Kevin Ollie on the Nets’ loss in Detroit
LET’S GET THE POST GAME THOUGHTS OF THE HEAD COACH KEVIN OLLIE. >> COACH, WHAT DID YOU SEE THAT WAS THE MAIN DIFFERENCE MAKER. IAN: >> I MEAN, WE CAN’T START GETTING DOWN 18. THIS IS THE SECOND GAME IN A ROW WE HAD OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK THE LAST GAME, THE GAME
BEFORE THIS ONE BUT WE CAN’T KEEP LIVING THAT IN WORLD, SO GETTING DOWN, I THINK IT WAS 18 POINTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER, RESPONDED VERY WELL BUT TAKES SO MUCH PRESSURE AND PUTS SO MUCH PRESSURE ON EVERYTHING YOU DO. WE GOT TO START THE QUARTERS OUT BEGINNING FIGHTING AND
HUNTING THE RIGHT A WAY. THE GUYS FOUGHT ALL NIGHT. THAT’S OUR RECIPE FOR SUCCESS, WHEN WE REBOUND, WE HAVE LOW TURNOVERS, WE USUALLY WIN THE GAME. DETROIT PLAYED HARD, CUNNINGHAM AND GORDON HAD A GREAT GAME. WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB REBOUNDING. >> YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW TALENTED THIS TEAM WAS, IN
WHAT WAY DID THEY SHOW THAT DIFFICULT TO SLOW THEM DOWN. >> THEY’RE THREE LEVEL SCORERS, THEY CAN GET TO THE RIM. CADE WITH HID RANGE AND SALUTING THREES TODAY. THEY JUST DID A REAL GOOD JOB, TWEETER 3% FROM THE THREE-POINT LINE. I BELIEVE 40% FROM THE THREE-POINT LINE. THOSE GUYS PLAYED VERY WELL,
PLAYED OFF EACH OTHER AND WE’VE GOT TO CLEAN UP OUR REBOUNDING, THAT MEANS ALL FIVE GOT TO GO HUNTING REBOUNDS, IT CAN’T JUST BE NIC, NOAH AND DAYRON IS IN STREET CLOSE, SO WE GOT TO FIGHT. WE GOT GUYS THAT’S HURT. WE GOT TO STEP UP AND WE GOT
TO DO IT COLLECTIVELY, BUT I WAS PROUD OF OUR GUYS BY HANGING IN THERE AND COMING OUT IN THE SECOND QUARTER AND HAVING A 41-POINT QUARTER SHOWED A LOT OF RESILIENCY. WE CAN’T PUT OURSELVES BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL IN GAMES AND EXPECT TO WIN ESPECIALLY ON THE ROAD.
>> YOU GUYS TIED IT UP MIDWAY THROUGH THE FOURTH. HAD YOU EXPENDED SO MUCH ENERGY AND GIVEN THEM AN EARLY LEAD THAT YOU HAVE TO DIG OUT OF? IS THAT WHAT PAID THE PRICE FOR THE LEAD. >> TO A CERTAIN EXTENT. WE TALKED ABOUT DIGGING DEEP AND IF YOU WANT TOYS SOMETHING
EXTRAORDINARY, YOU HAVE TO DO EXTRA STUFF. WE WANT TO PUT OURSELVES IN FOURTH QUARTER POSITIONS, WE ARE SHORTHANDED BUT EXPECT OUR GUYS TO STEP UP AND WIN GAMES. NOT MAKING EXCUSES, BUT WE CANNOT GET DOWN 18 POINTS. THAT BRINGS A LOT OF ENERGY TO BRING THAT GAME BACK BUT WE’RE
IN GAMES IN FOURTH QUARTER, WE EXPECT TO WIN. THAT STARTS WITH EXECUTION, COACHING STAFF, PLAYERS AND HE WE HAVE TO HAVE EFFORT TO FINISH GAMES. >> THE WAY IT APPEARED THAT YOU GUYS HAD TROUBLE GUARDING YOUR YARD ON THE PERIMETER, 60 SOME ODD BETWEEN THEM ON THE PERIMETER, DID THAT LEAD TO A
LOT OF THOSE SECOND-CHANCE POINTS, BECAUSE THEY’RE BREAKING THINGS DOWN, GETTING IN THE LANE. DID THAT LEAD TO THE SECOND-CHANCE POINTS OR IN YOUR MIND WAS IT SOMETHING ELSE LEADING TO THOSE SECOND-CHANCE POINTS. >> NO, YOU KNOW BASKETBALL, YOU GET TWO FEET IN THE PAINT AT THE RIM.
