Bobby Portis Postgame Press Conference | “Just trying to shut the naysayers up” | 3.17.24

Bobby Portis Postgame Press Conference | “Just trying to shut the naysayers up” | 3.17.24

Hey Bobby um it’s not I mean it’s not uncommon to see you make your first shot you know coming off the bench but what um I mean I think 12 points in four minutes to end the first uh and then 25 and 12 in the first half just what did that feel like

Have you been in that type of sort of shooting Zone if you will considering the just the minutes played and you know what 10 or 12 or something like that so uh can I ask you a question so how many years have you cover me now four so have

You ever seen me in the zone like that let let’s let’s think about it that like that I don’t just think about it bro I think I do that a lot bro I mean I’ve seen you make 73s 83 30 plus points in the zone I be

In my own Zone man try to block out all the NS series they be talking crazy about me all year long you know trade them all type of stuff so I get in my own zone now when I go on the court I’m just like

That man you know get back to who I used to be go out there and play with confidence shoot the ball miss a mate come back the next day be who I am know whole lot of chitter chatter about who I am you feel me so just trying to shut

The N series up make them believe that’s all it is for real I Got Confidence Got Confidence and my coaches they got confidence in me they pour confidence into me my teammates pour confidence into me me and make it easier for me to go out there and just hoop that’s all

I’ve been trying to do um second half of the Season just up my game each and every day stack them stack game Stack Games whether I play good play Bad look at the film come back next day go right back at it the same thing so just trying

To stay aggressive be what I do um come off the bench play with energy and effort and shoot the ball with confidence man basketball is always just about confidence and getting to your spots knowing um you know where you want to get to um doc has talked about you know when

When the the guards see you on a small when you have an advantage in the post to to get it to you um Dame did that not just for you but a lot of players what did you see from his playmaking in that way to sort of set you all up for

Tonight it was big man you know um D underrated playmaker obviously um I think the opposing teams tra trap him a lot they pick him up on the court uh be get up in a in a pick and roll so um you know the others on the court that’s with

Them have to have to present themselves to open spot open area on the court we’ve drilled that a lot um you know it took a lot of took time over the year to actually figure it out cuz you know adding a talent like Dame just changes the team dramatically you know ball

Domin the guy shoots the ball but underrated playmaker and making his teammates better so um the others on the court just have to find the open spot on the court like if you’re a big and your man’s up in the blit just might not set he might just pop back and catch the

Ball and now you have to make the play make the white read so we drilled a lot we watch the film a lot and it’s been fun to just see our team just get better as the season grows no matter what nobody else says we we know we have

Enough in the room to get it done it’s all about guys just stepping up when guys aren’t aren’t there and aren’t available and I feel like each each and every guy always plays a big vital role on a nightly basis on our wins so it was

A big team win for us um in in the pick and pop with Dame um just how do you try to find your feet and how long do you stick around like how are you trying to make that read to to find that open space so doc actually was been on my on

My tail man you know a lot about me like holding the screen too long but just common sense like I just try to hold it because damn I never know like he G might snake it you know he might come back my way he might explode to the

Baseline side so I try to hold it but here lately um you know I just try to read my man you know my man’s in a drop I try to set it so now Dame can get downhill and play one-on-one against the big or if I know they’re locking and

Trailing Dam I could just pick and pop to the three and find the laces and seing up and shoot it Miss or make that’s a Shot For The Possession um Chris coming in in that second unit with you just what does it mean to have him around it feels like he just like

Settles you guys maybe that’s just the way it looks like to me it’s fun playing with Chris cuz he playm makes um you know he has a lot of attention on him too I know there’s a lot of talk about like Dame and Giannis about having a lot

Of attenion but when Chris Milton’s on the court as well there’s a lot of tension on him so it kind of frees up threes and driving lanes for other people on the court so happy that cash is back man missed him a lot um always

Tough to not have your full team so it’s always good to you know when when one of your guys come back especially a guy like Chris who’s like a brother to me big bro always on me keep telling me to stay locked in especially when I get a

Little riled up you feel me tell me be quiet sometimes I need that so that’s my boy for sure Bobby you talk about your confidence blocking out the naysayers but that’s easier said than done it really is I mean you have to be mentally strong to get to that point that you’re

At yeah what’s gotten you there in your opinion my family my loved ones getting around people who actually love me for me you feel me when the good if it’s going good if it’s going bad I can go home to them and it’s all good you feel

Me like sometimes in sports we base you know our liking of people on their performance on the court you feel me but sometimes you go through slumps or you go through shooting bad games or whatever it is but uh you know just my family for real man just having a

Support system like them having them around here in Milwaukee with me has just made my time much easier um over my first four or five years in the league my mom my little brothers they couldn’t come to many games of mine so my mom still worked um for her bread route and

My little brothers was still in high school and middle school so they’re all graduated from high school and college and they up here with me so just makes it that much easier man having my loved ones around I don’t have kids or whatever that so my little brothers I

Look at them as my kids and you know it’s good to have them around and be around man they just make me feel like I supposed to feel you feel me whether it’s going good or going bad um I can come home to them and the love is still the same that’s

Beautiful uh and then from today’s game what do you feel needs to carry over into Boston obviously it’s going to be a big road game for you guys what do you want to see carryover obviously different different dynamics of different different teams um you know Boston does a lot of switching one

Through five um things like that great defensive team obviously they have a they have a hell of a star in five you feel me so um it’s going to be a different game man up and down game but I think the biggest thing is US valuing possessions um limiting our turnovers

And then just shooting the ball with confidence and playing with swag and energy that’s what it that’s what it comes down to is taking care of the ball and just playing with confidence man especially on the road hostile environment they GNA be talking crazy fans gonna be talking crazy they might

Say anything you feel me so um I love this game man love playing there love playing against the Celtics as well so um it’s going to be fun Wednesday but I’m just focused on this off day tomorrow for real you feel we get a off

Day we get a chance to chill at the crib you know and play some spades play some dominoes that’s the thing I like to do so Wednesday is Wednesday it’s Sunday tomorrow off day I’m more worried about tomorrow than Wednesday for sure Bobby you talked about you know

Being in your own Zone and playing who you are what did it mean then to have that affirmation from this crowd today because they were behind you from the jump and then you had a couple of big moments shared with that crowd it’s always big man Milwaukee has show me

Love since day one so um you know I have no words to really say about it man they are who they are they love and support me man so the love I get from them is is exceptional man I respect it I love it um it’s always fun to hear the chance

Too I don’t really talk about that much but you know gets me going man you know I’m some I will always cherish for sure uh you know I don’t know how many players can has their name I’m not a starter I don’t start on a team you I’m

Just a guy that come in and work hard give my all to the team play every game practice every day just work my tail off to be the best I can be so definitely shout out Milwaukee though man for the love

Bobby Portis talks to the media following Sunday afternoon’s win over the Sixers.

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