SHOOTAROUND SOUND: MAGIC VS. RAPTORS | COACH MOSE & MOE WAGNER

SHOOTAROUND SOUND: MAGIC VS. RAPTORS | COACH MOSE & MOE WAGNER

Coach when you have a team that has the playoff mindset and they know what they’re looking forward to how do you kind of help them stay in that playoff mindset knowing that they’re playing against teams that aren’t really in the playoff Chase well we talked about that

This morning uh the ability to break it down into smaller games uh winning different segments of the season so we have 16 left and helping these guys understand what what each what each piece of the game is preparing you for uh and then that’s when it goes back to

Just controlling what you can control and doing the things that are setting to our standard no matter who we play against your next two games are against the Raptors one here one back in Orlando you had two of these way back in the SE way back earlier in the season against

Chicago and then Boston the fact that this is even closer to the postseason and it’s a home in home how do you approach that or how do you kind of simulate that playoff feel that minseries if you will well that’s a great point right there Bey I I really

Do believe that it it sets you up for that scenario understanding the adjustments you need to make from one game to the next uh the things that you did well the things that you need need to obviously grow and improve on so being able to have that you know in this

Point of the season of understanding what they’re capable and knowing what to do is very important for this group the fact that the Raptors look very different from the last time you faced them they’re missing key pieces tonight how do you prepare for a team that’s you

Know they were sellers at the deadline they made a lot of Trades since then different pieces are here how do you pray for a team like that we it’s continued to has to be about us the things that we’re trying to accomplish how we’re trying to play I mean this is

A still a good basketball team the way in which they play play you know since the trade they’re still they’re number one in Fast Break points uh as well as in their wins they’re getting 58 points in the paint uh so I think they have a

Capable guys that are out there able to score Quickly’s playing at a high level uh Trent’s been out for a game or two but he’s able to knock down threes Grady dick is playing good basketball and you know they’re always the wild card that they have is Kelly olenic that does a

Great job of uh facilitating the offense but also making shots and making it tough on on on on the defense yeah what what type of challenge will Kelly be that he was someone that required in a trade this season well his ability to knock down shots uh you know playmaking

Facilitating he has a does a great job of recognizing how the defense is being played uh he’s Keepers on the dribble handoffs uh but just his ability to just change out and space the floor as well so we’ve got to do a great job communicating with one another uh be

Physical without fouling uh and make sure that we play our brand of basketball and set the tone Jay I mentioned you know when everyone’s healthy and you walk in the locker room and all the jerseys are there and everyone’s available to play there’s a different energy do you notice that when

Players everyone’s available and and the fact that everyone’s healthy right now it seems absolutely I I think it’s so great when we have all of our guys available there’s nothing to you can’t say enough about being healthy in the NBA especially at this stretch of the

Season uh being able to find the right Rhythm the right chemistry the right flow of of guys in and out of the game I think is so great for this group as well as you know as as as we move forward in games where you guys shoot a high three-point percentage is there

Something specific you guys are doing well in those games at a allows you to shoot just a good percentage well I think it’s the ball movement it’s the trust it’s the the ability to recognize how the defenses are playing uh but it’s also recognizing you know being when

You’re open step into your shot with confidence and knock it down uh we had a ton of Great Looks in our last game the ball was moving the ball was popping I joked with guys this morning that you know we had 29 assists we could have had

34 if you know guys would have made some shots uh but I think you know that’s that’s the attitude we want to have when you’re open you know you’re confident enough and you put the work in let it fly do you have a number of assists that

You look for or I I’ll take 29 and 30 and up that’s what I’d like 30 assists would be beautiful for us on a given night and then sometime that’s going to depend on if the ball’s going in or not but our willingness and our ability to

Share and pass the basketball is very key Mo coach kind of talked a little bit about how you guys spoke this morning how even though you guys are in a playoff Chase keeping that intensity going against teams that aren’t really in the playoff Chase how do you guys do

That or how do you focus knowing that you’re going to have to keep that mindset even though you’re going against teams that aren’t really in that playoff Chase well I think it just focus um Randy come on um I think just a little like you put all your effort and energy

In what you do um you focus all like all year on what you do obviously there’s streaks and turns here in the game plan according to who you’re playing but everybody in this league can play you got to take everybody serious and I think that’s what how we have approached

Every game so far and uh we got to continue to improve and it’s on the coaches and on us to take that serious the next two games are against the Raptors one here one in Orlando you guys had many series in Chicago Boston earlier in the year but the fact that

These these two games are closer to the playoffs how do you approach that and maybe simulate that playoff like you know traveling back and forth facing the same team in a matter of a couple of days yeah obviously when you play the same team within two days it’s it’s a

Little more it’s easier to focus on adjustments and all that stuff but I’m not sure if we quite there yet uh to be honest with you I’ve never been in the playoffs so I don’t really know how that stuff feels anyway I’m just trying to

Focus day by day um on what’s ahead um not looking at the standards standings too much and just kind of taking a day for what it is and see where we end up that the Raptors have made so many different trades they added a guy like

Kelly o in there in the mix what challenges does Kelly offer Kelly Kelly can hoop I mean I love I I love KO he’s uh’s got some serious game has a great playmaker um can shoot the basketball which obviously makes it a lot diff more difficult to guard their

Whole their whole thing um but I could you can just tell I love KO because he loves the game of basketball and that’s why he plays and that’s fun to watch in games where you guys shoot a good three-point percentage is there something specific you guys you think

You’re doing well to shoot a good percentage or is it’s a great question I don’t know um I’m not a big analytics guy anyway but I think I one emphasize one emphasis that we’ve been focusing on is moving the ball uh playing together and I think

When we do that um we create easier shots and easier shots equal higher percentage so I think there’s a correlation there if we play together and uh play for each other and let the ball pop

0:00 – 3:48: Coach Mose
3:49 – 6:21: Moe Wagner

Listen to Coach and Moe Wagner as they prepare for their game vs Toronto Raptors

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