Coach Taylor Jenkins Press Conference | Grizzlies vs. Pistons
Questions for questions what were you able to do all night to get them to keep take advantage of their turnovers uh I mean we just kept sticking uh with a need to get better throughout the game obviously I thought at halftime down 13 you know our kind of
Ment was as if we were playing down by 20 I thought our offense was you know really hurting us uh the production there we weren’t touching the paint we weren’t knocking down shots we weren’t given the effort that we needed to on the defensive side give a lot of credit
K’s been playing at an unbelievable level right now jayen Ivy heard us in the first half and then in that third quarter we just came out we made a couple adjustments there started switching a little bit more having better one-on-one ball presence I thought our rotations improved um and
That that helped us I mean our our uh defense was better but we still gave up 33 points in that third quarter offense just got better I think just our mentality shift really improved our effort in that second half how fenetic is that last play where Janet takes it
To the basket you’re in a scramble mode defensively do you have something in your head or do are you just yelling out barking out stuff as the play sort of onf yeah I mean it was definitely a hetic a couple of minutes there at the end of the fourth quarter I mean Big
Time shots both ends of the four I thought JJ was phenomenal tonight um you know 40 points you know getting downhill getting to the free throw line Luke eight assist ball movement um they come up with big shots there was one where K got off of it re space it’s a big time
Three I think to tie the game so it was just like constant hey how are we just going to execute you know I thought we got some good looks um that last possession we had jiren right at the front of the rim he just you know missed
A shot I said you make that a thousand of a thousand one times um and it just happened to not go in and then frenetic uh you know we were talking about trying to you know get them off the three-point line and we were going to trust our
Rotations like you know we had said was better for us in the second half getting Kate off the three-point line takes a tough shot you know and then obviously the Box outs were big time you not letting them get a second chance cuz sometimes it’s not the first shot that
Beats you it’s the second one but uh luckily our guys in a chaotic situation got matched up Jordan did a great job on Cade forced him into a tough shot and then our guys came up with a big time rebound at the end how big is this time
For jiren as a number one option type of player because of where the season is because of players you don’t have how big is this for his future for you guys as a franchise’s future moving forward yeah I hope it’s uh you know very impactful for us moving forward I mean I
Think when we’ve switched to having jiren play predominantly at the five obvious with BC back it changes our big combinations but JJ at the five just all the reads he’s getting on the offensive side playing on the perimeter a little bit more handling more uh driving and attacking seeing shifts playing out of
Pick and rolls more you know getting better in the post being more of a facilitator uh you know trying to rack up more assists but hockey assists as well just seeing him see the game even more as a primary playmaker for us so uh it’s really encouraging you know giv
That effort as a primary guy on the offensive side still being an anchor for us on the defensive side two blocks seven seven rebounds um you know it’s really impressive what he’s been doing since probably middle of January we made this change um you know been really
Proud of his growth and hopefully it’s something that builds momentum into the work he does in the summer and Carries into next season and Beyond you bench had offensive rebounds how big was that especially with Duren going out yeah I mean I thought uh you know I hope uh
Jaylen’s okay I think maybe lost to to and got knocked in the head I hope he’s okay he’s a heck of a young player um you know I said you know obviously jiren played great I thought Luke was phenomenal for us but our bench gave us some life there especially in that third
Quarter the offensive rebounding which we’ve been stressing Jordan Goodwin was you know fantastic on the boards BC on the boards some defensive efforts you know when we went on that run I think at the end of the third and start of the fourth it was primarily our bench guys
And I thought brought some great juice great effort you know they they improved on their first quarter first half efforts um they were a big time for us tonight great thanks L great thanks everybody
Taylor Jenkins meets with the media following a win over the Pistons. #nba
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