Postgame Interview: Jimmy Butler, Jaime Jaquez Jr.

Postgame Interview: Jimmy Butler, Jaime Jaquez Jr.

At least get stops and deterring them in Second Chance Point opportunities you guys weren’t that far off on rebounds but they were able to convert more that’s just a that’s just a game um it’s it’s those those little areas where it could go either way and uh you got to go

Up and you got to put your you know your imprint on the game you got to get those loose balls whether it’s in the air whether it’s on the floor crazy thing is we talked about it before the game and um did not do it again and you see that

Uh the same result happened as last night I think if we we get those rebounds or those loose balls I I do believe it’s a different outcome it’s good for the defense at this point of the year to have that type of test two nights in a row having the leaks top two

Scores and they have the nights that they’re going to have but it now gives you all an opportunity to to adjust and see the places where you got to maybe kick it up a little bit I mean I feel like every team in this league got guys

That put the ball in the basket um maybe some a little bit better than others or in a different way but you know I don’t even know who we play next but whoever we play next I guarantee they got a guy that can score the ball at a

High level I think we just got to do better of of of guarding these individuals as a team and not leaving guys on the island um so much you know it’s it’s there’s still time but damn um not too much time what was it like to be

Out there with Patty and see what he could do instantly second game with the team first appearance I mean we all know what he can do we all know what he’s going to bring to this team I think that uh he’s a he’s a winner um

He knows how to play the game of basketball very very very high IQ and uh he just wants to help in any way that he can so I’m super glad that he got to get out there and get his feet wet thank sir appreciate you when a team needs

Settling and your number gets called and you can impact things positively um I mean you know like I said a million times you know just having a team that trusts me and a coach uh and staff that that trust me and put me in those positions um um you know it’s a great

Feeling unfortunately we didn’t get it done tonight um but you know we’re going to learn from this and get better guys didn’t get killed on the offensive board I think it was N9 to seven it’s just they were converting almost every time they had it and mostly three balls was

There anything different you could have done to kind of Stave that Avalanche against them yeah I mean that’s what we talked about 50-50 balls we didn’t come up with the 50-50 balls this game something that we talked about um going into the game um making sure that we got

Those and uh we just couldn’t convert tonight it was one play where gave up offensive rebound they got a three and spers came out and we’ve just livid do you sort of appreciate that that he sees you guys working your butt off defensively for 20 seconds only to see

That happen yeah I mean you know those are what you call back breaking plays uh you know when you’re defending so hard and so well for you know like 20 20 out of the 24 seconds and the shot goes up and we don’t come up with the rebound um

You know you know that’s on us as a team we got to get those um and and like I said those are back breaking plays um when we don’t come up with the don’t come up with the ball you were so young when Patty started out even had his

Championship moments what was it like to see him come in and in his first game do what he did oh I mean it just shows the professionalism I mean you know he’s been in this league for so long he’s been so good for so long and you know

Tonight is just another example of that um just coming off the bench when his numbers called um you know not really even having a practice with everybody and then just coming out ready to produce it just shows you know how professional um and how lethal he is as a

Player thank you so much

Mar. 8, 2024 – Jimmy Butler and Jaime Jaquez Jr. speak to the media following Friday night’s game vs. the Oklahoma City Thunder.

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