Lakers/Wizards Postgame, J.Worthy, LeBron, AD, D-Lo, Coach Ham Reactions | Feb 29, 2024

Lakers/Wizards Postgame, J.Worthy, LeBron, AD, D-Lo, Coach Ham Reactions | Feb 29, 2024

Hello and welcome back ACC sportset Lakers driven by your Southern California Honda dealers Chris McGee big game jamesw worthy Byron Scott Alli and trell handling the duties down at crypto.com Arena and like LeBron James my two guys are tired you are emotionally spent after the last 24

Hours because the Lakers just 24 hours ago had the win of the Year emotional beating the Clippers down 21 in the fourth quarter and then tonight it takes overtime to beat the worst team in the league the Washington Wizards that’s the NBA for you but I’ll say this a win is a

Win don’t care Lakers are 9 and3 right now in February would it have been great to rest guys in the fourth quarter and get ready for Denver yes that’s not reality you take this win James you’re 9 and three in February and you move on yeah regardless of what we talked about

Pregame what we wanted about it didn’t happen you know the they spent a lot of energy in the Clipper game you know we didn’t know what that was like for them to experience late night and into the day so apparently you know they they they they they started up I didn’t think

They they they played hard you know it’s just that you know the team that one of the worst three-point shooting teams came in here and hit a lot of Threes you know what I mean they were plus 27 from three the W and I have to continue to

Say that when I don’t care if you’re the I don’t mean to be offensive but I don’t care if you’re the school of the blind you come to La you usually going to play well you know what I mean but uh you know the Lakers fought and they fought

With you know and they they they did what it took to win down the stretch uh you know P came in here you know he’s a West Coast guy from uh from Golden State anyway so yeah it was a tough game to watch scary toward the end but they did

What they had to do I know bayern’s going to talk about LeBron’s defense at the end that was the key man I I’m sitting here I’m kind of like CL wood last night I’m tired boss yeah I mean I’m tired boss play the game play the

Game Wizards are about to go up five with P getting a layup LeBron gets the block and the three on the other end well first of all he turned the ball over you know which was Elvis of pass that he did but like LeBron always does

When he turns it over he’s one of the first guys to get back and he’s the best in the business as far as running guys down and getting blocks from behind that started it and then like you said he comes right back down from that he hits

A three you know so that that’s a five-point switch right there then he takes a charge I mean again he had his he had his fingerprints all on this game just like he did last night just in a different manner all right so Anthony Davis talking to Mike trell ad guys with

40 points 12 of from the free throw line 14 of 22 from the field he also had 15 rebounds three blocks and was huge defensively uh there at the end of course get the rebounds uh the only thing I’m going to ask is I thought he needed more touches in the fourth

Quarter and in in overtime it was just yeah it’s just the way those games go sometimes it’s down the stretch you know he’s but whatever I’ll I’ll take the win I’ll take I I agree with you I agree with you 100% there coacher uh 34 after

Three yeah I mean and and the times that he did get you saw some good things happen especially DLo cutting someone cutting from the weak side and layup I’m I’m with you as well I thought he should have touched the ball I think he had one

Shot in the fourth quarter yeah and then a couple a couple in in overtime you got to be more um aggressive as far as saying hey man give me the ball I got this guy he this is one-on-one if I don’t get a good shot I’m going get

Y’all a good shot and if he when he gets to that level which we know he’s made tremendous strides this year as far as leadership role is concerned so that’s the step for ad to me is when you’re rolling like you’re rolling hey man get me the ball yeah when he’s rolling like

He’s rolling he he Garners so much attention and also when he gets deeper in the post if they run a double at him guys are doing a really nice job right now of cutting D Ry and then you can also get that ball moving and get an

Open three so when that ball goes through ad I just feel like there’s a lot of success and we saw throughout the game they just didn’t have an answer for it without question I mean even that last play that Reeves you know that little PL he turn it over he had bag

