Kevin Ollie reacts to his first home win as the Nets’ interim head coach

Kevin Ollie reacts to his first home win as the Nets’ interim head coach

HIM ABOUT THAT. >> Meghan: YOU MENTIONED DURING PREGAME THAT YOU WANTED THIS TEAM TO HIT FIRST. YOU GUYS DID THAT IN THAT 1st QUARTER. IT KIND OF STARTED FROM THERE. WHAT STOOD OUT TO YOU ABOUT THE WAY THE TEAM CAME OUT AND ABLE TO GO WIRE TO WIRE? >> WE HIT FIRST.

JUST OUR ENERGY AND EFFORT. THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE CONTROL. I WILL KEEP SAYING THAT. THEY GET TIRED ME SAYING IT. WE HAVE TO PLAY LIKE THAT. OUR RECIPE THAT WE NEED TO KEEP COOKING IS LOW TURNOVERS AND SHARING THE CAKE. I KEEP SAYING THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

WHEN WE HAVE HIGH TURNOVERS, WE FIND OURSELVES IN TOUGH GAMES. I WANT TO CONTINUE THAT. I KNOW QUIN IS GOING TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. HE’S GOING TO COME OUT AND DO HIS COUNTERPUNCHING. WE GOT TO STEP IT UP. >> Meghan: SOMETHING THAT WAS KEY, THIS GAME WAS WON FROM BEHIND THE ARC. 22 THREES.

YOU MENTIONED YOU BELIEVE THE SHOT WILL START FALLING. WHAT MADE A DIFFERENCE TONIGHT? >> LITTLE HOME COOKING. HUGGING THEIR WIVES. SIGNIFICANT OTHERS WHATEVER IT IS. LET THEM KEEP DOING IT. THEY COME BACK ON SATURDAY AND REPEAT THAT PERFORMANCE. >> KEVIN, CAM COMING OFF THE BENCH POST ALL-STAR BREAK. HE’S GOTTEN TWO STRAIGHT STARTS

TONIGHT. JUST FOR HIM TO RESPOND IN THAT WAY, WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT CAM? >> HE’S JUST A PROFESSIONAL. WE TALKED WHEN I MADE THE DECISION. HE WAS LIKE WHAT CAN I TO HELP OUR TEAM. WE HAD A GREAT TALK. HE ACCEPTED HIS ROLE. THAT’S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU’RE

A GOOD STEWARD OVER THE MINUTES YOU GET. GUYS USUALLY WORK IT OUT FOR YOU. HE’S A BETTER PERSON THAN BASKETBALL PLAYER. HE PLAYED LIGHTS OUT TONIGHT. HE’S BEEN GETTING GOOD LOOKS. TONIGHT, HE WAS KNOCKING THEM IN. IT FELT GREAT FOR US TO SEE THE BALL GO IN. KUDOS TO THE WHOLE TEAM.

WAS VERY UNSELFISH. WE WERE FINING KAM — WE WERE FINDING CAM ON THE BREAK. >> THE ASSIST TONIGHT — WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT DENNIS GETTING MORE COMFORTABLE TRUSTING HIS SHOTS TO FALL TOWN LITTLE BIT? >> HE’S ENERGY IN WORKING. WE DON’T HAVE A LOT OF DAYS OFF.

SHOOT AROUNDS AND ALL THAT STUFF COMING IN EARLY, LEAVING LATE. GETTING HIS WORK IN THE GYM. JUST KEEP DIGGING AND PLANTING SEEDS. THAT’S WHAT YOU GOT TO DO. SOMETIMES YOU DON’T KNOW WHEN THEY WILL BLOSSOM. YOU GOT TO PLANT SEEDS. HIM AND McHALE. HE CAN PLAY FAST GAME.

OUR CUTS CAN CREATE BASKETS BUT CREATE SPACE FOR OUR TEAMMATES. I THOUGHT THEY DID GREAT JOB. I WANT TO GIVE SOME KUDOS AND PRAISE TO DENNIS SMITH JR. BEEN KIND OF TOUGH FOR HIM THE LAST COUPLE OF GAMES. HE CAME IN AND SPELLED DENNIS. DENNIS HAS BEEN PLAYING A LOT OF MINUTES.

HE DID A GREAT JOB DOWN THE STRETCH AND TALKING ABOUT AND BEING A GREAT POINT GUARD. GETTING BACK TO WHAT WE KNOW DENNIS SMITH JR. CAN DO. >> ONE THING THAT MIKEL AND THE TEAM STRUGGLING WITH, HE HAD SOME TURNOVERS. TONIGHT YOU GUYS GOT TON GOOD LOOKS.

WHAT DID YOU SEE FROM HIM AND THE RELEASE GUYS, THE WHOLE OFFENSE WHEN THE HAWKS DECIDED TO DO THAT? >> IT STARTS WITH FIVE. WE JUST TOLD MIKEL WHEN WE GETS TWO IN THE SPACE, HIS JOB IS DONE. ONE OF THEM HE DID CAME PICK-AND-ROLL, FOUND A SHORT ROLL WHICH WAS NIC.

ON THE LOADED SIDE, WE CUT BACKDOOR. THAT’S A GREAT JOB OF A TEAMMATE. THEY TRANSFER TO THE GAME. THAT WAS GREAT TO

After winning his first game in Brooklyn as the Nets’ interim head coach, Kevin Ollie tells Meghan Triplett that his team’s energy and effort stood out to him. Subscribe for daily sports videos!

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