Jalen Williams On Paul George’s Explosion In Thunder’s Loss Against Clippers

Jalen Williams On Paul George’s Explosion In Thunder’s Loss Against Clippers

Uh jayen High Lev basketball game tonight uh would it feel like out on the floor you know possession after possession going after those guys and going at you um yeah exactly at a high level uh those are always games that um are really fun obviously those are games you

Want to win to but it’s good to be in those on a consistent basis and we you know we’re lucky enough to be in two of them back to back here so um definitely learn a lot from it and uh yeah those are those are always fun to be be a part

Of you guys went up one late and then PG kind of does his thing um as you guys are kind of accumulating more and more of these experiences uh what’s that like to kind of experience a wave like that and and maybe be able to start to um

Pick up more of those things that like in those situations in the future uh you guys can do at a different different level yeah um I mean outside looking in you know people that probably aren’t in the NBA um guys are very good at the sport and you know some sometimes there’s nights

Like that I mean you know like Shay I feel like other teams probably think the exact same way when it’s us so um you know we’ve been on the other end of it a couple times and you kind of just got to tip your hat to some of those plays but

Um he had a good run but basketball is about a lot of other plays other than however many minutes you can dissect so you know throughout the 48 minutes there’s a lot of other stuff that we probably could have picked up um usually guys like that when they’re

Able to kind of get in that zone they were comfortable early on so probably take away a little bit of his comfortability to start the game I think would have helped but you know he’s a good player um you know he made a lot of tough shots especially down the stretch

So some of those just got to kind of tip your head he had one in the wing that Luke contested and just just went in that’s something that he probably works on and made the shot the common denominator for everybody who stepped in here tonight it feels like they just mentioned

Physicality in it I think that was the case for for a lot of yesterday I just wonder if you feel like throughout this year you guys have responding to physicality the way you like yeah we’re bumping we’re battling down there I don’t think there’s any night where guys aren’t competing or being

Physical um teams’s going to try and do that cuz we’re young we understand that and I thought we’ve combed it pretty well over the this season I think our record shows for that too Jay you had the three to give you guys a lead with three minutes left what did you feel

During that that ear first fourth quarter stretch to kind of close the gap there just playing hard um they made a couple big runs and we kind of looked for the score and it was still like nine um you know the average Point swing in the NBA is like 12 so we definitely

Understand runs come in waves um you know it’s usually about who can make the run the last so um just sticking with it uh we thought we got a couple good looks that didn’t go had a I had I had had an untimely turnover and we were still down

By like four so um we got good stops at the end like I said PG and you know they hit they hit some tough ones down the street so some of those just kind of kind to tip your hat yeah and Mark was just mentioning like and you brought it

Up there you guys were just hanging around the entire game like it never really got out of hand at any point what did it take for you guys through the first three quarters just to keep this game within Arms Reach uh just playing hard um we have a pretty mature team in

Understanding you know what it takes kind of just stay in the game and I think you have a pretty good feel for uh what’s going on in the game our huddles are getting tighter where we’re kind of talking through what guys are feeling in the In the Heat of the game and

Understanding leads don’t look as bad or as good as you know they may seem in the moment and um like I said you know uh 12 points for any team is not really as big you know as it looks you know especially early on in the game you know you can

Get kind of down if it’s like 21 to9 just cuz of the look of the disparity but you know uh leads are not as close or as far as they seem anybody else we got two last two right here yep um yeah they’re figuring it out um you

Know they have a lot of future h of Famers on that team so it’s definitely fun to compete against them on a consistent basis and you know get those reps but um they’re starting to figure it out they share the ball really well um definitely puts the teams in a

Dilemma when Paul George is sitting on the wing just kind of waiting so or kawhai or whoever it is so you know they have a lot of guys that can go and um you know like Russell Westbrook comes off the bench so I feel like that probably says

Enough about that team so um you know they’re a tough matchup and you know we’re we’re still in the game with them and competing at a high level so it’s fun that we get those reps with them last one right here yeah um I feel like

Uh first off your new nickname is Trend Setter for me first off the swag and then two it seems like every time I talk to a NBA Scout or coach there’s a new player coming out of Santa CLA and I think that is largely because of you um

Brandon psky now we have two more prospects coming out talk about Trend setting and creating your own lane especially in the college ranks showing that you can you know be drafted top 12 out of any school and then what did were you surprised during that time when you

Got drafted by OKC at 122 as well cuz honestly it was a surprise for me even though you know I did some breakdowns of your but just talk about those two elements too um yeah I don’t want to take too much credit for the Santa Clara thing

Just cuz you know guys are still going in there and and playing really well in the in the school uh I think it’s cool to be one of the first people to do it like I know it was a long time before uh Nash I think was the last one so um just

Kind of trying to figure out my own my own path in that regard and um you know we had I think even last year we brought it up in the same interview as is just go where you wanted and you know I think a lot of guys are figuring out which why

The transfer portal always looks the way it does at the end of the year but um doesn’t matter where you go to make an impact and I think a lot of people are are starting to figure that out and basketball is spreading throughout you know the nation and kind of rest of the

World to where you know Talent will get found so I think people are starting to catch on to that and then um what was your second question about you know going you going 12 were you a little shocked by that like not at all no okay

And then you know know just going into that like I know you don’t want credit but a lot of players are coming from Santa Clair right after you like does that like make you feel good in a way like even seeing Brandon Pinsky you know

Go you know get drafted as high as he did like just seeing that Trend and giving a platform for guys you know coming out of schools like Santa CL too as well yeah yeah no I’m I’m extremely proud of them um it does f me like a

Sense of Pride that somebody else is coming from my school and being able to do it um I I even think for my school I just think a lot of like mid Majors that go under the radar I think whenever you can get somebody in the league from them

It kind of it’s kind of a big deal for me so um yeah I’m super grateful that I got to go there and have that experience for sure app it and TNT get my name right [Laughter] yo

Oklahoma City Thunder star Jalen Williams speaks to media after Thunder lose against Paul George and Los Angeles Clippers. Thunder postgame interview. Thunder game today.