That on the iso I thought he should should have just got deep in the post right away and Reed wouldn’t have never had to navigate but you know that’s one of the thing he’s got to recognize as be was saying you know that that that that streak of demanding the ball when he’s

When he’s got a high still at 40 pretty happy yeah but but in the end game 34 going into the fourth quarter yeah yeah he he he was he was absolutely incredible so is LeBron James I do want to talk before we get to LeBron 9 and

Three in the month of February big game James um it’s a month they absolutely had to have especially after the tough back half of December and then all through January when they had a bunch of home games you know this started a Grammy road trip and if you could think

Back to losing those back-to-back games as they went to Boston everyone was thinking the season was over and now here you are after 12 games you’re nine and three and you’re heading into another crucial stretch but they’re playing a good brand of basketball they are trending in the right direction

Especially on the defensive end that’s the one thing that will hold you up offensively you might slip a little bit might not make the buckets but I like the way they are you know trending defensively if they can just keep that uh you know part of their strategy

Particularly the beginning of the game and throughout the game with these teams coming up but they’re going to have not only you know good teams but they’re going to have special assignments with special players and how they play and so it’s going to be very important to keep

Your antennas up with these with these teams coming in because it’s not just playing good defense it’s playing good defense specifically with different players and it’s a thinking thing so it’s going to be interesting to see how they yeah they going to have to be on

The string as we used to always say in these next four games with these good teams that they’re playing because these teams they will spread you out and then they’re going to pick and roll you to death they’re going to have a diver and a replace guy and if you’re not on the

String where every time somebody moves you move and help the helper it could be a it could be a tough four games but I agree with clev as far as they are trending in the right direction on that end of the floor but these next four games are really going to test their

Will on the defensive end LeBron second night of a back back to back at 39 years old I mean a lot of us didn’t think he would play after the Clipper game and uh he was needed again of course but he was 12 of 24 two of five from three nine

Assists four rebounds 31 points the heroics on the defensive end and we’re running out of ways to describe what what he does on the basketball court but it’s just you know what it is I’m glad he played I’ll just put I put I put put

I like when he plays put in one word for you fun yeah guy’s having fun yeah and he’s just I mean I mean he’s probably shocked that man I’m still playing and he’s just out there you know picking him apart yeah I was hot if they weren’t going to call that

Charge I think all three of us sitting here like what the heck is going on you know it was an obvious call yeah you know uh Stevie Wonder could have saw that call you know I mean it was that obvious yeah you know and you know give

Them you know get it okay we’ll get a referees a little bit of leeway because again like you said at that point in time of the game when it’s that crucial you do want to make sure you get the call right no doubt but they did take an

Awful long time to figure out after the first replay you could have saw it man this is the obvious offensive foul let’s go the other way let’s keep playing basketball all right guys let’s hear from head coach Darin ham he’s speaking with Mike in the media

Yeah hi D so we kind of uh just saw what we talking we’re talking about the um pregame press conference um how hard it is you know the Wizards come in they don’t really you know they don’t have any pressure to win that game and then

Finally see it’s really hard to get into it and find the Rhythm so what are your thoughts on that that game how it uh turned out now man you know they came out all guns blazing um you know again regardless of the opponent we want to

Try to make sure we’re playing the game the right way on both sides of the ball kudos to Brian Keef and and and the rest of the staff over there they have those young kids playing extremely hard you know uh regardless of of their record they’re going out playing the right way

Moving the ball hustling one of the fastest young teams in the league um and they put pressure he tough team to play coming off a back to back a really high emotional game from last night uh but you know we found a way we found a way

To win um and just kept chipping away at it uh some unfortunate plays some plays didn’t go our way uh but you know as as as good teams do you have to find ways it’s not going to be pretty every night it’s extremely difficult to win in this

League night in and night out uh but our guys pulled together when we needed to and made the plays when we needed to Darin you did hold them to Five Points in the OT obviously held the Clippers with many I think 16 points in the fourth quarter what do you have to

