Dalano Banton Postgame Interview | Portland Trail Blazers 103, Orlando Magic 104

Dalano Banton Postgame Interview | Portland Trail Blazers 103, Orlando Magic 104

I mean obviously we would have preferred the win but what a comeback down 15 at one point what was going through you guys’ Minds in that fourth quarter um just kind of doing what coaches preached to us um you know we we’re okay with losing not okay with losing but you know

We want to play to our terms um you know we want to go out and fight I feel like just with that last game you know coming in with that mentality like know we can’t ever give up we can’t ever let our foot off the gas that’s not who we are

Whether we lose 10 straight you know we’re going to fight every night we’re not going to let nobody come in and roll over on us so I feel like that was the biggest thing um you know even being down 15 like knowing where we came from

From last game like you know we feel like we’re not going for that no more can’t even if we can’t come up with the win we can’t make it look that ugly so you know I feel like we have a lot of pieces that can help us win games um I

Feel like just putting it together for 48 minutes we always go on that little stretch every game that we have a chance to win and then you know happens and then we’re playing comeback so if I think we just get away from that we’ll be all right you were very efficient on

Both ends of the floor but especially offensively what were you seeing from their defense tonight um kind of just taking what’s there for me on the floor um you know my teammates put him in positions to get open shots get downhill you know play the My strengths and you

Know coaching staff CB definitely just you know making me play the My strengths coming off screens going downhill coming off handoffs playing out of wides and stuff like that so I feel like I’m in position to you know be aggressive you know with a lot of guys out uh you know

Like he said before you know the leash gets shorter you know guys the mistakes you get to make cut down so definitely just trying to try and be efficient uh knowing that when we have everybody back that it’s not going to be the same thing

So you know if I could be as more as efficient as I can then I’ll definitely have a good chance going into that but um other than that man just trying to piece it together for 48 minutes particularly in that regard too I think he was obviously shown an ability to

Score but defensively tonight you had two Big Blocks in the fourth quarter chony said that he’s kind of challeng you a little bit to you know like prove yourself on that side of the ball how do you feel like that is going for you lately um definitely uh chy holding me

Accountable on both sides of the floor um you know can’t get back cut I got that back cut um in the first half um you know I think the second block came off for another back cut so you know staying with the play um and just

Knowing man if he scored that it would have been over for me he already got on me about that back cut so you know chy keeps us all accountable not just me um you know makes us play makes us play hard um we know what’s required from him

So you know I feel like that makes it easier for all of us to go into the game knowing what our coach wants and know if we leave it know if we leave it all on the floor that you know he he won’t have much to say about your play cuz he knows

You played as hard as you can so I feel like it’s easy to play for a coach when he knows what he wants when you know what he wants and you know I feel like that goes a long way for all of us but

Like I said 48 minutes to get a win is what we’re going to need for school he you know almost a triple devil and got found you guys a bunch including yourself just what did you think of his his ability to affect the game overall man SC uh you know young guy um

You know coming into you know what he can really be in the NBA um I feel like you know just having all these reps are going to go a long way for him going into you know next year especially um just building that confidence knowing what the league is about you know the

First go round isn’t the easiest um you know but he’s been sticking with it man I feel like you know he gets a chance every night to show what he can do he does you know great great passer highle passer gets everyone involved gets guys

To their spots and you know a lot of stuff that’s not on the statue that he does for us that you know we know and we appreciate and we go into every game needing that out of him and um yeah so you know that that I

Think that goes the most for all of us is just what doesn’t appear on the stat sheet for a scoop and just him being a leader being a young vocal guy I you know he’s not shy to step into that point guard role and you know he talks

To all of us he talks as if he’s not a rookie and I feel like that’s big for him going into his future

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