POSTGAME SOUND: MAGIC VS. PISTONS | COACH MOSE

POSTGAME SOUND: MAGIC VS. PISTONS | COACH MOSE

So coach after the uh Pistons tied the game I believe at 81 what did you uh see from your team down the stress that gave you guys control well I I think we kept Our poise knowing that teams are always going to go on runs within games but

Just not getting too high or too low in that moment but just being able to come out first thing first is getting stops that’s what we had to rely on and then being able to execute on the other end of the floor and you guys have played so

Many these close games that have come down to the wire obviously tonight you had a little more of a cushion but is the defense exactly what you wanted to be in those late moments is the pressure and intensity precisely what you want for the most part yes you know I’m proud

Of how these guys continue to compete uh and understanding in this moment you know you come off of what they say is you know the big win in Minnesota and you know you come and play a team that you know record-wise doesn’t is not the same record but their ability to

Concentrate and focus in on the players that were on the floor and not paying attention to the record and playing the right way and doing whatever it took to Come Away with the win matched his career high with 38 points what did you see from him tonight I thought he was

Incredible I thought he played with a level of poise he attacked the basket 22 times uh to score 38 and not shoot a free throw is highly impressive 38 points attacking the basket 22 times and not shooting a free throw that’s that’s high level um it seems like even when

He’s been a little bit chicky with his three-point shooting it doesn’t seem to affect his confidence obviously tonight he was shooting the ball really well from be on the AR it’s just a matter of the Reps and also convincing him that even if shots aren falling just keep

Taking them well that’s what we talk about with all of our guys just being if they’re the right shots you know you want to step into them with confidence and and that’s what we want to keep our guys continuing to do we they work on it

Every day the coaches do a great job of working with them on it knowing where they’re supposed to be with the spacing and the offense uh but just trusting the body of work you’ve put in and that’s what each one of these guys do that’s

What we ask them to do is continue to work on your game but obviously you’re getting it in the flow of the offense and how we’re playing and then that’s what you saw tonight from France and we talked pregame about the importance of not paying attention to the other teams

Record uh did you sense from your group that they disregarded what the Pistons record was and we’re going to play hard no matter what I did I I like the way in which we started you know trying to get out and defend right away you know we

Had some great looks that didn’t go down early uh we didn’t allow it to discourage us we continued to play hard continue to make the right play the right pass at the right time uh and again that’s if you can continue to play to the standard that you set which is

For us you know competing every night detailing our work covering for each other and having fun while doing it you know that’s what we ask these guys to do night in and Night Out Fran kind of joked with me saying that Powell has like 10 eyes because I said he had six

Assists what do you like about the impact he has on the court and the way he’s able to find his team and and for them to make those shots it really is special he knows when the double teams are coming he knows what the how the the

The situations that he sees and the the great part about this young man is that he’s recognizing it early uh so big it it turns into a bit of a chess match uh when and where you know they were double teaming early right off the passer at

Times then they went from the Baseline a few times they went from the nail a couple times so his ability to recognize it in those moments and he and frons just have a great level of communication I thought Jay Suggs did a great job on the back end of spacing the floor the

Right way knowing he’s able to sit down and knock down shots so his ability to find guys is is really truly a special gift that he has

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