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Coach Malone Full Post Game Press Conference vs. Kings πŸŽ™



Coach Malone Full Post Game Press Conference vs. Kings πŸŽ™

Anybody yeah Michael the defense got gradually worse as the as the game went along anything changed or was that just more of an effort and attitude issue no I don’t think it was an effort issue I think the guys played hard I think uh they got going they played last night

And I think they started to find a rhythm and late in the game uh dearon Fox took over Nicole what not as best night from him tonight just what do you guys need from him on nights like tonight where obviously you’re very short-handed we need everybody to be better you know I

Mean it was I mean the bench the starting unit um when you without your starting back court uh it’s not just on nicoa because he’s the MVP it’s it’s on everybody’s shoulders to go out there and play to the best of your ability and uh thought our guys played extremely

Hard we gave ourselves a chance uh we’re up four late and I think they closed 13 to five um just too many mistakes down the stretch you know some guys just making things up defensively and then uh costly turnovers um obviously um tough way to

Go into the break losing three in a row but got a chance to get our bodies right our minds right and attack these last 27 games are you seeing bad habits building up over these three losses or do you think it’s more you need the reset mentally for you know

The allar break coming up I think it’s we’re not healthy I mean we have the best fiveman starting unit in the league in the last three games we haven’t had those five guys together so I think it’s more of that uh at least we defended

Tonight I mean that was my big thing to our team today Harrison was the last two games we are 30th in three-point percentage we are 30th in field goal percentage so if you’re not making shots which we aren’t you got to get stops to

Try to stay in the game and we didn’t do that at sack we didn’t do that at Milwaukee I felt like tonight yes as Vinnie said the defense surely got uh worse as the game went along but overall 102 points allowed 43 from the field and only nine made threes those are really

Really improved numbers from uh the earlier games against that team what were you seeing on some of those defensive possessions laid against Fox that that sort of made him tough to contain in the last couple yeah just him getting downhill into his spots um you know that’s what he had 40 points

Last night goes out and gets 30 tonight he’s one of the more Dynamic guards in the league so uh give him credit and we have to be better how would you describe the mentality that Aaron Gordon showed up with tonight um attack aggression uh I I thought AG’s 25 and 15 were uh

Impactful he played downhill and um when Aaron plays with that kind of mentality as you know Katie um he’s a different player and he makes us a different team um so we need that from him got to the foul line eight times too so um it’s

It’s just too bad man that was a game that I felt I wanted to win for our guys you know they worked so hard and um obviously we just were not able to close it out Mike Brown was talking before the game about his experience with golden

State you that um as defending champ getting everybody’s Best Shot is no joke and you guys that this year say it again kid that getting everybody’s Best Shot is no joke as defending champs to what extent have you felt that oh yeah no I couldn’t agree

More and you know you try to prepare guys for that you know you talk to him about it going into the season you know that was the main uh point of emphasis in training camp in San Diego is that know we have a bll iron our back now and

For 82 games we’re going to get everybody’s best um you know from a team in Sacramento or from teams that may be down in the standings there are no easy nights for us and um give them credit they played last night and even yes we were underman but you know they

Came in here and you know took it from us at the end so uh we got to regroup and we got to realize that those 27 games to go most importantly we just can’t think we’re going to ease into the 27 games we have to hit the ground

Running we stumbled going into the break we got to sprint out of the break yeah he said that you know when you have that confidence as defending champs there’s a tendency to say yeah we can switch it on when we need to but in this league that

Isn’t very easy it’s not easy and look at the standings I mean we’ve lost three in a row and you know we went from being tied for first to being maybe I don’t know two games out of first place now uh Minnesota’s playing at a high level

OKC’s playing at a high level Clippers are playing at a high level so and then you have teams like Phoenix like Dallas like New Orleans like Sacramento who are all waiting for somebody to drop so if if you’re thinking that there’s a switch that we can just turn on well now you’re

Going to drop down to the you know a Feeding Frenzy and so we just have to be really mature and responsible with our approach and we’re not going to go 27 and0 but we just got to make sure we’re bringing it every night and playing the right way outside of just getting

Healthy and making sure everybody’s ready to go what’s one thing that would be an indicator to you that would say we are approaching things the correct way in the final 27 game oh always he’s going to start with our defense you I mean like it’s um I think maybe we’re 10th or 10

Or 11 in the on the season in defensive rating um you know but then you had last two games that sack at Milwaukee where we guarded nobody and so we just can’t be uh we’re just really Jackle and hied right now like each night I don’t know which team’s going to show up

Defensively and uh that can’t be that we’re going to miss shots like we’re against Milwaukee we were eight of 30 on wide open threes so after the game they talked about how they locked us up we generated 30 wide openen threes the nearest Defender was from me to you we

Made eight so we’re not making shots but when that happens Ryan I I I just want our defense to be a hell of a lot more consistent and uh I know that in clutch games our defense has been great but it’s got to be just be more consistent

Game to game quarter to quarter and half to half one more question when you’re on the grind of Defending Your title how impactful can a week off at this juncture in the season B for you guys uh I’m hoping it’s I’m hoping it’s very rewarding for everybody you know um and

As Jamal and I were talking about it today this is the first time we’re going through it you know Golden State went through it you know four times um you know pop and San Antonio they went through it a bunch of times well this is

You can talk you can talk to people how hard is it but you got to walk that you got to go through it yourself to really understand it and we played into June and our guys that were here last year are definitely physically mentally and emotionally worn out played a lot of

Basketball and so I think getting away I feel bad for NOA you know he’s got to go to Indianapolis and hopefully he can find a way to just rest his mind but uh I’m hoping that this break allows everybody to come back rejuvenated and um you know kind of with a uh

A new uh pep in their step if you will to attack these 27 games that’s what I’m hoping for than you thanks everybody

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Coach Malone Full Post Game Press Conference vs. Kings πŸŽ™

12 Comments

  1. Bring Jammaal off the bench or something. He is just so inconsistent!!! Let's go, Nugetts !!!

  2. Nikola the only players who is determine to Win all the time….😒😒😒😒😒😒….
    He looks sooooo tired already….!!!!

  3. Lost the final minutes on defense. Malone should’ve tried Jokic, AG, PWat, Braun, Zekeβ€”not MPJ, Reggie, Holiday, Colin (all 4 have poor defense)

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