WE GOT DAYRON AND WISE MAN AND STUART, THOSE ARE NOT SMALL GUYS WITH OUR GUARDS. WE’VE JUST GOT TO BE BETTER JOB OF CONTAINING. WE GOT TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THAT. WE’VE GOT TO CONTAIN AND DRIBBLE AND WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON DEFENSE. WE HAVE TO BE BETTER IN CHARLOTTE.
>> WHAT WE’VE SEEN FROM MIKAL OF LATE, 10 GAMES. THAT’S A DROP OFF NOT JUST IN RAW NUMBERS BUT I MEAN IN EFFICIENCY, GAMES BEFORE THAT. DO YOU THINK PLAYING EVERY GAME AND THEN PLAYING A LOT OF MINUTES EVERY GAME WHEN YOU DIDN’T REALLY HAVE AN OFF SEASON, DO YOU SEE HIM
STARTING TO WEAR DOWN PHYSICALLY? I MEAN, IS HE SOMEBODY THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM A BREAK? >>, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY CAN BENEFIT FROM A BREAK BUT OUR SCHEDULE IS NOT ALLOWING US TO TAKE A BREAK. I KNOW HE’S CAME TO ME AND SAID I NEED TO PLAY, I WANT TO
PLAY AND I BELIEVE IN HIM, OUR TEAM BELIEVE IN HIM AND WE CONTINUE TO HAVE FAITH AND CONTINUE TO PUT HIM IN THE RIGHT SITUATIONS HE WILL PREVAIL. HE WILL GET THROUGH THIS. IT’S MAKING HIM STRONGER. IT HURTS WHEN YOU DON’T HAVE CT OR CJ, THEY’RE DOUBLE TEAMING YOU AND YOU EXPECT HIM
TO BE SUPERMAN BUT HE’S JUST NOT SUPERMAN. ALL THE GAME PLAN IS TO HIM AND TAKE HIM OUT THE GAME, IN THIS OPPORTUNITY, HE CAN LEARN THROUGH THIS, EVEN THROUGH STRUGGLE YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIND A LESSON IN IT. WHEN HE GET IN THE SITUATION AGAIN, HE’LL BE BETTER
EQUIPPED AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE IN CHARLOTTE. >> FROM HIM, WHAT YOU SAW FOR HIM TO HAVE 31 POINTS, WHEN DID YOU SEE FROM HIS ABILITY TO FIND SO MANY SPOTS AND ALSO FINDING HIS GUYS? >> HE’S A GREAT PLAYER, THE HESITATION TROUBLE, FINDING THE OPEN SPACE AND ATTACK IN
THE OPEN SPACE, LAYUP, SHOOTING THE THREE AND WHEN THEY COME AND TRY TO CUT HIM OFF, HE HAS A GREAT KNACK OF FINDING HIS TEAMMATES ON TIME AND TARGET. JUST A GREAT POINT GOER, GREAT ADDITION TO OUR TEAM. HE CONTROLS THE GAME, KNOWS THE GAME, PES UP, CHALLENGES HIS TEAMMATES, CHALLENGING
HIPS, SO HE’S A GREAT LEADER AN HE’S GOING TO CONTINUE TO FLOURISH WITH
Following Brooklyn’s loss in Detroit, interim head coach Kevin Ollie tells Meghan Triplett that the Nets need to start games more aggressively. Subscribe for daily sports videos!
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