Zion Williamson on 3Q run, upcoming homestand | Pelicans-Thunder Postgame Interview 3/26/24

Zion Williamson on 3Q run, upcoming homestand | Pelicans-Thunder Postgame Interview 3/26/24

What did you just think uh changed in the third quarter to to help you guys get back into um coach said it at halftime just I kind of just trust the process and what our game plan is and don’t panic and we made a run and got right back in the game and

You guys Rec in that trade three then offense DED up little with the last three minutes what what do you feel like could have you guys could have done better on the off then those those last three uh we definitely could have managed to clock better um and had some more

Movement uh we were kind of stagnant um and I got definitely got to demand the ball more in those situations during those last three and a half minutes what do you need your teammates to find you or do you just need to go get the ball

Cuz I don’t know if you even had a touch during the last three and a half uh honestly it depends on which team you’re playing and how they guard me um tonight it was a little mixture of both I got to go get it and then just got to find me

In my spots did they change something up on you cuz right before that you were kind of getting your touches and you were rolling a little bit there um no I just our offense kind of became stagnant it was more ball watching on the offensive side

Um cuz when even when Trey hit the three it was a lot of ball movement that allowed him to get that open three and we were just real stagnant was fatigue at all an issue at the start of the game or in the second quarter when they kind

Of got things going away was it just some some discipline on the defense of them and then just the physicality tonight um particularly on the boards they you know that usually you guys do a great job um inside that they be in both points in the paints and on the board um

So what did they do there uh to be successful uh I’m sorry what was the first part of that uh just on the second quarter what happened there was there any lingering fatigue from the road trip or just some misassignments there defensively um a little bit of there was some Miss

Assignments but but I mean they were hitting shots uh they were hitting shots and we weren’t at first um carried into the third quarter a little bit but then we we like I said we trusted the process and started hitting shots um just in terms of rebounding the

OKC had a lot of success in the glass tonight where you guys are typically successful uh they had a couple key offensive rebounds down the stretch too what do you attribute um that to and as well as like what you what needs to happen to kind of like regain that activity

Last I mean they crashed uh it feel like all five guys just you know Rush the paint and we’re going for the rebounds and for us uh it’s just stay in discipline not losing sight of your man and boxing out you’re is is there a little bit of you know like everyone’s

Got to take some ownership that in games where JB might not get a lot of minutes CU sometimes you JB’s getting a lot of rebounds and it’s easy to kind of take that for granted but you know in games where he doesn’t get a lot of minutes

Everyone kind to take ownership um I mean whether jv’s in the game or not you still got to take ownership but when jv’s not in the game uh I mean all season we’ve always made the emphasis we all got to come help rebound especially when we’re playing small ball somebody’s

Going to box out the big and everybody else got to help rebound it’s time we have a tough stretch of games like this like you one every other day how tough is it to like put this behind you move right on to the next I

Mean this is NBA uh that’s the beauty in it got practice tomorrow go watch film see what we could have did better and try to redeem ourselves uh Thursday I just want ask you real quick um just for you you’ve not been in this position

Late in the season you you know the the play the the run last year to the it you missed those things but now here you get this important home stretch you in position to lead your team how do you feel just in in the opportunity to play

In games that matter that are this intense and then to have this home stretch where you really get to you know maybe separate yourselves I mean this is what being competitive is all about I mean I’ve always said it like these games are fun to play we

Didn’t get the result we wanted tonight but games like this this is when I watch playoff basketball this is what games look like uh just down to the wire teams make runs and you know whoever stays the most disciplined gets the win so uh I’m excited for this stretch um like I said

Uh after Detroit’s game uh just got to take a game by game thank sir all right you guys have a great night

New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson speaks with the media following the team’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday, March 26, 2024.
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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
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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
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