Zion Williamson on limiting mistakes, building chemistry | Pelicans Bulls Postgame 2/25/24
You guys uh one up 12 with like 3 minutes to go in the third quarter then it was a onepoint game going in the fourth just what do you see kind of in that that three minute stretch there just loose turnovers uh I had a lot of turnovers early that I
Shouldn’t have had and then the loose turnovers is just miscommunication and they capitalized off everyone yeah I mean you guys did have CJ Jose dice and you know how hard is it to just have a game where you don’t have that many guards active I mean we have a lot of
Guys out but we still went into the game with the mindset of we’re going to win this and it was a very winnable game for us but I think we just beat ourselves um a lot of things uh Willie talked about you know late game situations with turnovers
Defensive rebounds and free throws how much have you kind of seen that as a consistent problem in those situations uh early in the season it was definitely a big problem for us with all the above and what you spoke on but uh I feel like we’ve definitely improved on it but
Tonight uh we had some slippage and I’ve said it all season if we want to be one of those Elite teams those contenders can’t do that yeah not trying to get you fine but I made another night with just two free throw attempts uh where they talked about disparity between calls you
Weren’t getting some of the calls the Rosen was getting I mean what do you think when you know the style you play and you look at the box score and his two free throw attempts I didn’t get fouled that’s all I can say I didn’t get
Fouled they didn’t call it I didn’t get fou Z how much more advantageous is it when one team’s sending a guy 10 times more free line when the other team doesn’t I I can’t answer these questions I mean this is tough I can feel way but
I’m not a ref I’ve never refed the game in my life uh something a little more positive uh uh these last few games you guys your starting group in particular has played really well together I know it’s been kind of an up and down thing prior to
That just what do you attribute the success to that you guys are finding right like after the break with the starting group uh momentum and just like we said been saying all year but before the season we played what 10 games together our chemistry is like coming together so the
More we’re on the court together the the better we get and the more we learn okay maybe with this match up this game it’s going to be be to start a to set the tone or maybe it’s going to be CJ or maybe it’s going to be me uh it’s just
Our chemistry and then our Pace our pace is uh up you you talked a lot about being a point guard your whole life uh your former teammate JJ reck was on a podcast recently talking about specifically the last few games when you’ve been initiating the action the possession of efficiency has been
Something crazy like 1.4 points per possession just what what are you seeing out there um in terms of those read you had a couple of high assists T nights and just uh is it enjoyable to be able to play the style of basketball that you say you know you grown up playing uh
It’s very enjoyable um and I’ve said it before I’m just glad my coaches and my teammates trust me to do that um what I see is uh I’m aggressive on the attack but if there’s four people there and I have Shooters wide open I just find him um I kind of know where
I kind of look to where the help’s going to come from and once I locate that I just find a shooter or open man son how has your opinion changed of herb Jones last two months he’s shooting probably close to 50% from three when you look at
Him do you see a shooter out there you can’t just leave him open before you can tell teens would like try to leave him open but what he what is he shooting three like 40 41 he’s shooting a hot clip to where in my opinion every time
He has a three I think it’s good so I feel like other teams are definitely starting to respect that a lot and I mean y’all see him he gets downhill really well so it’s his offensive game is Just improving and improving you talked a lot about uh Tre com going
Through ups and downs on offense but seeing him get 10 boards tonight the other night he had three steals three blocks just seeing him finding other ways to impact uh I mean that’s just growth as a player uh you know if your bread and butter isn’t working consistently and you’re
Like you said going through ups and downs to stay in the game you got to find other ways to impact the game and I think he’s done a really good job with that just kind of going back to you looking at the help um and specifically how good herbs been shooting from that
Corner how much are you just like kind of looking at that low man seeing if they’re coming over just a little too much and you know knowing you trust someone like her out there to um you know teams mix it up they don’t some teams uh I think they’ll wait to
See how I’m going to how aggressive I’m going to be when it comes to scoring and other teams are just more loaded up so sometimes it’s just the one dribble Drive easy kick out uh but other kns is more aggressive more aggressive with scoring think
New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson speaks to the media following the team’s game against the Chicago Bulls on Sunday, February 25, 2024.
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11 Comments
I love ZION~
tired of the way Z is being used. he should be the first option everytime
Zion need to go somewhere else hope so Willie not the coach man.
Win or lose , Zion is speaking to the media. That is the making of a great leader soon.
Dude you have do mamba mentality and take a lot of shot! You are the first pick of the team not JONAS
VALANCIUNAS Ingram or McCollum! They making more shoot than you! You are the first pick ! You are not going to be super star! You are going to forget your name after you done playing! Trust me!
I hope Zion gets a better coach because he is an amazing player!!!!!
Really got swept by the sub .500 Bulls bro. Thats the 9th loss of the season against sub .500 teams. Most by any team in the playoff picture just disgusting how teams cant win against bad teams.
9 turnovers by BI? We simply need to concentrate more on the game! We can't afford to play well for only two and a half quarters and then relax.
Other than CJ McCollum the pelicans don't have a another legitimate point guard and once Dyson Daniel went down that made it even worse
At the end of the 3rd the team got real sloppy, coach should of took a timeout, instead he watched a lead slip away
Zion, you do not have to be a ref and see the difference how you are being ref. Closed mouth don't get fed!