Doc Rivers Press Conference | 3.3.24

Doc Rivers Press Conference | 3.3.24

Uh Chris able to go for you today he went a little not a lot yeah so does that leave you anywhere for tomorrow with him no probably probably not but uh we’ll see but I it’s pretty doubtful uh I guess just for you we talked a lot about the first couple

Practices and how much you had to try to install and how much you had to try to change um what is today’s no no no installation of anything um really just trying to get better at everything we we’ve put in um you know address some slippage areas um did a lot of skeleton

All the way through a lot of stuff everything no quick shots you know obviously with a skeleton you can get the first shot any shot you want uh you know just trying to build our guys understanding that you know the tougher the games get the deeper you get the

First option is never going to be there and how to play through that so that’s all we did all all practice today now does it feel good to move out of of that previous like stage yeah I mean for sure I mean there’s still things we want to

Install to be honest but uh without Chris kind of slown that down and um really just focused more on execution well in winning a side you feel like you are seeing that progress they’re so oh yeah yeah there’s tremendous progress on both sides you know um ball movement you

See the passes um you know defensively it’s just um know was funny our guys were even talking about it they thought that the stretch in the game in the Chicago game the other night where it got intense the only reason they got intense is because of defense and nothing dirty

Just because of straight defense and it created frustration and that turned the game for us um so they’re starting to really believe in it what did you see from this team from far that made you think this defense could get to where it is I really didn’t honestly I didn’t I

Didn’t see him a lot I I didn’t do a game I don’t think I did any other games uh I was in Vegas the same time um but I hadn’t watched them a lot being honest um just once um I you know you look at their team their players their

Size uh that’s convinced me a a big team can be a good defensive team uh but it even took me a while to figure uh out some things that I wanted to do when I first came in the door and after watching us play like we we just can’t

Do those things we’re never going to chase quick guys over Pi I mean so you had to make changes uh but you had to see it um speaking before you got in guard play it do matter what kind of guard on the opposing side yeah 30 point games 40

Point games now I know early Jamal went off a little bit Yeah Luca and Devin had to work yeah um what have you liked about that backourt defense where well we’re putting them in traffic you know we don’t again we don’t have that guard like you know go shut them down you know

Um but we have size that can shut you down or you have to play through trees through through long arms um you know we deny catches we we’re trapping some things so um we we’re taking advantage of what we have not you know let’s say

What you would may want to do all the time we we we we have what we have and we have to use it DOC I was interested not even specifically with your team now but You’ gotten to see a different perspective of the league you know from

The first half of the Season yeah and everyone talks about it being a three-point shooting league we don’t talk about defending those shots much what is like how how do you evaluate defending the three and how do you take the you know percentage game out of it

Like how do you well I mean teams are going to take more threes no matter what you do defensively they just are that’s what we’re all coaching guys to do uh we’re trying to run guys off of shots we want contested shots um you know we try

To take away as many Corner thre you almost have to pick your spots sometimes and um you know I think evaluation of players years it’s way more important now you know um there’s guys you’re running off the three no matter what you’re making them drive you don’t even

Care where just get off the line and then there’s guys that you close out shorter to and you allow the shot with contest so uh but with us we’re trying to run guys into in between shots which no one works on anymore so uh we figure

That’s the way to go did you get a different kind of view things while you was kind of scouting yeah I don’t know if I did I mean I saw you know usually I don’t know what coach summon this years ago usually you see a lot of the stuff

You did was pretty good stuff and then some of the stuff you’re like we can try this you know so you you learn I don’t think you ever stop learning whether you’re coaching or doing it on TV you know I probably watch more offense honestly than defense uh while I was out

Regarding the overall defense where do you think yall can still get better as this last Camp games pretty much yeah I still our catch and shoot defense um still has to to improve um our recognition of of bad matchups you know um you know has has to improve um and

Then at the basket I think we can be a little more physical if they will allow us to be you know do you feel like this this uh West Coast trip is a test of sorts and if so what type of test yeah I

I’m not a big test guy I I really am not because you don’t know where your team’s at you know you go on a West Coast trip and everybody’s healthy and feeling good you go sweep it and then you go get your butt kicked the next five games you know

So I don’t ever evaluate that way I’ve never done that um be nice to win them all um and come back and say man we’re doing great but it still doesn’t matter if if you know what I’m saying so um I just look at us being better each night

Do you feel like play against better team like that you can learn more yeah I do I do I think uh you know I don’t know if you learn yeah I think you learn more just you play under a more intense environment um you know clutter is

Usually not good but good uh during the season because you know it’s it’s good to have some clutter and and you know guys get angry and uh get frustrated anxiety I you know it’s I think it’s great so um we’re going to have a lot of

It these next six or seven games because the schedule is rough um but hopefully they’re looking at the schedule saying we’re rough you know that’s the key hey do back to that end would you rather season with the harder schedule going for the playoffs or is it I’d rather

Close the season having clinched everything a month in advance uh is what I would rather have uh but that’s not going to happen so um you know what’s funny just I just want to close the season healthy number one and then us understanding like how we

Have to play to win games uh speaking of that has has that has that encouraged you to maybe be a little bit more cautious with with Chris like I like two weeks ago you’re like it was a playoff game you can play yeah but has that allowed you to be like

Hey we got to make sure no I don’t get involved like I I I totally um it’s funny even Chris said it like I don’t even ask I do not get involved in a training room I just think it’s a bad place for a coach to ever be um so I am

Never I don’t think I’ve ever gone to you’re going to play tomorrow I don’t say a word and they come and tell me um I’m praying that they know where way more than me about the health part of it uh and so and I’m sure they do thanks guys thank you man

Doc Rivers speaks with media following practice on Sunday.

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