Coach Malone Full Post Game Press Conference vs. Spurs 🎙

Coach Malone Full Post Game Press Conference vs. Spurs 🎙

Yeah there was uh hanging in the balance do we get him in do we get him in do we get him in and to the group that was out there to their credit they were able to you know hold the Spurs off and keep our

Lead to 2018 17 16 and uh anytime we can get those guys rest this point in the season is obviously uh to our advantage um so I thought our first quarter defense was unbelievable second and third we didn’t play any defense and fourth quarter we got back to playing

Some defense help the 40% from the field uh 36 assists is a great number 66 in the paint is a great number and the bench was out standing 47 bench points tonight got contributions from a lot of people how important is it to see consistency from that second unit now as

You get to this part of the Season there I’m Howard how time you listen I’m listening to the song over there you one of my favorite songs what song is that uh well you don’t know you better ask somebody uh but I’m sorry repeat your question Ben

How important is it to start to get consistency from that second un this part of the year when you’ve kind of had the natural ups and downs with some of the young guys throughout the season just to sort of get a sequence of games where it’s guys are stepping up in the

Miami game guys are stepping up yeah I I think it’s a really important point because um it’s such a delicate balance when you’re trying to win at a high level and develop as many young guys as we are and the only way you can really

Do it is by letting them you know play through their growing Paints the ups and downs that you mentioned um and to see obviously you know Reggie’s not a young guy but for CB for Payton even for Zeke for those guys that go out there and just to get more confident more

Aggressive uh in their respective roles with now 15 games to go um and that’s been a big part of us being 11 to1 coming out of the break yes it’s good offense it’s good defense but we’re getting consistency and productivity from the bench and uh you know I’m

Really impressed with those guys and uh once again with 15 to go we got a challenge going to Dallas and it never gets any easier and that’s what great teams do they continue to just you know chip away and and and stay the course the other night AG said he said this in

Regard to Reggie but he said this team gets mad at you you don’t shoot um and how teammates were kind of trying to stress to Reggie that he should stay aggressive keep that mindset is it sort of been the same for Christian in terms of the message from teammates and

Coaches throughout this season when he’s had some of his struggles yeah because I felt you know during the first half of the Season Christian would miss a shot then the next possession that he was open he wouldn’t shoot it and he drive the ball in the traffic and either take

A tough two which anal analytically speaking is not a great shot or maybe turn the ball over and I remember when I met with him and watch film that was one of the things that was an emphasis like you shooting an open shot is a good shot

Regardless if it goes in or not we need you to shoot open shots and he had that step back tonight and um you know I I was just so happy for him because now he’s shooting it with confidence and he’s mixing in driving finishing kicking defending rebounding as well as shooting

A three-point shot which just great confidence so uh that that’s uh that’s great to see from CB coach you you always talk about trust when you when you mentioned Justin holiday and I thought he came up big tonight he made that that that big three at the end of

The third quarter once again a little momentum Builder going into the fourth made some threes made some good plays had some steals yeah he was uh he was good you know what like uh two plays that kind of jump out of but kind of Define Justin holiday you mentioned the

Three at the end of the third quarter five-point game not then all a sudden he hits that now we’re up eight little things like that can have a huge effect ripple effect and then he misses a breakaway dunk doesn’t drop his head doesn’t feel sorry for himself isn’t

Embarrassed gets back in transition and gets a steal that’s who he is he’s a guy that just plays next play mentality um you know you look at his Line Tonight five of nine from the field three of six from three 13 points and uh two steals

So um he’s a veteran and every time you call upon him he’s going to do something to help your team win leag Le sh has three blocks Le late but you’re CER people say different stuff about the defens I they had two blocks and really was dominant against

Post just describe what you saw from his play from Nia or wemi ni yeah I mean I think the first time we posted Nia I think wmy blocked it and then you know NOA is like a a savant okay I see what he did there how can I make sure that

Doesn’t happen again how can I use my body get into him collapse him a little bit get that hooko a little bit further out to takeways wingspan shot fakes got him in foul trouble I think that’s the key if you’re going to beat that team obviously getting wiama in foul trouble

And uh you know getting him on the bench is but the best way to stop him uh but that kid’s got a really bright future he’s only going to get better as he gets stronger um but yeah Nia you know 31 and just did it in a lot of different

Ways I know if you talked about already but the points off turnovers did a nice job getting the Steals and the turnovers and then converting them into some points yeah I mean 13 steals is a lot obviously as you mentioned we forced I think 17 turnovers for 27 points and uh

You know the reason that our our fast break numbers have been improved since the All-Star break is yes our defense has been better but we are averaging a lot of steals I think since the All-Star break we’re top maybe three or four in steals per game so just tremendous

Activity and uh that’s what you want to be disruptive defensively you don’t want to let teams run their offense script and let them get whatever shot they want you want to disrupt them make uh make teams feel you and I think we’re doing a really good job of it was ald giving you

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Coach Malone Full Post Game Press Conference vs. Spurs 🎙