Ime Udoka after Rockets get crushed in New Orleans

Ime Udoka after Rockets get crushed in New Orleans

Obviously the almost half points in the paint going up against and obviously it’s a physical I mean you have to you know take a little pride in guarding your matchup and um you know knowing their Tendencies and what they want to get to and um especially Williamson that’s what

He does he you know forces his way to the basket um I think the blow buys and straight line drives were um a little bit too easy for him you know we want to keep bodies in front of him or go after him even when we doubled him at times he

Still beat the double team and so that’s one piece and then the valent tuna thing obviously you got to go in early and um just too easy on his catches you got to do your work early there since not the old NBA where you just let somebody post

Up and then decide to guard once they get the ball you can do your work early and when we did that we had a little success but um as many as those were with those two guys I think our turnovers were obviously a culprit and and they got out in transition so those

Are all Point paints or Point paint points as well and um you know we kind of shot oursel in the foot in the second half the second quarter by the turnovers and letting them get out transition you talked about the pace want to be up a little B more um also

That comes with the balance of trying to keep composure and keep turnovers down how do you find that balance seems like tonight 21 turnovers 23 for 34 yeah one of our worst on the year and um you know you want to play with Pace but I think

Majority of those were in the half court um and that’s a team that gives up the 29th 29th and giving up three-point attempts and so we the ball was popping early you know nine assists on 10 baskets in the first quarter seven for seven for 14 from three so we knew

They’re going to loow load up the paint and it’s being strong when you get in the pocket or on penetration you know that the defense is going to come over and help and so we made the right passes early I think um when they started to

Get some deflections and load up and be up their physicality in the second half of the second quarter that’s when they got out there so um you know knowing what they’re going to give up defensively and just making the right read I think at times we you know we had

Some uncharacteristic turnovers there from our starters and uh let them get get out in transition what was the men doing well that allowed him to have a career high 22 points attacking you know he he was very active on both ends um you know he’s being confident taking

What they got kind of gave him even when they backed off him he take took up that space and created for himself for others and then you know defensive stops allowing him to get on trans position as well so his activity was great I think uh the guys in the fourth quarter play

With the right urgency that we want to see from the start um and I’m in as well when he came with the starting unit he was good he kind of changed the pace as far as that the past like five or six games his first game back tonight how

You think you do a little rusty you could tell I mean um and I think um you know they they put some bigger bodies on them kind of took away some of his looks um but when he made the right read uh you know their length kind of bothered

Him as well with the turnovers I think herb Jones getting some hands on the pocket passes to alpie and so um a little bit I would say unexpected you know coming off a five game absence and the All-Star break but um in general not just Fred I think our starters you we in

The sharp as we needed to be and um especially in that second quarter thank you coach thank you

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Ime Udoka talks to reporters after the Houston Rockets lost big to the New Orleans Pelicans on the road on 2/22/2024. Amen Thompson scored a career-high 22 points. Alperen Sengun finished with 20 points but struggled mightily defensively against Jonas Valanciunas.