the floor how crucial is that not only to

The team but also for you yeah he does a really good job with that Caris does a good job with that Don as well so uh you know transitions an opportunity to find creases in the defense and move around and you know most of the time the

Defense is focused on is assuming that guys are going to go certain spots so it’s a good opportunity for me to uh fill in other spots and get open shots so uh we’re trying to push the pace as much as possible how often are you looking to utilize that that pocket too

When guys are chasing you around that’s how you found Tristan one of those for dunker yeah for sure being Tristan are starting to develop some good chemistry and he’s everyone knows he’s one of the best screeners in the league so when I come off and I’m able to get a little

Space and the big comes up uh you know he does a good job of rolling as well what do you make of ja’s performance as of play he’s been awesome he’s playing an All-Star level uh as you know about as good as you can play for a big man

These last few weeks so uh we really appreciate him what he does on both sides of the ball and just hope that he can keep that up uh yesterday Imani had 38 points with the charge why are those reps in the g- league so important for somebody like him yeah they’re big it’s

Uh it’s a great opportunity it was for me to you know find one just find a rhythm at the pro level because I I’ve said like the G League’s got its you know its flaws from a from a talent standpoint but there’s a lot of really

Good athletes um and a lot of guys that are pretty close so uh it’s good to be able to get into a rhythm and then it’s good to find find what works and what will work at at this level um because there’s a lot of guys that put up a lot of points

In the G league and they’re not really close and I think ammani you know in the games that I didn’t I wasn’t able to go last night but in the games that I’ve seen he’s he’s doing a pretty good job of not just trying to get points but trying to

Trying to find his spots in the right way where it would where it would work up here thanks Sam

Sam Merrill talks to the media following the team’s 117-115 win vs. the San Antonio Spurs.
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