Do to get that more consistently throughout the course of a game from this back toback as you move into Saturday’s game I mean it’s just a matter of uh you know energy effort uh awareness being alert being proactive and not reactive defensively um again doing your work early um and and and

Everybody doing that consistently and and and we’ll go back and look at some of this and try to learn from it Grow from it um you know you it’s it’s again like I mentioned it’s just human nature it’s it’s a tough game in in scheduling

In terms of coming out of you know a huge La vers LA game uh everything surrounded the game last night uh last time matching up with those guys in this building and then coming into tonight knowing that you have Denver coming in here on Saturday uh and then again

Against a especially young fast team um that has Shooters Playmakers um that that’s you know throughout their rotation so um I’m just happy we were able to hold a line you know got put on the ropes there a few segments in the game but again once we got it to

Overtime guys stepped up got much needed stops when we needed to and and and was able to make plays on offensive end hey coach um cam only played 4 minutes was that because was his ankle bothering him in the second of a back toback or was that just you’re giving other guys you

Just experiencing a little bit of soreness and you know hadn’t not played in almost three four weeks whatever it was uh playing last night gave us some huge minutes last night on the back to back we just decided you know just to you know put him on Ice early and and

You know make sure he starts the process of being ready for Saturday um and and you know we have Max Max is more than capable of filling that void so uh we were able to get through it Darin um apologize if this was asked already but how big was that five-point

Swing that LeBron had of the block on pool and then the next possession comes down hits the three ties it felt like they’re about to go up five instead you guys tie the game just that that sequence there it’s huge man coming off a game that he had last night um pushing

Himself you know that’s why he takes good care of himself and the the fruits of his labor on full display with plays like that and you know he could easily just concede it the layup whatever but no he’s a highly competitive guy he four-time champion and um we needed

Every bit of that and so him being able to make that play definitely was gets the crowd energized gets his teammates energized um and we were able to go back and and make a play on the offensive end as well last night a couple of the guys

Said the win wouldn’t mean anything if you weren’t able to capitalize and get the win tonight so I know it took over over time but what do you guys carry forward I know you got a big test on Saturday too uh just not the you know

The the let down um yeah we could have played better some things we could be you know a little tighter on tonight but at the end of the day you know a win is a win and you know you much rather deal with the wisdom instead of the lesson in

Terms of losing a game like this but uh you know we we we we found a way uh and there’s great things you can take away from this game as well you know just things not going right you know we feel like some some drives that we got we

Didn’t get fou calls after we were hit uh all of that is fine and dandy but the fact that you know we we grit it we had to grit and grind to push through and and come out on top of one of these this one specifically uh was a good sign darn

Staying on Saturday we all obviously know what happened last year in the postseason all the talk back and forth in the summertime opening night back in earlier in February obviously you know that’s right around the trade deadline a lot of stuff going on but you guys are

Hosting the Nuggets you guys are coming off a couple wins um and you are trying to build this one mment towards the postseason like are you know how equipped are you for for this moment against a team that is a defending champ well I think we

Will be definitely ready and and and and willing to go compete at the highest level uh going into a day off tomorrow it’s a 5:30 game so guys is starting the process as we speak the recovery process to fill their cups back up um everybody’s well aware of of you know

Not really what’s at stake um you know you don’t want to go too crazy with one regular season game and make too much out of one opponent but um they are who they are they’re the defending champs uh I’m sure I won’t have to do anything extra to get the team’s attention and

Their focus in the right place so um I look forward for a hell of a basketball game and we’re going to do our due diligence to make sure they have the right information uh but first and foremost you know having our guys ready to compete at the highest level with 48

Minutes however long it takes Sor right um Darin you guys got the 30 assists tonight but it took overtime you haven’t hit that Mark since um prior to the allstar break do you feel like the ball movement has been where you like it to be um coming out of the break and is

