POSTGAME REACTION: Orlando Magic at Memphis Grizzlies, 1/26/24.
Look for Joe you probably take you know over and over again what did you see on that that last play they uh they did a great job of shading Paulo to his left hand he attacked downhill they helped off of Joe which is exactly the look you
Want wide open feet set knock down three for the game uh but at the end of the day like we continue to say it’s not about that three it’s about the prior possessions in the game earlier um the empty possessions of turnovers uh the free throws I think those are the the
Things that we work on continue to get better at and and understand that those are the possessions that matter in a game like this did you look at the The Possession that that got you there the four shot clock violation just how much did you like that group that you were rolling
With with ab and ji get getting your stops defensively I thought it was an incredible defensive group I think they did a great job of you know forcing you know tough shots you know you hold them to 17 points in the fourth quarter quarter 22 points in the third quarter
But again it goes back to that second quarter where we let go of it a little bit so that gets the momentum and again it’s never about that last final shot or stop uh it’s about the possessions before that that we just we we will continue to get better uh and continue
To fight and play the right way with for one another you know they been knock me down a ton of Threes you know especially in that second quarter what were they able to do to to get so many of those three constant movement uh I think they
Did a great job of putting guys in position to you know getting coming off of flare screens uh coming back off of it you know Canard never stopped moving uh we lost him a couple times in those situations understanding where he is on the floor is OB is a high priority again
Those are things that we have to continue to watch uh work on getting better at and understand the the importance of the the small details in games like this yeah we saw jayen get get knocked out with the with Bru you know how’s he doing and what kind of
Happ uh you know I think he just he did bruise his knee I think they fell on him a little bit and then you know so he we’ll reevaluate him when we get back to Orlando you know po continues to come up big down the stretch his fourth quarter
Just how much does that continue to add to his resume of what he’s been able to do this year well we said it like there there’s a reason why he’s an All-Star uh because he’s making the big plays trying to make the big plays making the right
Plays at the right time uh again you know the big shot down the stretch as well as the you know the pass out to Joe for the game possible game winning shot uh again we just we got to continue to learn from these situations uh cuz we’re
Going to be in a ton of them and we just you know Finding ourself on the other end of it is what we’ll continue to work on doing was the last play to go to Joe or was it just an option off the bound’s pass we have a lot of options out of
That you know and and that’s the thing about it you know you asked you know Pao to make the right play in that situation and he did I don’t know if you can ask for a better look at the end of the game you know for a wide openen knock down
Three to win the game thanks coach thank you guys appreciate it look at that that last play I’m sure you take that look for Joe 10 times 10 just how much did you like to look you the get normally expect that to go yeah uh you know I trust Joe to hit
That shot and uh you know with 4 seconds you know the play was basically you know get it at the top and uh try to attack and then make a read and I cross back left and his man pulled in and so I just thre the threw the kick out pass and I
Thought it was going in it looked good and uh rattled out R was able to to Really ratchet up its defense the fourth quarter uh you know ji and Anthony played a big role in that what were you guys able to do to force the shot CL violation that put you
In a position to have a chance to win the game yeah I think um you know we just knew we needed one stop that was just what was being echoed through the Huddle um just to get one stop after uh we made the free throws and uh felt like we were
All on the string on that last possession and we got a did had a great defensive uh possession on on that and uh gave ourselves a chance you know early early in the game they were able to really get going from the three throw and I me from three-point line they’ve
Been able to do that over the course of of the Season what were they really able to do in the second quarter to to generate those gos um I think uh they move the ball really well they play very together as a team and uh I also think though our
Communication wasn’t where it needed to be and that that was the cause of some of their threes I think we gave up some offensive rebounds too but um no I think you know they got a lot of their main guys out but you know their their second
Guys have have been playing very very well I thought jiren did a good job put putting pressure on us just with him at The Rim all game um we had to honor that and uh other guys just made made shots you once again were in attack mode
Down down the stretch having a big fourth quarter you know what what were you seeing were you trying to to do down the stretch there yeah I thought I played terrible in the third quarter um was really frustrated with myself so just really wanted to respond and um
Come out in the fourth quarter and try and win the game um but yeah I think you know my performance in the third quarter was was bad so uh I just wanted to make up for it and give us a chance for for your team to get in a
Groove you know play Suns at home on Sunday go on another road trip what do you what do you feel it’s going to take for your team to to Get Rhythm and and get back on track yeah I think we just got to come together as much as we can um pick up
The communication pick up the intensity get back to just you know being together as a group um you know I think it’s just that point in the season you know where it starts feeling like a grind um for a lot of for a lot of guys including
Myself um you know and we just got to fight through it push through it come together as a group and you know just be be there for each other have each other’s back you know uh I think we did today which is why we came back but um
We just kind of waited too long um and you know that hurt us but I think you know we’ll be all right we just got to like I said stick together and um you know just raise the level of of intensity thank you
The Orlando Magic fell to the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday by a score of 107-106. Hear from head coach Jamahl Mosley and Paolo Banchero on the defeat. 🎙
