‘We’re A Different Team!’ Tyronn Lue Reacts Postgame After Clippers Beat Rockets

‘We’re A Different Team!’ Tyronn Lue Reacts Postgame After Clippers Beat Rockets

What you want to talk about nothing you don’t want to talk about that no all right I I got things to talk about um the opposite of what we saw the other night you know you guys offense get better as the game went on only one second half turnover was this the level

Of execution know it starts the second half go just a level of execution you need to see against a solid defense like you said yeah I mean you know especially in the second half know scoring what 78 points in the second half um offense got to going um did with a little better

Pace and then you know defensively just not giving up any fast break points in the second half which is good for us I thought in that first half like we was running in mud like we couldn’t keep up with them they got out in transition and

Um we just couldn’t we couldn’t get back and get matched and so at halftime we made a a strong point about that and I give our guys Credit in the second half um hold them to zero fast break points was good we had a lot of talk about the

Centers both Monday night and before before this game you you got of hinted that to still wasn’t quite back yet at what point like I saw you talking to him after that first time out at what point did you kind of have to figure you know

You’re going to have to go small use all your centers Daniel played well Mason had a great second half like how St to that whole process to um I just didn’t think um zo was all the way there um I know he had some headaches before the

Game and then you know to talk to him when he first came out just like he said he couldn’t breathe you know early on and so didn’t want to risk that you know and so he just said he wasn’t feeling well but he wanted to play of course but

Um just as a as a staff we just thought it was best that um we didn’t chance it and um mace came in done a great job you know to play 20 minutes in the second half and um I don’t even yeah uh 11 rebounds eight points in

20 minutes off the bench and it’s all in the second half you know so that was huge for us so just um stepping in covering for his boy zoo I thought DT did a decent job I thought we did okay playing small and we just had to mix the

Game up you know and just try to give them different looks because they was in a great offensive Rhythm um sangon is a tough cover we knew that coming into the game and so just give them different looks different matchups but I was really happy for mace to get the

Opportunity because he hasn’t played in a few games and come in and play the way he did was good to see and finally like you guys Drew fouls like that’s an aggressive defense but to take care of the basketball and draw fouls at the same time like like you did uh

What do you felt like was was the key to that especially after halftime well we still can get in our triggers you know faster with our dhl’s our pick and rolls our first action but I thought James really did a good job in the second half

Of just um controlling the game with his pick and roll game you know lobs and Maz threes for kawhai and PG and then like you said getting to the free throw line I thought was huge PG getting that big offensive rebound um you know and then backing it back out and attacking the

Basket with sanon getting to the free throw line like that was huge like that that offensive rebound and attacking the basket not settling was huge and so we got to have a you know attack the paint mentality every single night cuz when we do we’re a different team and we

Understand that so it’s not just running it’s not just like you know get rebound run or for running it’s you know when you have something where of an advantage just being aggressive and being intentional in that way yeah and we talk about Pace like the best team in the

League play with a slower Pace you know Boston Denver all the good really good teams play with a a slower pace but when I say pace I mean get into our triggers earlier like we’re going to run a pick and roll let’s get into it with 17 18 on

The clock not 11 12 because when we under 12 and we become one of you know wor worst offense in the league when we don’t get into our stuff fast enough and so when we do it 12 seconds or faster then we’re top three you know so it’s a

Big it’s a huge difference 29 29th in the league and then third is a big discrepancy so but you got to understand like let’s just get into oursel quicker get into our triggers quicker and um like I said offensively we going to be able to do whatever ever we want to

Do there were times when Houston had I think Cam and Jim on the floor together as a defense Howard is it triing some time to kind of guard two super high young it’s hard to guard the whole team you know eay does a great job but just like it’s seeking out mismatches

Understanding how they want to play like they understand how they want to play who they want to play through and they run some good stuff you know and so um they’ve all bought bought into you know what their roles are and what they’re going to do every single night and so

Like it’s tough you know it’s like I said said with uh with Cam getting this opportunity coming from the G league and um getting a chance to play down there understand the NBA game and come this level and play the way he’s been playing um I’m just happy for him as a young

Player

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