CJ McCollum: Celtics Are Unique In How they Switch on Defense | Pelicans Postgame

CJ McCollum: Celtics Are Unique In How they Switch on Defense | Pelicans Postgame

Yeah say who are these people I think it was a two-point game at Hal time just what’ you see in the third quarter yeah I think that last shot at the end of the second quarter hurt um Derek got that three off had the Buzzard big momentum swing and

Then let him go and then in the third quarter uh goad then in the third third quarter he um he was a part of their run you know what I mean they got stops I think we scored 11 points in the third quarter or something like that so we got

To do a better job of coming out with energy in that third quarter that’s a that’s a really good team that we played against I don’t know that they lost three games all season long to be honest with you and I think we competed but we

Got to do do stuff a little bit better a little bit harder a little bit more consistently throughout the game in order to beat a team like that um but I mean I thought we did well defensively offensively we could have do a little bit better but you know credit them they

Played well um and we not going to win too many games you know scoring 11 points in a quarter yeah do I mean that that sequence you alluded to at the end of the first half do you feel like hey if that goes differently maybe the the

Rest of the game Wass a little bit different yeah I mean they had been inbounding the ball fast all all game and then he inbounds the he gives him the ball quickly and uh you know credit them advaned pass couple dribbles into a three and you know they responded well

In the third quarter I me we scor him in the fourth quarter but second quarter and the third quarter hurt us and I think that’s what really turned the game around for them and will went you know small ball pretty well not pretty much the entire fourth quarter without a

Center y’all haven’t done that too much this season with Zion as the center when y’all go to those groups what do you kind of see and some of the things y’all can kind of improve on what y do I think we just got to rebound the ball we had a

Couple possessions that we didn’t get the rebound or we didn’t rotate on the backside and jayen Brown gets wide up been D um me porzingis is really tall so when he gets those switches we got to you know show him bodies but um the Celtics they play a lot of guards in

Then porzingis and a lot of guards in Al Horford so you got to be able to match that at times throughout a game and and figure out how to uh take advantage of you know some of the talented Wings we have on this team and Will’s kind of G

Back and forth a lot this season with Larry at five JV at five you start some second halfs with Larry at five what do you think about just the way those guys have kind of handled that kind of that uh I guess uncertainty from night tonight just how they’ll be used yeah

They’ve been the ultimate Professionals in terms of mentality and how they show up to work every day JV whether he plays 15 minutes or 20 minutes you know he’s still getting his work in every day he’s still um showing up for us and really just taking advantage of his skill set

When he gets the opportunities to and obviously Larry has been a pro um throughout this entire process and has done whatever it takes for us to be successful as a team whether that’s starting whether that’s coming off the bench or whether that’s finishing games or not finishing games last time you

Guys play them in Boston their coach talked about the law of averages when it comes to letting certain guys shoot from from three um they had a similarly aggressive game plan tonight in terms of just leaving Guys open just what do you make of of that overall like every team kind of

Does to extent they seem to be a little bit more aggressive than other teams and and just what do you guys got to do as an offense when they are playing off some guys pretty aggressively just take advantage of spacing they they don’t match up um their fives on fives

Sometimes they’ll switch they’ll put a five on her but they’ll put a five on niji um so that MCH up the flow of your pick and rolls and your CAD they’ll put a guard on you know a Larry or a JV at times um well not JV cuz he’s so big but

They they try to mess up your offense with the switching they try to get you stagnant they try to get you playing ISO one-onone and get you in the late clock and I think that’s what the good teams do defensively and they funnel you the

Areas and I hope that you kick it out like like he he said before law averages I thought we did a good job um of trying to find the open man and trying to make the right place I think um it comes down to you know getting a little bit getting

On and run a little bit more in trans position that would have been helpful for us and then just being able to get some stops in that third quarter to get out and run to open up the game cuz once we open up the game and get out and run

I think it’s it becomes more free flowing but it’s a good half court team it’s hard to score in half court you think they’re a little bit unique as a team in terms of like you know sometimes the guys they leave open they’re making a lot of Threes but they hold fast to

That approach where I feel like some teams will like okay this guy hit two threes maybe you got to change up the scheme little yeah I mean her was four of nine from three so I mean he’s shooting like 43 on the year so they can play play those law averages all they

Want we’ll live with that um I think it’s just about us making the right plays getting stops and um just learning from these types of games we won have we won’t be playing them again unless it’s in the finals so we learn from these types of games it’s a good defensive

Team um they’re unique in terms of how they switch in terms of you know them having a you know super seven-footer in porzingis but most teams are going to be switching as you get closer to the playoffs seej Z had it rolling in that first quarter but then I think he only

Maybe scored one bucket in the second and third quarters was it something you think Boston did more so or was it just your lack of offensive execution probably combination um they had a good they did a good job protecting the rim porzingis protected the rim really well

And you know he’s one of the best shot blockers in the league and I think that was a part of it some of it was our ball movement some of it was us not getting downhill just kind of playing on the perimeter I think it was a combination

Of things the team that good when you see trying to avoid losing three games in a row uh when they kind of get to that mode uh where where steps you guys feel like you have to take to kind of get to where they are right now yeah

Just continue to to fight their physicality with physicality I continue to hit first I think we hit first tonight and we hit last but in the middle it was a little law in that second and third quarter but just getting down to execution getting down to rebounding and then when when the

Offense does walk down that helps to get some stops so we can get some flow and not have to call plays say byebye Bye by

NEW ORLEANS — After the New Orleans Pelicans suffered a home loss to the Boston Celtics, the Celtics rebounded from back-to-back defeats against Atlanta, securing a 104-92 win over the Pelicans on Saturday. CJ McCollum highlighted the Celtics’ defensive strategy, noting their uniqueness in how they switch on defense.

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