Coach Malone Full Post Game Press Conference vs. 76ers 🎙

Coach Malone Full Post Game Press Conference vs. 76ers 🎙

Like eight minutes left in the game I think it was like a 20 to8 run that they went on what kind of shifted in their favor to close yeah it’s funny I think Clos that third quarter we went on a 120 run kind of take control of the game a

Little bit not the control but took the lead and uh some momentum going into the fourth quarter and U loved how hard our guys played we competed for 48 um but I felt the big thing in that two things in that fourth quarter at turnovers you

Know for the game we only had 11 for 12 which against that team is a great number they lead the NBA in steals per game but unfortunately five of those 11 came in the fourth quarter so when the game is gone back and forth and it’s a close hotly contested game you can’t

Have five turnovers for seven points in the fourth quarter that you’re just kind of shooting yourself in the foot uh and then we gave him 13 free throw attempts in the fourth quarter fouled a three-point jump shooter fouled Joel twice I think on on jump shots um and to

Your point they had an 18-2 run that coincided with a lot of those turnovers run outs and free throw attempts so um obviously not the outcome we wanted um but you know proud of the effort and we just have to be a little bit cleaner for

48 is this um you know no matter who wins or loses I mean is Joel embiid and Nicole Yas that matchup is a good for the league you know just as a whole yeah I mean they’re two great players I mean so the last three MVPs

Out there playing um and the league has got a lot of talented players right now now two good teams and the Western Conference and the and the Eastern Conference so you know this is a game that went down to the wire we came up short joelle’s a hell of a talent I felt

Tobias Harris had a huge impact in that fourth quarter he dominated the first probably four or five minutes and uh that kind of got them back in the game while Joel was out and uh I think if you’re going to beat that team you got

To win the non Joel embi minut and we didn’t do that in the fourth quarter yic had a career-high in offensive rebounds by the end of the third didn’t have in the fourth obviously they were going small on him or smaller a few times how much did that disappearing that aspect

Sort of impact the way things went in the fourth te uh what the his offensive rebounds yeah yeah I mean I I really not understand the question but you know Nicole had 19 rebounds 11 offensive as you said they they kind of uh cross matched a lot with Joelle on smaller

Guys and put smaller guys on Nola and uh Nola took advantage of it and um obviously we won the rebounding battle I think 46 to 32 which is always a great thing but um we just didn’t take care of the ball down the stretch that’s what I

Came down to you look at mb’s stat line and obviously it’s very impressive but the way that Aaron Gordon made things difficult for him as a team how you made things difficult for him how would you kind of evaluate that part of the game yeah I mean that’s that’s what’s uh

Stands out to you he’s a great player and when you play a great player and you think you did a good job on him he have 41 points um you know he had 10 assists he had seven rebounds he got to the foul line 15 times so uh Joel is a very very

Difficult cover hell of a player um and obviously we play them I think right when we get back from this road trip so we’ll have to do a better job not only on him but you know as I mentioned you know Maxi is a a tough kid talented kid

He had 25 and Tobias haded 24 so now you got three guys getting off and you’re going to have a hard time beating that team if you let their top three players hurt you like like that what what caused the contrast and Pace you know from the

First half to the second half where you guys were just running up and down the floor you know in the first half and then just kind of you know got to the half court in in the second half and where did you guys other than the

Turnovers kind of you know baled down in that sense yeah I mean um I’m sure yesterday’s 9-hour chip didn’t help our guys in terms of um you know just fighting through a 48 minute game against a quality opponent um but you know to get out and run you got to get

Stops and the only time you can get out and run that we did tonight I felt in that third quarter close that third quarter we were getting stops getting out and running we were executing we were taking care of the ball and that’s why we closed 12 to zero and then when

You look at why we gave up an 18-2 run well they’re scoring or they going to the foul line every time so now they’re controlling Tempo and now you’re being forced to play against a very good half court defense and um so we have to better in terms of Defending and

Defending without fouling came over to you and said something when he came to the game what did he say to you and what’s uh how would you characterize his additions to the game uh he was just saying congratulations on the championship you know uh you know Pat

And I have always had a relationship so just dis respect for last year and yeah I mean he’s uh you know coming off the bench you know he’s one of the best defensive guards in the entire NBA and then offensively he’s also capable of running a team making plays for his his

Teammates uh I mean but I think one of the more underrated and tangible qualities for any player is toughness and a guy that brings an edge and everywhere Patrick Beverly’s been he’s done that what stands out to you about the Maxi and B 2oman game they’ve had a

Lot more reps together in that especially since Harden got traded well yeah I mean it’s like our Twan game you have a a great Center and a very good guard and uh you know Joel can pick and pop for three he can catch the ball in the pocket and finish

Um Maxi can shoot the three off the pick and roll he can turn the corner get into the paint and then around that they have quality shooting and guys like Tobias Harris guys like Nicholas patum so um yeah just talented players thank you coach

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Coach Malone Full Post Game Press Conference vs. 76ers 🎙