Ime Udoka after Jalen Green scores 37 to drop Wizards

Ime Udoka after Jalen Green scores 37 to drop Wizards

What do you think of how you guys were able to push the pace a little bit tonight especially against a team that played so fast themselves it was good when we guarded well and got stops and got out and ran um you know first quarter was not great giving up too many

And then obviously a third but um it really that second quarter won it for us and we got a bunch of stops says 25 fast break points but I think we got more than that based on how they chart chart them um and yeah that was good just how

Would you assess the physicality level of these past two games without Alp just with those guys being able to play small and being to still be physical good I mean solid with our I think we’re aggressive with our switching and taking some things away but um you know at

Times getting bodied a little bit too easily at times I think you know U really like I said just second quarter was really good for us they had eight points for seven plus minutes of that quarter and think we could be better we’re going to see them in a week and

You know everything other than the second quarter was a even quarter so we want to be more consistent and More Physical why do you think am Thompson was able to kind of come in and set the tone the way that he did yeah I mean are you talking about defensively uh both

Yeah I mean defensively that’s he’s going to take the assignments on a nightly basis and um you know do his job there one of the best Wing defenders in the league and so um adding him to the starting lineup is you know add him to Fred Dylan and some of those guys Jabari

And so you’re probably going to be a little more Stout defensively there and then offensively the pace and attack and downhill to your point he had he had a big first quarter I think 12 or 13 in that quarter um and so really got off to aggressive start um favorable match ups

At times you know they’re going to try to put some other Defenders on Jaylen and Fred and those guys and he had a match up that he liked and really got downhill and attacked jayen has been playing very well after the allstar break is this one of the best games You’

Seen in play since then yeah I mean he’s had quite a few though honestly and so um you know from a scoring standpoint tonight obviously having 37 but um you know he’s had some really balanced games in general you know take it even back further when he had the three double

Doubles in a row and then he had triple double sprinkles in there with a lot of consistent play so um I wouldn’t say his best overall I mean he scored a lot tonight but um you know he’s had really good balanced games scoring passing the ball fighting guys and so another really

Good one tonight what has it been like for um for you to see Jack land step in the way he has over these last two games it’s been great I think you know U like I said you take it back to the Phoenix series

The home and home there and Al he got in the foul trouble he wanted a little bit of change of pace with his physicality and like I said familiarity with his old team and he came in and did a really good job then and has earned his way

Back into the lineup and he playing great and so um fortunately he stayed ready he um stayed professional prepared himself for this opportunity and with Al be going down now he was already you know three four games into with a nice little rhythm and so happy for him good

To see it and you know like I always say it’s a little bit of a a log Jam with numbers and um you know I’m happy when guys stay the course and get the opportunity and are rewarded for it has been a small sample size but how would

You assess how you guys have developed so far playing with LP yeah it’s been solid I mean um you know he brings another dimension that we don’t have when he’s not there so the low post scoring and the spacing is different a lot more you know five out open sets and

So um the driving Lanes maybe a little different but what he brings to us is invaluable and you can’t duplicate that you know the attention he draws out of the post and so that’ll take a hit but we can you know still play with the same

Pace even when he was here um you know since even before Allstar break we really picked up the pace and so that doesn’t change if anything that increases adding I’m into to the starting lineup but um yeah I think it’s been decent um still finding our way

Especially when jock is not in there Jeff is not in there more traditional five and our man is you know find his way as far as a screener and Handler and doing some different things so few lumps early which are expected but I think it’s been okay how do you think Jaylen

And a men specifically are playing off of each other yeah it’s uh to you know adds another Handler to the group um you know another guy that pushes the pace but I’m in is like I said finding different ways to attack and tonight he was especially with C certain guys on

Him we wanted him to be the screener and they found him in the pocket quite a bit and from there he’s using his athleticism to finish our fine guys and so they have a nice little rhythm there um but you you know the more balance we

Can have you know with guys that can initiate and get us into sets I think it’s beneficial for us Co tell me that you don’t watch the standing things a lot but the way that you all have been playing these last couple of games do you think that the playing spot is still

Attainable I mean based on last looking I know we were a few games behind some teams and so um you know we want to continue to play this way and and regardless we’ll live with the results and um you know we’re going to need some

Help obviously as far as that but um it somewhat self-inflicted with the games that we gave away early and so um this is what we were searching for more consistency across the board like this and you know unfortunately at the alpi and cam go down at a time when you know

We’re really making a push but um others have to step up and I think they’ve done that so more so than talk about standings we’re just going to continue to try to play good basketball and see what happens with the others you talk about consistency what have you seen in

These last I think six to seven games where you guys been ranked top 10 in defense yeah I mean we’ve been that all year but it’s a little bit different now and so um you know uh I would say with Al be going down a little more

Aggression on on ball with the switching stuff but um the activity has been great um you know making plays and the steals leading to transition and so feels like our deflection steals you know causing turnovers has really gone up and um you know it’s due to some of the lineups

That are in there now but even when Ali was there we were really doing a good job and even playing with that same pace and so yeah trying to be consistent across the board on both sides and I think uh when we talk about getting up more threes playing with pace and

Offensive rebound and those things we’ve started to hit more more of those benchmarks on a consistent basis thanks thank you

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Ime Udoka talks to reporters after the Houston Rockets crushed the Washington Wizards on 3/14/2024. Jalen Green scored a season-high 37 points, Amen Thompson added 20 and Fred VanVleet put up 27 and 9 assists.