Giannis Antetokounmpo Postgame Press Conference | 2.6.24

Giannis Antetokounmpo Postgame Press Conference | 2.6.24

I guess just a start you know Dame can’t go you you knew Brooke was out and then Chris goes on in eight minutes so just sort of how did what did that feel like I guess to see Chris get hurt like that and then also the way to have to then

Respond sort of on the fly with with him being off the floor uh you know we basketball players NBA players we still got to do what we got to do play the game compete you know give it all for the team I think guys respond the right way um played hard

Throughout the whole game obviously you’re playing a very very talented team team that can score the ball at any time they want I think we did a good job just you know marking up the game um playing hard um moving the ball you know taking

Care of the ball but again if you don’t you don’t have three of your start this just becomes hard it’s it’s hard on everybody but can make excuses I think we are anybody available to play we all NBA players you know we’ve work extremely hard to be here so we go out

There and give our all for the team and sometimes we win sometimes we don’t over the years I think PJ had KD some Chris has had KD some just what was it like for you to kind of get that challenge tonight and try to have some have some

Success you know obviously it’s uh it’s hard one of the best players to play this game um arguably top 10 of all time um can get to his spot plays up and score I think I did you know tried anything I could to kind of limit

Him limit him as much as I could uh but it’s it’s hard you know playmaking rebounding screening rolling and then you got to go back and like guard also I I you know try to make it as hard as I could on him and um there was some possession that he scored and

Some Poss that he didn’t that’s prettyy much it besides KD though they have a lot of offensive options and you guys had a really good effort defensively too yeah despite them so is it pick your poison or what do you try to do when you have pick your poison

It’s it’s hard what poison man this is uh incredible it’s like what do you want to die from do you want to die from the crocodile the snake or the hippopotamus you know like it’s any anything you pick it’s a it’s it’s hard uh um you know you have they

Have de booer Bradley Bill even KD but uh at the end of the day also Grayson Allen can score the ball space the floor for them he made big shots for them and N can also be a threat down there offensive rebound when he rolls you know

He’s it’s big you know he can create problems suck everybody in and make the right like it’s they hard team to guard but uh I think our effort defensively was was there all night and uh you know I gotta give my give credit to you know

My teammates and to everybody that we we competed you know Dame not playing Brook not playing and I’m not saying this as a excuse um crazy not getting hurt we could just have put our head down and say okay this another night let’s just last game of the road trip you know sack

This one up and then go back home but uh I think we did a good job competing gave everything we had we just fell short because they they were extremely talented team along those lines look like you were able to lean on the defense and I don’t know if you have as

A team been able to do that a whole lot this year so what did that kind especially thinking that it’s it’s Robin and Pat and Cam and combinations of of you all who haven’t really log minutes together so what what was that like communication wise or feel like to say

Hey we St we we have the some gam that you have no option man like you got to play defense like if you don’t play they score 120 points you don’t right they score 120 I’m not sure 120 19 144 114 and score 115 points if if you

Don’t play defense you score 150 like you have you have no choice you know but as I said I think I think everybody everybody that played it a great job just making it as t as possible to them you know like they want to get into to

The Rhythm feel comfortable and I don’t think we we allow them to do that obviously they in the second half they came out made tough shot but I don’t I don’t ever think that they got into the Rhythm you know so uh we did a good job but it wasn’t

Enough uh are you are you proud of the like strides the defense has made already I mean Doc’s only been here for about 10 days and you’re able to I mean we’re talking about offensive teams and the weapons that an offense has it’s tough to find one better a collection

Better than the Suns so to be able to do that like are are you proud of kind of the strides that you guys have already taken yeah I’m proud of uh you know it’s been it’s been hard um it’s going to be a lot of growing pains and obviously you

Know I think d a extremely good coach you know brings the best out of you coach you hard uh but you know it’s going to be hard it’s going to be hard I don’t think we have been fortunate enough you know um you know this has been a I think one

Of the toughest road trip uh in my recent years but it’s okay I think as a team we are trading towards the right direction I really do believe that I said it previous game I I really don’t care about the score I don’t care about the score because I know when everything

Everybody’s healthy Brook is back dam is back Chris is healthy everybody’s on the same page and we go like and we have played games together under the coach duck and our defense is still getting better and offensively we are moving the ball the ball is not stacking you know

To One play and trying to play ISO we’re we’re going to be fine I think we’re Turing towards the right direction it’s going to be hard it’s not going to be easy no we got to get in shape know we got to keep on getting

Better we got to keep on working got to keep on watching film like now we have to work twice as hard and if we are willing to do that we are going to be okay um but yeah growing pains man Growing Pains but within that I don’t think the

Team is making using that as an excuse man like we playing Utah played hard Dallas played hard today we played hard Portland we played hard um it was one game in between sorry Denver Denver who played hard like you know like I’m I’m I’m I don’t say I’m proud

Like I’m the you know father figure of this team but I I’m extremely happy even though we are one four I’m extremely happy towards the direction the team is going I’m not a doctor we haven’t heard a diagnosis on Chris but I’ve seen ankle sprs before that’s probably two weeks I

Don’t know somewhere around there um just what’s the difficulty of now playing without Chris you guys have been pretty healthy throughout the season but to not have him for long while how many how many games we have left until our break our break five five okay after

Without for a whole season five games it’s okay man he going to be fine five games that probably means eight to 10 game 10 8 to 10 days and then he has the allar break he going to be seven seven days so he’s going to have 15 to 17 days

Maybe he can take the first game he has 20 day we we’re going to be fine it’s going to be bad he’s going to be healthy he’s going to be back to playing the great basketball uh we we are there to support him but uh he’s going to be fine I know Chris

Giannis speaks with media following Wednesday’s loss to the Suns.

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