That just kind of recapturing Rhythm I think it’s just recapturing the rhythm um it’s just our fourth game after the Break um you know we’ll get there I just love the way we’re competing you know we’re really competing on both sides of the ball we have our lapses here and

There but for the most part for the duration of longterm process of the game we’re competing we’re fighting uh those those rhythmatic passes and shots they’ll definitely come back and it’s also predicated on our defense the more we can turn teams over the more we can

Force teams into bad shots you get run outs and and when you get run outs you get kick ahads you get hockey assist pass that leads to the pass that that that leads to the basket and so um we just have to keep working at it and again the activity defensively and just

Our running habits and US playing with a lot of pace and and and energy you mentioned the the the competitiveness um the Clippers were over 50% for most of the game if not all of it I think the wizard I don’t know they finished over I believe 50% tonight um from the field

Defensively but but when it’s come time like you guys have been able to kind of find the stops um are you encouraged by that or more kind of discouraged that it’s like it’s come to that it’s come to like you know it’s not a consistent thing it’s there that’s that’s the only

I wouldn’t even call it a concern that’s the only issue you know it’s it’s like how can we make last night’s fourth quarter tonight’s overtime more consistent no one is going to play lock down defense for 48 minutes players teams are too good in this league so you have to

Make timely stops but you also have to have uh long durations of activity um alertness uh doing your work early uh really that that laser focus on that side of the ball because you know the truth be told is this that side of the ball when you really good on that side

Of the ball consistently then it frees up a lot for your offense as you mentioned the 30 assists well a lot of assist comes when you’re playing and transition a lot offensively so if we’re able to again sustain what we’re able to do versus the Clippers in that fourth

Quarter and tonight versus the Wizards in the uh and our our third quarter tonight was a lot better based on you know of the four quarters and regulation uh but again we just got to continue to study the film talk about schemes and matchups what have you and uh continue

To get better at it evening coach um LeBron is just nine points shy of the 40,000 Mark could you have a comment on this incoming achievement and maybe he mentioned it today as a possibility in the last minute I don’t know no he’s not really even talking about it or whatever

Man um I’m pretty sure you know he’s highly intelligent guy he’s aware of it for sure but he’s not it’s not something he’s talking about like trying to get his teammates to give him the ball more he’s just going out there playing LeBron James basketball and trying to do

Everything we’re asking of him do everything in line with his teammates um and you know what an amazing feat you know obviously he will get there at some point and um it’s a huge huge huge Testament to all the work he’s put in over all of these years and how well

He’s taken care of himself and you know the way he’s uh played at a high level and and and everything on the list but you know it’s it’s a hell of an accomplishment and look forward to him uh completing the task ask thanks coach thank you I down two in the final minute

And then three in OT wasn’t pretty but do you feel like you guys are just needing results at this point or are you more interested in the process of getting getting the how you’re playing I don’t even know what you ask sorry sorry so what’s more important

Just just getting the wins or kind of the way that you play which you know was was in just getting the wins or kind of the way that you play which you know was was inconsistent as a team these last two nights getting the wins yeah I don’t

Know that last part what you said well just the play right was inconsistent these last two games right just in terms of the Clippers going going up 21 Wizards hanging in the game so just it’s that process versus results is yeah I think it’s hard to win obviously um I

Think we’re more excited about getting that win in uglier fashion than losing that in any type of fashion so got it grinded it obviously guys a little little fatigue includ myself from the back to back things like that but U it’s huge for us to to get this

One coach ham was saying that the goal would be to get the defense you guys showed in the fourth quarter last night and overtime tonight more consistent throughout the game with those key stops what do you think needs to happen to see that consistency uh I mean it’s

Obviously it’s it’s a long season so I mean guys are wearing down you know figuring it out getting back up finding that energy you know within things like that so I think that’s what you seeing you know guys just kind of up and down you know need to get this rest enjoy

This off day and re re recoup um but I like where we at could be better when LeBron has a night like last night he had the chase down block tonight and had to pull up three just as a teammate like is it I’m not maybe not surprising but it’s just like marveling

