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Jacque Vaughn: We’re trying to stack wins together. Good to get a road win.



Jacque Vaughn: We’re trying to stack wins together. Good to get a road win.

IMPRESSIVE WIN IN PHILLY. >> YEAH, THANK YOU, WE’LL TAKE IT, MEAPG, FOR SURE. >> Meghan: I JUST SPOKE TO CAM THOMAS, HE FELT LIKE EVERYBODY HAD HOT HAND. WHAT DID YOU LIKE AND WHAT IMPRESSED YOU ABOUT YOUR TEAM’S PERFORMANCE TONIGHT? >> YEAH, 35 ASSISTS AND TO

GIVE UP 50 — GET UP 50 THREES I DEFINITELY THINKATES MIND SET FOR OUR GROUP. BEN DEFTLY HELPS THAT. ENING OUR FIRST GROUP STARTED REALLY WELL, THEN BEN ENTERED THE GAME AND THERE WAS ANOTHER LEVEL OF PACE FOR OUR GROUP, AND REALLY SHARING THE BASKETBALL, MULTIPLE POKESES WHERE THE DRIVE AND KICK WAS

PROBABLY SOME OF OUR BEST OF THE YEAR. SO IT’S GREAT TO SEE OUR GUYS CONTINUE TO CONNECT ON THE FLOOR. >> Meghan: IS CAM THOMAS SEVENTH 40 POINT GAME, MENTIONED THE GROWTH YOU’VE SEEN FROM HIM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT HIS PLAY TONIGHT, JUST IN WHAT WAY DID YOU SEE HIM TAKE

TO IT THAT OTHER LEVEL? >> YEAH, YOU’RE SEEING IT AT ALL LEVELS NOW WHETHER IT’S THE ABILITY FOR US TO RUN SIMPLE PICK-AND-ROLL AND HE MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION, HE’S JUST DOING IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THE GAME IS REALLY REVEALING ITSELF TO HIM, WHETHER HE’S GOING TO TAKE A SHOT, WHETHER

HE’S GOING TO PRODUCE SOMETHING FOR A TEAMMATE, WHETHER THAT IS GOING TO BE TO THE BIG AT THE RIM OR TO A SMALL IN THE CORNER. SO I REALLY THINK THE WAY HE’S SEEING THE GAME IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE. AND THEN THE EFFORT THAT HE’S GIVEN ON THE DEFENSIVE END OF

THE FLOOR, AGAIN, A CLIP OF HIM AT HALFTIME, WHAT A GREAT BOXOUT. SO THOSE THINGS WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO, I DON’T KNOW, PROMOTE AND GLORIFY AND BECAUSE IT MAKES US A BETTER TEAM. >> THE DRIVE AND KICK YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT, IS THAT MAINLY A PROCESS OF NOT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT EMBIID,

SHORT-HANDED IN THE MIDDLE, IT FELT LIKE THEY COLLAPSED IN? >> YEAH, IT’S A COMBINATION. I THINK WE’VE BEEN TRYING TO DO THAT OVERALL AS A GROUP IS PLAY THAT WAY JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE MULTIPLE SHOOTERS ON THE FLOOR TO ALLOW US TO GET UNCONTESTED OR OPEN LOOKS.

BUT THE FACT THAT JOEL WAS NOT AT THE RIM DEFINITELY TO OUR ADVANTAGE TONIGHT, BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO GET TO THE PAINT, AND NOT SEE HIM STARING AT US. SO THAT PIECE OF IT DEFINITELY WAS IN OUR FAVOR. >> JACQUE, I DON’T WANT TO JINX ANYTHING, IS IT FAIR TO

SAY THAT LONNIE HAS FOUND HIS GROOVE POST INJURY? >> YEAH, AGAIN ANOTHER 30-MINUTE NIGHT FOR HIM. I THINK OVERALL IT’S ALLOWED US TO GET SOMEWHAT OF A SET ROTATION, SO I ALWAYS THINK THAT HELPS GUYS TO FOE WHEN THEY’RE COMING IN. ETC. JUST WE HAVEN’T BEEN AFFORDED THAT OPPORTUNITY TO

DO THAT THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, BUT DIE THINK POST INJURY FOR HIM, HE’S FOUND THE GROOVE THAT HE HAD BEFORE THE INJURY, AND SOMETIMES IT JUST TAKES A LITTLE WHILE TO GET BACK INTO THE GROOVE OF IT. BUT HE’S UNDERSTANDING HOW HE CAN IMPACT THE GAME FOR SURE.

>> WITH MIKAL AND CAM BOTH HAVING 20 AGAINSTER, CAM 40, BUT THIS THAT GROUP TOGETHER, MIKAL ARE YOU SEEING MORE CONFIDENT WITH THAT THREE-BALL, NOT JUST TAKING A LOOT BUT — LOT BUT HE’S MADE MORE, FIVE TONIGHT? >> I THINK IT’S DEFINITELY A PROCESS THAT HE’S TAKEN IN THE

SENSE OF BEING AN EFFICIENT BASKETBALL PLAYER. AND SO YOU SEE HE IS EVEN TONIGHT, YOU TAKE TONIGHT, HOW MANY MID-RANGE SHOTS DID HE TAKE, CONVERSELY, THAT HE HAD BEEN TAKING. EXCUSE ME. PRODUCING THREES FOR US WILL MAKE HIM MORE EFFICIENT. I THINK THE LAST TWO GAMES, 14 THREES, 12 THREES BEFORE THAT.

