Postgame Interview: Terry Rozier III, Erik Spoelstra

Postgame Interview: Terry Rozier III, Erik Spoelstra

E e okay Eric was there’s something in particular when the game turned that you saw as the reason why it turned when it was one point was it just them hitting the threes yeah I mean um you know really it was two ball in the air ball

On the floor plays the first one was ball on the floor um you know that it was a deflection it was a great defensive possession uh you know uh Caleb was you know trying to deny Irving and then I kind of went through his legs and then it got like

All over the place and then went to Dage uh I believe he stepped out um you know based on what we saw um but we couldn’t see it I think they’re they’re supposed to review that we were telling them to review it just to see if it was a two or

A three I think if they if they saw that I believe that could change but I mean Don I’ve seen that play a lot you know end of the buzzer um you know and he just made a a big one from there and then uh Irving hit one as well on a

Three yards and a crow dust on a rebound it kind of bomble bobbled tipped and then of course it ended up you know uh in his hands wide open um and that just kind of gave him a little bit more separation we had an open three uh

Missed a couple at the rim and then you know they just um made some big plays obviously uh exom had a big three at the end of the clock U so that’s nine points on on threes um and then exom had a big one in the middle of the paint um you

Know Don just found a down there and you know they made theirs and and we missed some you know on our end couple of things on Jimmy he seemed to hurt his left wrist in the first half on that block shot by cber was that a factor and

We’ve seen Dallas do this before double team him a lot how much do you how much did that impact his night and his output yeah I mean that had definitely had an impact they U you know were pretty committed to getting the ball out of his

Hands and getting him out of his his sweet spots from there um you know we it’s good that we see a lot of these things uh because we have to find you know different ways then uh to make sure he gets activated and other ways that uh

You know he can get to his strength zones and and he’s fully capable of that uh you know I I also need to do a better job you know getting him top of the floor and and into some other areas um where it’s it’s not as easy to Corral

Them the way delins going the role he’s on I mean how helpful is that and maybe this is simplistic was it almost like I don’t say tools gold early but because you kept draining this re was there sort of maybe I don’t want say over Reliance but maybe took you away from the

Physicality of getting to the line no um they were pretty committed to uh protecting the paint tonight and I I think they’ve had um an emotional week um and this was one of their better you know defensive performances uh really committed to you know making that ball

Kick out uh those were the right plays um you know there’s some things we could have done to make it a little bit tougher for them you know to to protect the pain a lot of that is on me um you know but uh you know some of the

Three-point looks we had were were were very good you have to take what’s available um and what that possession presents whatever the open shot you know may be all right thank you

Mar. 7, 2024 – Terry Rozier III and Erik Spoelstra speak to the media following Thursday night’s game vs. the Dallas Mavericks.

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