Aaron Gordon: Nuggets wanted to foul Celtics on final play | Postgame Interview 1/19/24

Aaron Gordon: Nuggets wanted to foul Celtics on final play | Postgame Interview 1/19/24

Said initially he was going to play DeAndre tonight it’s not like this was sort of a scripted rotation thing is he communicating with you just sort of about uh about what you’re feeling physically throughout the game and at one point was it clear that you were going to go the entire second half

Um he was asking me if I was like feeling okay I feel fine I can play another 48 and not TI let everybody else retired how comfortable are you playing the backup center with that you know I know it was a playoff rotation but having that be in this game kind of

Treating this game like a playoff game uh it takes a little second to get like back re acclimated to it you know like back used to it um but if I know that’s what we’re doing it’s a little bit easier to adjust but um I like it you

Know it’s fine just pick and roll uh get to switch one through five we get rebounds we get runs we’re really fast in that unit so it’s fine um I think that’s something that we go go to a little bit more as we get closer to the

Playoffs as well like you were saying does the way that you think about being aggressive and the way that you look for your shot change when you’re that group in that Ro uh yeah I mean I Look to playmake a little bit more um as opposed

To like you know playing off of yoke um how much did you expect to guard Chris STS going into this one was that an in-game adjustment did that kind of going into the game as a plan I didn’t really go at chis step so much who I I guarded like JB a little

Bit switch some CPS a little but it’s mostly JB Mika was guarded CPS for the most part and in terms of the smaller lineup how do you felt like that slowed boss him down a little bit especially after they started hard from three um like our our smaller lineup but

They smaller lineup I mean you get to switch everything you know so when you switch everything it kind of takes for it like box down so you have to play oneon-one or you have to like slip but everything is going towards the basket just in big picture you have you know

There’s only so many of these kind of games during season you know when you know or when you have an ankling that you know this is going to be one of those games how do you guys approach it kind of mentally a little bit I don’t approach

It like any other game um we come in here looking to play our best back best brand of basketball and get a win we know that’s that’s where we we don’t approach for kcp to mirror Tatum’s minutes how much harder is it for him to sort of

Slow him down when there’s a stretch early in the game where Tatum sort of gets cooking obviously like it’s such a rhythm game you see Jamal get hot and he ends up with 35 like how much harder is it for Casey to end up keeping T’s numbers pretty inefficient after a

Little stretch like that I mean kcp is a a first team all NBA Defender um so he knows how to use his hands how to use his feet how to read the defense um he’s a veteran veteran player so he’s very solid and he sacrifices a lot

Um honestly he’s the anchor of our defense what you think of the last play you guys kind of held him for 13 seconds there they call it timeout were you guys going to give a foul there or were you going to play it out uh yeah we going we

Were going to foul one more time and then regrouping out the time there how do you feel like that win um I think it went fine uh I think if they caught it uh at the three-point line they foul one more time so they don’t get a three um but since it was

Inside the three-point line just played it out if they make it two then we go to overtime what case do you think Jamal Murray made that he’s an Allstar tonight I mean I think it’s a great case great step in the right direction I believe

He’s an Allstar so um I think he’s going to continue to play it out um and at that level and uh you know I hope they do the right thing I hope they do the right thing I saw like a I saw like something stat where was like it’s the

First time in a long time like a team has won a championship which just only one Allstar or something like that and no defensive selections and I think that should change you know I think we should have uh multiple allst stars and multiple defensive selections I don’t

Know if that’s going to change but Jamal Murray definitely deserves aov say about Joker that he was able to put up that kind of performance while he’s going through a tough time personally it’s greatness man it’s greatness uh coach Malone was talking about that’s how you honor somebody um

And it’s not easy uh you know we deal with so much on on the court but we deal with a lot off the court to I know he’s going through a hard time I just want him to know that he’s appreciated for going through it and that you know we

Got him in tough times and he’s just he’s great he’s great

BOSTON — Aaron Gordon of the Denver Nuggets discussed their strategy in the final play of their game against the Celtics, revealing that the Nuggets intended to commit a foul. This tactical decision was part of their approach to secure their win. Ultimately, the Nuggets triumphed over the Celtics with a close 102-100 score, handing Boston their first home loss of the season. Gordon’s insight into the team’s strategy highlights the critical thinking that went into those final, decisive moments of the game.

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