Or just there more Marvel like know he’s still doing this in year 21 at the age he’s at with the miles he’s at I mean I forget he’s I forget that you know the way he plays and his energy and um I mean if you try to compare how high he

Jumps when he first got into the league till now I mean obviously it’s a let off for a little drop off but he’s still jumping over dudes and doing all this athletic stuff so for me I don’t I’m not surprised I think he’s still capable still got it still got some years you

Know under his belt LCA year 21 um might be saying you’re 25 you know you look up so I’m not surprised I like that bag Jean bag you got some swag um Austin was just talking about you know your work ethic I mean over this whole course she said since he’s

Known you he’s talked about your work ethic um talk about that I mean you know I think the numberers speak for itself you’re not a numbers guy but you’re shooting 43 from three shooting 48 over the last eight games with 20 um just talk about that like the work at they

And still stay in that hunger and you know Laker fans is tough but you’ve always been in the gym in the lab always kind of been that player since you’ve been here so just talk about that I mean I got a watch for all the Lakers fans

Man this Legacy watch right here this like it’s for all my Lakers fans out there that’s support me but um like you said I don’t I don’t keep up with the numbers I just hope and that’s that’s just what you see as a product to me just kind of hooping and trusting My

Craft um I mean shout out to AR that’s all I really got is is is that work and that that ethic cuz guys like me aren’t you know in this league for no reason like you don’t see a lot me in this league as far as unathletic find a way

To no yall laughing but like find a way to be um be valuable and be relevant to a team in the style that I do it you know um I’m probably the slowest guy in the NBA but I still try to be in the right places and and study the film and

And work my way into the right positions and the right places to help the team so DLo sorry for a second LeBron question but he’s now nine points away from this magical figure of 40,000 points I’m assuming when you were a kid you watched them grow growing up tell me what goes

Through your mind when you realize this guy’s about to do something well he often does something no one’s ever done but about to reach this 40,000 level I mean he the first person I saw play in the NBA to be honest um you want

To talk about I was how my dad took me to a um my first NBA game against the Pacers from Kentucky so that was our pro team and they played the Cavs and I was a big LeBron fan and you know he did that signature dunk you know and um I

Remember crying being at the game as a fan and watching him do that dunk that he always did on the commercials and all that and uh seeing him do it I remember crying vividly and um that was when I was like this is where I want to be so

He’s inspiring me without even knowing it um he’s continuing to inspire the youth you know his teammates but the youth as a whole everybody you know kind of looks up to a guy like him you know the way he paves the way for us on the

And off floor um just true role model so I’m not surprised by anything he’s doing um I won’t be surprised by anything he’s continuing to do and um the sky is really the limit for you know for for him and and what he’s done for this

Game T you mentioned that you know you kind of you’re happy with where the team is but that there’s some things that you think that you guys need to improve on with a team like Denver coming up what do you think are some of those key

Things that you can hone in on for this upcoming game I mean that’s a team to beat you you know um I give them a lot of credit so um for us to to compete and be able to beat a team like that you

Know I think we got to do all the little things you know we got to be locked in for 48 minutes um I think Jackson Hayes is the guy that’ll be key in that game you know as far as giving ad some some some uh some room to roam and and not

Have to just be the main match up on yage and things like that obviously they’ve had success over the years with that so I think we just continue to practice and work on you know preparing for when we have to play a Denver you know a caliber team that plays big and

Very systematic team that that you know it’s kind of flawless on their offense they have all the pieces in the right place and coaching and things like that so uh I think just locked in for 48 minutes will give us a great chance yep 65 points over the last two

Nights for LeBron James let’s go inside the Liquor Locker Room he’s with Ali they’re not always going to be pretty but a win is a win what do you like about the execution in overtime to get the job done um yeah I think we had to

