Jacque Vaughn on the Nets’ fourth quarter rally against the Celtics

Jacque Vaughn on the Nets’ fourth quarter rally against the Celtics

LET’S HEAR FROM JEAN, MEGHAN LEADING IT OFF. >> Meghan: OVER ALL WHAT ARE YOUR MAIN TAKEAWAYS WHERE IT SWUNG IN SO MANY DIRECTIONS, DOWN BY 23 BUT ABLE TO CUT IT TO SINGLE DNLTS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER? >> YEAH, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU PLAY THESE

GUYS TOMORROW ONE OF THE THANKS GOT US IN A POSITION TO DEFEND AND GIVE UP ONLY 46 POINTS IN THE SECOND HALF. SO THE REBOUNDING PIECE, THE FOULING PIECE, THAT’S STARING US IN THE FACE. THE MOMENTUM OF THE GAME, OF THEM SHOOTING FREE THROWS, AND IT BEING IN THE BONUS TOO

EARLY, SO WE GOTTA BE ABLE TO CONTAIN THEM AND KEEP THE BALL IN FRONT OF US, AND REBOUND THE BASKETBALL. >> Meghan: WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT THEY DID, ESPECIALLY IN THAT SECOND QUARTER WHERE THINGS STARTED TO SLOW DOWN OFFENSIVELY FOR YOU GUYS? >> I THINK THAT WAS A PART OF

THE FREE-THROW STRATEGY A LITTLE BIT THAT BROKE THE RHYTHM OF THE GAME. AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME THAT ALLOWED THEM TO GET IN THE BONUS, SO WE WEREN’T TRADING BASKETS EQUALLY AT THAT MOMENT, AND SO THAT GAVE THEM THE UPPER HAND FOR SURE. >> JUST FIRST, IS THERE ANY

THOUGHT ABOUT BEN PLAYING ON THE SECOND NIGHT OF A BACK-TO-BACK TOMORROW OR ARE WE NOT THERE YET? >> LUCAS, HE IS NOT PLAYING BACK-TO-BACK, SO HE WILL NOT PLAY TOMORROW. >> THE OTHER THING, WAS THE LINEUP IN THE FIRST QUARTER WITH THE THREE GUARDS AND DORIAN AT THE FIVE, WAS THAT

PREPLANNED OR WAS ATE REACTION TO BOSTON THROWING OUT THAT MATCHUP ZONE THAT THEY DID? >> NO, IT’S SOMETHING WE HAD DEFINITELY TALKED B. AS FAR AS CHANGING UP THE COMBINATION, AND THAT’S JUST GOING TO BE A LITTLE EXPERIMENTAL. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME DENNIS HAS PLAYED WITH BEN, SCHRODER

HAS PLAYED WITH BEN ALSO, SO IT GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THAT, WHICH WAS, GAVE US SOME GOOD DIVIDENDS. BUT THE ABILITY FOR DO, WE MISSED THAT VERSATILITY FOR HIM TO PLAY KORNET OR PLAY AGAINST TATUM, ALL THOSE THINGS ARE VALUABLE TO US. SO WHILE WE WERE PLAYING A

LITTLE BIT OF CHESS MATCH, HE WAS SUBBING, I WAS SUBBING AND TRYING TO GET AN ADVANTAGE. >> JACQUE IN THAT SECOND, MAINLY THAT FOURTH QUARTER, SEEMED LIKE MIKAL AND CAM KIND OF LED THAT RUN TO GET BACK INTO IT. JUST DEFENSIVELY DID YOU GUYS CHANGE ANYTHING OR DID YOU

KEEP IT GOING FROM THE THIRD QUARTER AS YOU WERE LIMITING THEIR SCORING OPPORTUNITIES? >> NO, WE DID MIX THINGS UP A LITTLE BIT, GOT MORE AGGRESSIVE IN EVERY FACET OF THE GAME, WHETHER IT WAS IN THE POST, PICK-AND-ROLL DEFENSE ALSO. SO YOU KNOW, AT TIMES LIKE THAT YOU JUST HAVE TO SCRAMBLE

A LITTLE BIT AND CAUSE SOME CONFUSION, HOPEFULLY GET REWARDED FOR IT. >> JACQUE, CAM THOMAS HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A ROUGH START, OBVIOUSLY WAGS GETTING HUNTED A LITTLE BIT DEFENSIVELY AND SLOW OFFENSIVELY, BUT IN THE SECOND HALF, .100 POINTS, 8 OF 15 FROM THE FIELD, LOOKED LIKE

THE DEFENSE AS A DEFENSE WAS BETTER AS THE GAME PROGRESSED. WHAT YOU DID SEE FROM HIM TO HAVE A BOUNCE-BACK HALF AGAINST THE NBA’S BEST TEAM? >> YEAH, THAT’S A GREAT RESPONSE BY CAM THOMAS, TO BE ABLE TO NOT HAVE THE GAME TURN OUT THE WAY YOU WANT IT TO IN

THE FIRST HALF AND THEN BE ABLE TO STAY WITHIN YOURSELF, AND WITHIN THE TEAM CONCEPTS, AND GET REWARDED FOR CONTINUING TO FIGHT AND HAVING HIS TEAMMATES REALLY PULL FOR HIM TO HAVE A BETTER HALF. SO A LOT GOES TO HIS CREDIT, BECAUSE THAT’S MOTHER THAN A PHYSICAL BATTLE, THAT’S A

MENTAL BATTLE AT THAT TIME AGAINST A REALLY GOOD TEAM. >> WAS THERE ANYTHING YOU COULD HAVE DONE BETTER AGAINST TATUM TONIGHT OR HE WAS JUST HAVING ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS? >> IT’S INTERESTING, HE GOT A COUPLE THREES, THERE WAS THAT LITTLE THREE THREES THAT HE GOT, ONE WAS A FOUL, TWO OFF A

PICK-AND-ROLL WITH DAY’RON IN THERE A LITTLE BIT. SO BE INTERESTING TO WATCH IT AGAIN. THESE HIGH-LEVEL GUYS, ONCE THEY GET GOING, WE STARTED TO TRAP HIM A LITTLE BIT BUT THEY GOT SO MUCH SHOOTING OUT THERE, IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT ADJUSTMENTS WE CAN MAKE. >> Meghan: YOU MENTIONED

DURING PREGAME THAT RUBIK’S CUBE NOW THAT DAY’RON SHARPE IS BACK, WHAT DID YOU SEE AND MAKE FROM HAVING YOUR THREE BIGS OUT THERE ON THE COURT AND KIND OF MOVING FORWARD, OF WHAT YOU LOOK FORWARD TO AHEAD. >> YEAH, WE NEED THEM ALL. LIKE I SAID, I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MINUTE

RESTRICTIONS BEING LIFTED, JUST, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO PLAY DO TONIGHT AND HIS DEFENSIVE PRESENCE TO BE ABLE TO GUARD JAYLEN BROWN ONE ON ONE A LOT OF TIMES IS REALLY GOOD FOR US. THEN YOU SEE TONIGHT, LONNIE GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE LOOKS OFFENSIVELY FOR US, WHICH WE’VE NEEDED, BUT THEN WE

FINISHED THE GAME WITH JALEN WILSON, SO HOW ABOUT THAT? AND THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE OUR TEAM, WHICH IS A GOOD THING FOR US TO CONTINUE

Jacque Vaughn gives Meghan Triplett his biggest takeaways from the Nets’ 118-110 loss to the Celtics. Subscribe for daily sports videos!

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