Postgame Interview: Terry Rozier III, Jimmy Butler

Postgame Interview: Terry Rozier III, Jimmy Butler

Terry you guys are I think pulled ahead by four like eight minutes left and then Washington seemed to catch fire what would you point to down the stretch of what happened there that allowed Washington to kind of pull away and take that 10-point lead well ain’t nothing

Specifically that I can point two down the stretch but you know just our level of play uh throughout the game who that put us in that position uh you know you know all the credit goes to them you know they deserve that win but when you

Get a team like that to feel comfortable throughout the whole game then shots like that start to fall in the fourth quarter so it’s too late by then Terry what’s what’s been the Common Thread through these three games we’ve seen three games you’ve jumped to early leads

Look very good early and then it sort of slips away a little in the third quarter and goes from there what’s sort of unwinding for you guys during Second halfs of these last three games that double digit leads go to something else uh I just got to sustain the right level

Of play man just we got to have a way that we that we want to play and we got to go up there and and and do it to the TM sustain that throughout the whole game we understand in this league is you know just the best players in in the

World but when we got a plan and and we can execute it we’re we’re tough to beat but you know these last couple games it’s kind of like we get away from our identity and who we are so it’s tough to win like that Terry you you and Bam

Still have had some success in the pick and role but when Washington didn’t they didn’t have any real centers tonight so they played small how did their small lineups kind of change the complexion of the game the way they were defending uh you know you play with small lineup they

Start to switch you know so sometimes I can’t really hit bam in the pocket like I want to uh you know give to him in a sweet spot so sometimes we got to you know do more post ups but uh you know just trying to find a way uh to make

That make that click you know with all the guys just trying to you know really see ways I can you know make it make it easier on them you know and Bam is definitely one of them trying to uh you know get them back going and get them back feeling

Right Terry is a loss like this sort of humbling or is it sort of just going you just need to go back to business as usual it’s not that deep I mean in this league you you play 82 games you know it’s a little bit of both you don’t

Never want to get too high you don’t want to get too low like what can we do about today it’s over with we got to worry about Denver nug I mean yeah the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday so it’s it’s a little bit of both you know in this

League you don’t you don’t want to get too high or get too low you got to move on so of a game like this I mean obviously you look at the standings you look at the records you see a huge differential you guys needed a bounce back I would think

After Dallas and Oklahoma City and they said you come in and do this what’s your takeaway this game is just very humbling and you know come out with the right mindset this is what will happen this is what will continue to happen so you know ain’t too much to say you think the

Mindset is off coach that he thought you guys competed didn’t came in with the right mindset what did you see missing no I think uh we came in and with the right mindset but I don’t think we sustained that Minds the entire game I think we played their game more than we

Played ours and you know up and down making it a pickup game but you know they’re good at that they made shots tonight we didn’t guard and that’s the lead Jimmy obviously you’re In the Heat of the game You’re In the Heat of the Moment at the end there was there a

Thought to maybe go for the tie or was it just going I’m never going for the tie thank you

Mar. 10, 2024 – Terry Rozier III and Jimmy Butler speak to the media following Sunday night’s game vs. the Washington Wizards.

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