We had to get stops and we had to execute make some shots obviously um not turn the ball over this is I mean it’s a tough uh obviously tough league and you know after last night’s Victory and then come in versus a young Scrappy team that’s you know pretty much you know not

Playing for much uh just out there just playing hard and you know a lot of speed a lot of Youth and uh obviously it took us 53 minutes to get the job done so um but give them credit they play well kind of big picture you guys finished the

Month N9 and three where’ you guys get better this month uh a lot a lot of places I think um our three-point shooting is starting to get better um our assist turnover ratio has gotten a lot better and uh we’ve done a great job of um of helping on the glass

As well you know um you know it’s still something that we can try to just get better at but you know we did a good job of trying to clean glass not foul as much put guys on the free throw line so um it’s a good month for us but you know

It’s over with now we got to get started with the next one on sunnday Saturday a lot of the talk has been about what you guys have to do looking inward to get better as a group uh regardless of the opponent but it is the nuggets on Saturday obviously the postseason

History of them last year and then opening night and then earli in February just how equipped do you think you guys are for this moment that challenge against the defending champs we just want to get better every year it doesn’t matter who our opponent is we haven’t

You know we’re trying to you know get you know Place ourselves to be in you know playoff contention you know and uh you know so it doesn’t matter if it’s the Nuggets or the Clippers or the Wizards or whoever the case we play we have to just try to play our game and

And defend at a high level continue to share the ball offensively try to shoot it at a high clip get to the free throw line so um it’s not a it’s not a personal matchup versus them that they know what they want to do um they they are already solidified and what they

Want to do each and every night and you know we’re we’re still trying to get better and work through our you know our things and get you know still trying to get healthy and things of that nature so um you know I’m just want to get better

LeBron you You’ had chased down blocks before this probably won’t be the last but at what point do you know that is one you can get like how quickly do you pick that up that is like this is one I can track down

Um well I mean I I was taught at at a young age when you turn the ball over you need to Sprint back and and you know me ad had a miscommunication on that read and um I threw the pocket pass before he opened up to see the ball and

You know once I saw you know Ty Jones don’t kind of throw it I just try to see if I can get back and um try to make a play you know obviously it was a big play in the game um happy I was able to

To chase it down do you talk about your strides to decide left or right hand at the end uh yes according to wherever the the player um is whatever side whatever side Michael braon after 21 years in the game uh how valuable is practice to you

How do you stay engaged or practice um I mean it’s very important um it’s you know we don’t have much practice time because of the schedule the schedule is flying so much you know it’s a game here game there whatever the case may be every other day three and four nights

Whatever the case may be but like the other day we had an opportunity to really get on the floor and just just fine tune some things that we wanted to work on offensively and defensively so um you know it’s good to be able to get in there without without the fans you

Know you can kind of tune in and and understand what some of the calls we want to make offensively some of the calls we want to make defensively and um and be able to just uh just move things out before we get back on the floor in

Front of 20,000 people so um you know the practice court is always key just 40,000 mean anything to you um yeah I mean I can’t stand here and say no cuz that I mean of course I mean it’s it’s a no one has ever done it um

You know and um for me to be in in this position at this point in time in my career I think it’s I think it’s pretty cool um do a sit like at the one at the top of my you know things I’ve done in my career know but um does it mean

Something of course absolutely um I don’t why wouldn’t it to be able to accomplish things in this league the greatest players to ever play in this league the NBA and this has been a dream of mine and to uh hit Feats and and have Milestones throughout my career um they

All mean something to me absolutely um obviously there’s a a pecking order you know which comes which ones is higher than the others but yeah absolutely I I would be lying to you if I said no it doesn’t anything because it absolutely does now that you have the scoring

Record have you thought about wanting to add to that lead no no I think um I never thought about getting the scoring record just happen organically I just played the game the right way um you know and you know go out and play the

Game and and let the game come to me and um the scoring record happened organically for me it was never a goal of mine when I came into the league like I want to be the alltime Le score um but I’m still playing so and um and I can

