Inside the NBA| Shaq on Dejounte Murray sinks Celtics with 44 Pts on 44 shots, including game-winner

Inside the NBA| Shaq on Dejounte Murray sinks Celtics with 44 Pts on 44 shots, including game-winner

Times tied in the Atlanta Hawks on a four game winning streak two of those over the Boston Celtics this week let’s hear from DJ postgame the Atlanta Hawks did get a great win de Jon Murray took 44 Shots tonight only Westbrook and Kobe have taken more shots in a game over the last

20 seasons Breaking barriers powered by Shopify start selling today at shopify.com sltv with those 44 shot attempts as well it also matches his 44 points but it passes Dominique Wilkins for the most field goal attempts ever in Hawks franchise history it’s unbelievable you’re asking the wrong person I was

Coaching yeah chanon you ever take 24 Shots in again no I took 28 and I promise you I had to put my thing in a SL I was coaching book when he got 70 so you asking the wrong person if if you get it in the win I’m I’m all for it

Yeah oh yeah he did he did what he had to do 44 yeah and and most of the shots he’s taken are good shots so like end of the shot clock when you’re missing people sometimes whoever got the hot hand you you going to eat that night sometimes

It’s a buffet and sometimes it’s a Omi I mean he had 19 three point field goal attempts too the guy could have had 75 80 points tonight Earl he said Kobe would have been proud and he is telling the truth in the game of basketball you can’t play analytical basketball if

You’re at that position you have to just be aggressive in attack and he did that all night he put his team in a chance to win and that’s all you can say I was UN I was unaware of the Hawk’s heart so at the beginning I said the Celtics are GNA

Whoop him I was wrong fans he’s not afraid to admit it I will not admit it I am impressed by these wins because they were just battling and fighting through and in continuing to fight and when you look up to somebody like Deon Marinette Your Leader I think it shows for him

That his teammates are fighting even with the guys out like that yeah the Hawks get a win against the Hornets they get two wins against the Celtics this week and they get a win against the Portland Trailblazers how much confidence though do these two wins give

A team moving forward yes they have that 10 spot locked up in the East but knowing the postseason or I guess the playin right around the corner how much confidence does that give them you need momentum going into the postseason especially in the playin game you have

To win two tough games one potentially on the road maybe both on the road right so you have to be ready to play and come in you can defer you can reflect back on these wins you can defer to to passing up good shots for a great shot and

That’s what they need to do down the stretch you’re it’s hard to win in the league and so when you realize dang I if I compete at this level I could play versus the best team in the league so that becomes a habit the more you can

Make that a habit the more you can challenge yourself to get better so if this team can take this momentum and learn and practice that hard then they’re going to get better and be dangerous and not just play against the best team in the league win twice

Against the on game time the Pelicans took the game tonight over the Milwaukee Bucks 107 to 100 one of the stars of the game CJ mcum 25 points on the night night joins us right now CJ how you doing I’m doing well I’m doing well

Happy we got a win yeah it was really fun to watch and thank you for joining us on the show I have to ask only eight made threes on the night for the team but you guys grinded this one out you were physical you got to the line 34

Times what was the key to getting the win over the Milwaukee Bucks tonight we just try to be physical at home protect our home court hit first defend at a high level and really lean on the fact that uh we have a lot of good players who can get downhill especially Z he’s

Going to create crowds and we got to drive Closeouts and take advantage of spacing CJ I have a couple of things for you one I never got my wine from the Chiefs beating your Browns and and and the second one you’ve been here before what are you telling your team as a

Leader in a locker room down a stretch how you want to finish the game and how to prepare for these last couple games for the playoffs yeah I think it’s about execution and getting the ball in your best players hands Z and I have had a lot of conversations obviously bi’s out

Right now so it’s just about us getting what we want each possession I told Z you know a little bit of rub action you know figuring out you know the pigeons figuring out weak side help who’s the shot blocker tonight it was Lopez Giannis is tracking the ball figuring

Out how to how to get them out the way so that we can you know get the shot that we want each time but for us right now you know nine eight nine games left we half a game out of four but we control our own destiny so we got to

Compete at a high level CJ I don’t know did y’all have a team meeting or was it something Willie did but you guys have raised your game to a whole another level of intensity especially on the defensive end can you tell the people listening and watching what happened was

That something consciously done or was that just health and just maturity or what happened after the break where you guys are taking it to this level I think it was a combination of things uh the Lakers beat the beat the snot out of us um in in the inseason tournament and for

Us it was a way for us to look in the mirror and figure out how we could be better defensively in our shell how we can help each other how we could depend on athleticism blength and communication and obviously like tonight we only hit a3s and the law of averages says that

You’re not going to win many games in a3s but if you strap up the way we strap up you give yourself a chance to win games and the best playoff teams defend at a high level especially in half court and then they have players that can close games and and score throughout I

Think we have both of those yeah I mean we’re in the stretch run now there’s only eight nine games left in the regular season take me inside that locker room the mentality of you guys in the focus moving forward now these last couple weeks knowing postseason right

Around the corner yeah for us it’s about being aggressive uh really take advantage of our practice days obviously you know as Shanny Earl know you don’t practice a lot down the stretch of season so walkthroughs got to be crisp film has to be sharp and you really have

To be communicating at a high level and taking care of your body and I think for us as a young team you know this is a really important chance for us to take steps in the right direction establish really good habits and then give ourselves a chance to be a you know four

Or five seat heading into the playoffs CJ we so appreciate you I know Earl’s going to be waiting for that bottle of wine so he’s not holding breath that Heritage 91 go get it that’s best of luck down the stretch thanks so much for taking the time foree speee foreign foreign foreign spee

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Inside the NBA | Shaq on Dejounte Murray sinks Celtics with 44 Pts on 44 shots, including game-winner