Willie Green recaps big road win | Pelicans at Raptors Postgame 3/5/24

Willie Green recaps big road win | Pelicans at Raptors Postgame 3/5/24

Playing in an open floor I love the fact that we had 27 fast break points uh we shot the three ball well and just collectively as a team uh it was a dominant performance wire to wire how much of getting the three ball to go like it did tonight season highs for

Trey and for herb is about the PS being in the correct mindset versus what the defense is giving it’s it’s always a little bit of both you know our goal is to try to shoot 40 threes catch and shoot threes um but you know there’s some games where

Guys are closing out hard to us and now it’s Drive touch to paint Rim decisions and it maybe another kick out from there and we did that several times as well but when we’re open for for for those shots those guys work too hard not to take them and the road record definitely

A a big flip from last season you have way more wins already on the road this year than last year could you point to a difference what’s enabling you to have this type of success in enemy territory well it it’s nothing nothing that we necessarily go in and talk about it’s a

It’s about focusing on our opponent locking in on the details which our guys are doing our game plan discipline tonight was extremely high and we want to every game give ourselves a chance to win it and it’s special when you can go out on the road and win games uh it lets

You know you have an opportunity to be in a really good team coach um yeah question you question about about basketball uh related a little bit to to Lan junas about and about the the Olympics and Kevin Duran said that they they want that to to win

The games in the Olympics by 40 or 50 points and obviously the 10 the 10 US keeps being the best in the worldall and theba the best leag but do you think that this is uh this is possible in the in the current context of basketball

With a with a match match even basketb in in the world yeah I don’t know you know it’s uh as you you see around the NBA it it’s more of it’s more of a global international game as well it’s a ton of international players that are high level All Stars Champions MVPs of

Our league so you know it’s going to be tough to go out and execute and win those games but I think we’re more than capable will it be 40 points I’m not sure but when that time comes I’m sure you know the USA team will put together

A team that can go out and compete and and bring home gold coach what do you tell your team when you’re up that big to keep pounding and respecting the game and just you know blowing up your lead my discussion in the Huddle was win your minutes each individual that touches the

Floor we have a standard that we want to play in you never know when your number is going to be called so no matter the score we continue to play play together together play hard take quality shots it starts with our defense as I mentioned earlier but you know extremely proud of

This group is is it’s a great step in the right direction and good to get a win to start our road trip coach about about Trey knight uh 10 threes obviously he just he caught fire what’s uh talk about that night trade was fantastic um when he’s shooting the ball like that

We’re a hard team to beat and he knows that it’s good to see him start to make some shots uh because it opens up the lane for for Brandon for CJ for Zion for the rest of our group when he’s making shots like he is tonight and then herb

Jones same thing you know he he works diligently at his shooting and other components of his game is good to see him play with the confidence that he’s playing with what would be the biggest challenge for you guys in this Final Phase of regular season the challenge for us is is

Always looking ourselves in the mirror and going out with the mentality that we want to be dominant every game we want to execute we want to execute on both ends of the floor and every game we should have an opportunity to win period and that’s going to be the challenge going

Down the stretch it’s going to be as you guys can see some of the these games are going to be exciting there’s teams fighting for positioning um and we’re one of them so each game that we play we’re going to have a have to have a mentality that we

Want to execute on both ends of the floor couple nice dunks in the second there one from Brandon one from Z what did you think of those plays was there one that that you you kind of liked more than the other uh I like both of them you know

Whenever those guys can get out on a break and attack it’s fun to watch that was a fun game to be a part of um it like I said dominant performance on our part and and it starts with with Brandon it starts with Zion it starts with CJ

Our three main guys I thought they set the tone early uh coach is there anything different on the on the J on the Jon Ban’s role on the floor uh compared to to last season yeah it is you know you you watch the league it’s getting faster um and so

There’s times where we like better matchups for JV uh he’ll start games and then a lot of teams are going small so we try to match them up with with some of their bigs that are not as fast not spacing the floor as much and those are times that he can

Take advantage on really on both ends of the floor but definitely on the offensive end Coach last one for me uh you were teammates with Alan Iverson for a couple of years in Philadelphia and he will be honored by the Sixers next month with the Statue or structure rather in

The training complex what’s your most unforgettable moment with him and how do you describe him but as a person um first of all my my time as a teammate of AI was fantastic um he he he’ll give you the shirt off his back he was a great teammate love

Being around him love challenging him in one-on ones that I never beat him in but um I have a ton of Great Moments being around him and what he did for our team the community and the whole league I mean there there’s a ton of guys wearing sleeves right now because he started

Kind of that Trend that cultural Trend and um one of the hardest playing teammates I’ve ever had and and I learned a lot being around them so if there anyone deserving of a statue is definitely him okay thank you

New Orleans Pelicans head coach Willie Green speaks to the media following the team’s win over the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday, March 5, 2024.

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