Still score the ball so it’s going to continue to go up until I’m done playing last question okay for you what does it say um about you as a group that you play a back to back game and then you go into overtime and you stay together like so

Close what what does it say um I think it’s a resilience I mean we’re a team that want to continue to get better um and obviously it doesn’t matter the record of a team that you’re playing whatever the case may be you know in this league is it’s hard as heck to win

You know it’s hard as heck to win in this league and um you know we’ve had our fair share of losses this year um we’re trying to just to rewrite that ship you know get better and no matter um the circumstances we just try to find

A way to win you don’t always become obviously it’s a win or loss you know um League you don’t always be victorious but you just try to strive to see what you can do offensively see what you can do defensively lock in if it takes 53

Minutes instead of 48 you just lock in on the next possession and um it’s a pretty good win after last night we exerted so much energy last night and then coming in versus a young team that has all the energy in the world to be

Able to just still be able to will that one in um I think that was a a very impressive win thanks LeBron just nine points away from becoming the first player to 40,000 points Kareem Carl Kobe MJ your top five in the history of the association hey he dropped 40 for the

Fourth time this season he’s in the locker room with Ally 40 8 just in terms of coming up last night obviously understanding where this one fell what’s coming up on Saturday mentally physically emotionally what does one like this take uh it took all the energy um mentally physically emotionally to

Get this win um they’re a young team you know obviously they’re not playing for anything but they still play fast I think they lead the league in Pace they um know shot the b ball extremely well tonight um play hard and um you know turned this over a couple times um some

Second Chance Second Chance points so uh my took us all the way to overtime you know so um the recovery process Starts Now um use tomorrow as a recovery day and you know get ready for early game or Saturday what do you take away from this month as a team 9 and three

And where you guys are right now um obviously we trying to climb uh it’s going to take a lot more winning than losing to um you know get where to we want to be uh you know we in the race right there I’m not sure you know what

Happened tonight around the league but um we uh you know we’re continuously just trying to get better working ourselves and uh get healthy you know um get some of our guys back and you know while doing that staying in the fight staying in the hunt so um it’s a good

Month for us and you know we got a tough month of of March coming up uh but we’re at home so we got to take advantage of that he you guys haven’t beaten the nuggets in a while um does that mean any like does wood beating them signify

Clearing some sort of hurdle for this group um I think just to you know start the month off right um you know obviously they’ve had our number for a while uh but um I don’t think we look at it that’s that’s you know we had to beat them for our our own

Personal morale or something like that um we just want to get a win um and kind of keep this thing going knowing the position that we’re in trying to climb up the ladder so um I mean we haven’t talked about it but I think just overall just getting a win

To keep this going will be helpful for us and then in the midst of that you know beating them you know definitely feel good you guys showed defensively in the fourth quarter against the Clippers third quarter overtime tonight that you guys have that part you know at times um

What do you think it’ll take for you guys to be a little more consistent on that side of the basketball right now is that something that feel like this group’s looking for uh we have a lot of uh mental mistakes um miscommunication you know guys say one thing the guy

Other guy doesn’t honor it or um you know or we play good defense for the first 24 seconds and the offensive rebound happens and then they make a shot um or we turn the ball over and can’t get back in transition um L ball turn turnover so

Um I think communication will help with a lot of it um you know and not having a lot of brain force and mental breakdowns on the defensive end um you know just stay solid do your job do what you’re supposed to do and um trust the guy

Behind you you know not making up things on the fly or doing you know maybe what you think is right because now no one’s on the same page to know what you’re doing so uh and then it’s tough you know you don’t have any you know practice

Time to kind of go over some things you know obviously back to back so you’re off tomorrow and then know come in you can’t even walk to one of the best teams in the league um to kind of really go over and nitpick the little things on

What they do so um you got to have a little 30 40 minute walk through before a game to cover one of the best team so it’s kind of tough you know scheduling but um it is what it is thanks Edie

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