Damian Lillard Postgame Press Conference | 2.3.24

Damian Lillard Postgame Press Conference | 2.3.24

I mean slow slow start on both sides first quarter so I guess what led to that and then what changed defensively particularly quarters two through three I think we uh just didn’t start the game with enough urgency you know I think a team like that sometimes they can

Surprise you with some of the threes that they take you know they just fire anybody get it they see the rim they going to fire um you know they kind of trained to go that way and uh we was giving them that space and also our offense was kind of hurting our defense

Too to where we were kind of uh scrambling and transition sometimes off defense was off balance and they was just boom boom getting threes and it hurt us and I think as soon as we started to I think execute a little bit better and settled down we got in a

Space and started to take some of those easy looks away uh you know it started to show um we was able to get better looks we weren’t playing against the set defense cuz we weren’t taking the ball out of the net every time we was able to

Get it off the rim and put push it at them and I thought that was when the game changed 34 assists 50 field goals how important was the ball movement overall offens it’s really important um obviously we have a deep team we got a

Lot of guys that can shoot a lot of guys that can score you know a lot of talent a lot of ability on our team and I think when we use each other you know when um sometimes when you got a talented team we all think I can make a play right

Here but a lot of times the next play could be a great play just because of how deep we are and I thought we made that extra pass you know just a little bit more than we have been this season tonight and uh you know when we do that

It’s a it’s a good night for us Doan mentioned waned to save that trapping defense for the third quarter so how big was that second quarter to get it close at halftime where it was you know within Striking Distance I think I looked up at

One point and it was like 45 to 20 and at that point you know all bets are off you got to do what you got to do to get back into the game and you looking at halftime like man if we can turn this to a single digit game or just get some

Momentum then we regroup and come out and try to you know dominate the second half but uh I thought it was a great decision to throw it out there and slow him down a little bit um put the ball in some other guys hands instead of LCA and make them

Make decisions and make them beat you and uh we got back into it like that D mention being excited about the fact that you guys installed that yesterday and then you know it’s right it’s Chris it’s that first night just how exciting is that for you guys as a team to do

That I think it’s exciting you know just having something new that you put in uh we spent a lot of time going over it on the floor and practice uh and then having it come in handy right away I think having bets on our team and experience uh really helped

Us be able to execute it in a game like this um but you know we we found another layer to our our defense that we can go to what has the transition been like going to Dock and and how much progress do you think was made or you guys made

In these last few quarters tonight uh I think it’s been a it’s been a a smooth transition uh you know I think his experience and you know how long he’s he’s been a coach to different types of groups he’s dealt with the different type of situation I for me it really shines

Through you know he’s certain about everything it seems like you know when he say something he believe in it you know he’s he’s experienced it and um you know he’s coming in he’s speaking like as a matter of fact not like maybe or you know wishy-washy or nothing and um I

Think our team you know we we’ve been able to feed off of that

Damian Lillard spoke to the media after Saturday’s game in Dallas.

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