CJ McCollum on Brandon Ingram, Pelicans pace in win | Pelicans vs. Raptors Postgame 2/5/24

CJ McCollum on Brandon Ingram, Pelicans pace in win | Pelicans vs. Raptors Postgame 2/5/24

Brandon had a little bit of a night tonight 41 points 8 threes what do you like most though about his game tonight um I like the pace I like the pace that he played with I love the 11 attempts from three the quality attempts obviously he started getting hot and

Started hitting him off the dribbling stuff but him getting catching shoot threes I’m getting a stop behind off the bounds threes zero turnovers is great took care of the ball with nine nine uh assists and then I think his rebounding allowed him to kind of push Tempo a

Little bit more which was great and um you know efficient tough twos and then hit some tough threes and then you know the basket continue to expand for him and you know he played a he played a complete game tonight and he was great defensively active um in the passing

Lanes and and just really showing his athleticism and his skill set and CJ after a tough you know game in San Anon where you guys had to pull out the wi late how important was it for you guys to come home like take care of business

From start to finish yeah I mean that’s the sign of a team heading in the right direction come come off the road after a long road trip and still be able to to lock in focus and get a win um against a team where you be honest on the back to

Back you should be able to be the team on the back Tob back that goes into a double overtime and we did that tonight CJ uh in the third quarter you guys kind of got out to a pretty I think you built up the league but um before the rappers

Called a timeout Brandon caught you for I think he was a flare screen for um caught it in Rhythm and shot probably one of the first times I’ve seen you guys kind of do that this season with you um is that something you read or that just the offense yeah I think it

Was a combination of spacing they’ve been guarding me obviously much closer since I’ve been shooting so many threes and shooting well bi guys going to be pressuring him um trying to pick him up maybe slide under screens and Larry’s just a high IQ player he’s seen the the

Coverage he’s seen the flow and transition and you know he signaled to set the the back screen we made eye contact and uh be threw it to his spot and you know I caught it and raised up but that’s just a high IQ play from our guys understanding the spacing

Understanding the pace in floida game and what we want to accomplish as a team and it was a great look for me speaking of accomplish as a team you guys defensively were really good tonight I think your rotations are pretty on point I think a one point design ended up with

A block I think one of the best rotations of the night was I think Brandon ended up with a good contest in the first quarter um you held the rocket I mean the rapers to uh 100 points but I think defensively your effort was there can you speak to how important that is

Yeah I think coach talks about all the time our identity has to be defense hanging on hat on that getting stops and then it turns into easy offense transition threes transition layups uh we had a couple transitions that I blundered I should have pulled up and

Shot at three on one of them but I didn’t um but I think all in all we got to defend at a high level we had top 10 defensive team to give ourselves a chance to not only win games but to uh uh be in the

Playoffs going back to going back to V coach green mentioned just him getting those attempts up and how he’s constantly encouraged to take so many threes to see him have that much success how encouraging I guess was that moving forward and you could just see the bench’s reaction action to just as he

Was Catching Fire at the end of the third quarter just what was kind of going through the team I think it’s really encouraging for him understand that he puts the work in to shoot him you know behind closed doors and just continue to take them in public take

Them in in the games and do what you do you know the mides are still going to be there for him he’s still going to be able to get to the cup and he going to have to take some tough ones but it’s about really taking advantage of them

Catching shoot threes when you get them you got to take him and then it opens up the floor for everybody opens up the spacing especially when Z’s down there when jv’s down there if he’s taking those threes and then getting downhill um now he’s a three LEL scorer and he’s

A high level three LEL scorer you guys go back on the road for another four game Road Trip what do you feel like is the biggest importance as far as having success in this road trip uh just take care of your bodies get your sleep um hydrate we’ve been traveling a lot um

We’ve been on the road a lot I don’t the schedule hasn’t been very nice to us to leave and then come back and leave again and then have to fly from Portland to Memphis it’s a long flight but you know it’s the hand we’re dealt now we got to

Go perform and try to get the first one I think we played I don’t know somebody in La one of those teams we got try to get the first one and they ride the way

New Orleans Pelicans guard CJ McCollum speaks to the media following the team’s game against the Toronto Raptors on Monday, February 5, 2024.

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New Orleans Pelicans Roster
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Jose Alvarado #15 Guard
Dyson Daniels #11 Guard
Jordan Hawkins #24 Guard
Brandon Ingram #14 Forward
Herbert Jones #5 Forward
E.J. Liddell #32 Forward
Naji Marshall #8 Forward
CJ McCollum #3 Guard
Trey Murphy III #25 Guard
Larry Nance Jr. #22 Forward
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl #50 Forward
Matt Ryan #37 Forward
Dereon Seabron #0 Guard
Jonas Valanciunas #17 Center
Zion Williamson #1 Forward
Cody Zeller #44 Forward-Center

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