CJ McCollum on Brandon Ingram, win vs. Miami | Pelicans at Heat Postgame Interview 3/22/24

CJ McCollum on Brandon Ingram, win vs. Miami | Pelicans at Heat Postgame Interview 3/22/24

Yeah we were all talking to him last night and and just trying to you know support him the best we can understanding the severity of what could have happened and when we found out you know we were excited we you know telling them you know taking time obviously but

We’re happy that it wasn’t something worse and we going to hold it down for him while he’s going and tonight we did that obviously there’s a lot of reason to come into this one with some emotion what you think how do you think the team did just you know staying focused and

Maintaining you know the game plan all that we responded well we responded well understanding what’s at stake you know 15 14 games left um can’t lose too many in a row especially in the west you know standings matters right now and you know sticking to our game plan defending at a

High level and then you know trust in our depth we got a lot of guys that are capable of producing on both sides of the ball and tonight they did that so I have the feeling that nobody’s talking about this team you in the big position close to the you feel comfortable in

That Ro like the under yeah I mean we just got to go out there and play we don’t really need people to talk about us we need to go out there and and really execute go out there win games at home win games on the road and um really

Just continue to prove to ourselves what we’re capable of each night you can beat any team Le I mean I think I think that’s how everybody approaches the game um you feel like you are able to beat anybody especially when you play your best basketball but you’re

Also able to lose anybody when you’re not playing your best basketball so I think it’s just about us focusing on you know our Tendencies our habits our film um getting our work in each day getting our rest when we need to and I really responding well well um in games

Especially games that matter you guys lost Jose and nii last game when y saw them you know how big were those two guys to they were huge I end up getting hurt in that game so I was in the back when when everything went down but they were great tonight they responded really

Well coach challenged them before um before the game to just be them be themselves be the best selves play aggressive impact the game and you know we got you know arguably the best bench in the league and they showed it tonight you see the way you guys have defended

For pretty much most of the Year Obviously good news today about the the indications that you’re get back and play run how how good can this team be I mean you’re playing playoff defense now yeah we just continue to stick to what we’ve been taught um game plan discipline guarding guarding with five

Helping each other running people off the line and um holding people to one shot and taking care of the ball we’ve been doing all of that stuff you know for about two three months now and we want to continue to sustain that level of play and our offense will figure

Itself out we got a lot of great players we continue to guard like that you know we got a chance to do something speci the heat are very much known for their pack the paint defense and it felt like you guys were trying to do something similar out there maybe because of some

Of the shooters that they have out it feels like you guys pretty much responded better to you know the the heat packing the paint and just in general hitting the threes hitting the mid-range shots was that the game plan for you guys tonight game plan was the

Control of the game from start to finish and then Dominate and we did that

New Orleans Pelicans guard CJ McCollum speaks to the media following the teams win over the Miami Heat on Friday, March 22, 2024.
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New Orleans Pelicans Roster
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Jose Alvarado #15 Guard
Dyson Daniels #11 Guard
Jordan Hawkins #24 Guard
Brandon Ingram #14 Forward
Herbert Jones #5 Forward
E.J. Liddell #32 Forward
Naji Marshall #8 Forward
CJ McCollum #3 Guard
Trey Murphy III #25 Guard
Larry Nance Jr. #22 Forward
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl #50 Forward
Matt Ryan #37 Forward
Dereon Seabron #0 Guard
Jonas Valanciunas #17 Center
Zion Williamson #1 Forward
Cody Zeller #44 Forward-Center

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