J.B. Bickerstaff | Cavs at Spurs Post Game | 2.3.2024

J.B. Bickerstaff | Cavs at Spurs Post Game | 2.3.2024

Like at a different level tonight uh yeah I mean he’s he was aggressive um you know I I love to see him shooting the threes with confidence um you know I do think there was a little bit of a message being sent to everybody um our big guys are pretty

Good between him and Ja the job that they did tonight uh I think they stepped up uh they wanted to prove a point as well why I don’t know what impressed you most about just the way you guys executed the game plan you know from the the paint points advantage

To just how you guys play I think we did a great job just trying to continue to build on uh what’s important to us and what we value um you know I thought we did a great job of attacking the paint we did a great job of creating open

Shots for each other they all didn’t go but we just played basketball the right way um you know we competed our tals off played together played selfless basketball um as Hoops uh 31 assist I think 31 assist 10 31 assist 10 turnovers you talk about how efficient you guys work yeah I mean

We again that that’s what we want to do um I know it sounds simple um but we just want to throw the ball to the open man as much as we possibly can and if you throw the ball to the open man with this team uh it’s going to end up in the

Hands of somebody who’s really good at basketball so uh you know if you throw it early uh you don’t get in crowds you know you don’t put yourself in position to turn the ball over and for us if we have the opportunity you know to set our

Defense you know we know how good we can be so uh valuing the ball sharing the ball is extremely important to us and then what did you see with that at the it was a dirty ass play um you know kid was upset um at a play that happened

Before and he retaliated which was on his part um and Donovan you know did what Donovan does he stood up for himself um you know I I think it’s you know I understand the rule but if a guy takes a cheap shot on you again you

Should be able to protect yourself um but that was a dirty ass play was it part of the game plan to get Evan going early tonight uh I mean again we just want to throw the ball to the guy that’s open uh so we don’t go into a game

Saying you know this guy has to do this this guy has to do that but what this group does is a great job of realizing uh who’s got it going and how they can feature them and I thought that’s what uh un selfish basketball looks like is

Like you got it going the guy’s got it like let’s do whatever we can to hunt and get that guy opportunities because you know he’s rolling and I think um you know that’s what happened tonight JY what signs are you looking for that tell you that Evan’s getting

Back to his old self uh tonight was a was a good one um you know again it just how he’s moving um you know how he’s participating in what we’re doing on both sides of the ball um you know know his ability tonight to shoot the three

With confidence um you know attack the rim make the mid-range like there wasn’t much that he wasn’t um able to do tonight and you know I think he’s showing that in 24 minutes you know 28 and 10 uh that ain’t bad when he plays like this obviously it’s not going to be

Every single night but when he does what does that do for you guess uh I mean it just gives us you know another weapon um you know he he just there’s so many things that he can do and he’s just so dynamic it just makes defenses have to

Make really difficult decisions uh you got choices to make you know what I mean when a guy’s rolling like that when a guy you know now do you go double him you know he’s an elite playmaker um you let him one-on-one you know he gets the

Job done so uh just you know an extra weapon um but I thought he was dominant tonight

Cleveland Cavaliers Head Coach J.B. Bickerstaff spoke to the media following a 117-101 victory over the San Antonio Spurs at Frost Bank Center on February 3, 2024.