AND SO THAT’S JUST GOING TO BE AN AREA THAT HE CAN GROW IN. WE TOO WANT HIM TAKING MID-RANGE SHOTS, THAT’S PART OF WHO HE IS. BUT IF WE CAN PUSH THAT TOWARDS THREES, EVEN THE EARLY ONE IN TRANSITION THAT HE’S BEEN TAKING, THAT’S A BENEFIT FOR US.

>> COT CAM AND MIKAL 20-POINT GAMES, HOW MUCH IS HELPING EVERYTHING ELSE? IT SEEMS AS THEY’RE COOKING TOGETHER, THE OFFENSE FEELS IT’S AT ANOTHER LEVEL WITH THE TWO OF THEM ON THE SAME PAGE NOW. >> YEAH, EVAN, WHEN THEY’RE BOTH SCORING AT A HIGH CLIP THAT WAY, WE CAN MANUFACTURE

POINTS WITH PLAY CALLS, WE CAN DO IT IN THE FLOW OF THE GAME. IT JUST MAKES US HARD TORRE GUARD. IF YOU GO ON A TRAP CT, IF YOU GO TO TRY TO KEEP THE BALL OUT OF ONE OF THOSE DUDES’ HANDS THEN WE HAVE OTHER OPTIONS. I THINK THEY’RE LEARNING HOW

TO, IT’S NOT MY TURN, YOUR TURN, KIND OF THING IS REALLY PLAYING WITHIN THE FLOW OF THE OFFENSE AND ELECT IT REALLY COME TO. THEY THEY’RE GOING TO PLAY THE MINUTES, SO I THINK THEY’RE LEARNING HOW TO DEWAYNE WISE WAYS TO BE PRODUCTIVE. >> THIS IS CAM’S FOURTH STRAIGHT GAME STARTING I THINK.

HAS HE DONE ADJUST DURING THE STRETCH TO BE A PART OF THAT STARTING UNIT WHEN EVERYBODY GELTZ SNILT. >> ERIC, I’LL SEE WHEN WE GET HEALTHY. YOU KNOW, WE MISS DO, WE MISS DAY’RON. GOOD TO SEE BEN BACK OUT THERE TONIGHT. I’M NOT SURE WHAT OUR STARTING UNIT’S GOING TO BE GOING

FORWARD, BUT RIGHT NOW I THINK THIS GROUP HAS PUT US IN A POSITION TO WIN GAMES, AND YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS CONSIDER THAT AS FAR AS BEING THE BEST OPTION FOR OUR TIMO. THE DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS, I HAVE LIKED THE SUBPATTERNS THAT WE HAD. WHO’S BEEN OUT THERE PLAYING WITH EACH OREGON’S I THINK

THAT’S BEEN A BENEFIT TO OUR ENTIRE GROUP. SO I’LL ALWAYS DIAGNOSIS AND SEE WHAT’S BEST GOING FORWARD. >> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DEFENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE LAST MONTH. >> YEAH, I WISH WE WOULD HAVE NOT GIRICEK UP THOSE THREES AT THE END OF THE GAME TONIGHT, THAT WOULD HAVE HELPED OUR

DEFENSIVE RATING. THAT’S ALL I WAS THINKING ABOUT OVER THERE. >> IS THERE SOME I GUESS, FOURTH QUARTER, SOME OVERARCHING FACTOR THAT ALLOWED FOR THAT OR JUST SMALL PIECES OF GROWTH SORT OF ADDING SANOGO. >> IT’S A COMBINATION OF THOSE THINGS. IT’S THE CORPORATE KNOWLEDGE A LITTLE BIT, TOOK US HALF THE

YEAR TO GET HERE IN SOME OF THOSE AREAS. ANDRE SEE IMPROVEMENT BY GUYS. I COMPLIMENTED OUR GUYS ABOUT TAKING THINGS THAT WE’VE BEEN WORKING ON AND REALLY IMPLEMENTING THEM IN THE GAME, WHETHER IT WAS THE DIFFERENT COVERINGS WE HAD ON MAXEY, BEING ABLE TO DO THAT IN THE GAME FROM PRACTICE.

THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT IS I THINK WE’VE HONED IN HOW WE’RE GOING TO PLAY DEFENSE. WE WERE SEARCHING TO SEE HOW WE WERE GOING TO TURN PEOPLE OVER. WE WERE ACTUALLY TURNING PEOPLE OVER MORE THAN WHEN WE WERE SEARCHING FOR TURNING PEOPLE OVER, SO IT’S INTERESTING HOW WUK CREATE

TURNOVERS BY BEING AGGRESSIVE, KNOWING WHAT YOU’RE DOING AN POSITIONALLY BEING IN THE RIGHT PLACE. >> LAST ONE, MEGHAN. >> Meghan: WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO GET A WIN ON THE ROAD HERE IN PHILADELPHIA, A TEAM THAT BEAT YOU NINE STRAIGHT TIMES? >> YEAH, COACHES MENTIONED THAT TO THE GROUP THAT THEY

HAD BEATEN US A FEW TIMES, AND WHETHER WHO’S PLAYING OR NOT PLAYING FOR US, WE’RE TRYING TO STACK WINS TOGETHER. SO GOOD TO GET A ROAD

The Nets have won 3 of their last 4 games. Jacque Vaughn meets with the media after 136-121 victory over the 76ers to break down tonight’s win. Subscribe for daily sports videos!

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3 Comments

  1. In an era where dudes are scoring 70, 60 and 50 points fans are failing to understand what a player like Ben Simmons does without scoring to win games. 70, 60, 50 points cannot be scored consistently by the same guy (as Maxy can tell you), however setting up other players around him can be done consistently. Sixers fanbase completely lost the plot on this. 😊

  2. Still doesn't commit to starting cam thomas when everyone is healthy! What does cam have to do score 80 every game geez this coach

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