Doc Rivers Postgame Press Conference | 04.02.24
Doc I mean 15 points is not an insurmountable deficit in this this day and age but you know why you know 15 to start the third get within three goes to 12 I guess why do you think weren’t able to kind of get over no idea we didn’t
Get any stops all night um they crush us in transition you know they’re this is what they do we talked about it before the game um but we had we had like inexcusable transition D plays to start the third quarter um you know three or four times they snuck from behind us
They drove us um yeah it’s a disappointing loss not much more to say about it um You’ kind of mentioned before the game that you know if you’re not ready to play in the NBA you’re going to lose um did you feel like that’s kind of what happened I don’t
Know um I just think they outplayed us give them credit they I thought they were faster quicker they attacked you know we took two days off you know um for a reason to get our legs and I felt like we were very sloppy that may have
Something to do with it I don’t know uh but I don’t know if we took him light or not to be honest I just thought they outplayed us I think they outc score you 70 to 56 in the paint what were you seeing from them being able get just
They beat us off the dribble everywhere um we couldn’t contain the ball the entire night uh we would have pretty good defensive uh stands and then when they swung the ball the guy just it was almost like they should run their play to get to an ISO uh because then they
Beat us off the dribble and give them credit they move the ball and then I was going to say just the 56 points in the pay for you what were you seeing about it looked like you guys had a size Advantage tonight could have kind of
Owned in yeah I I didn’t think we took advantage of it you know um I thought and now I will say we can’t get better shots as far as the threes we had I mean our our best three-point shooters were wide open it wasn’t like they were
Contested they were wide open shots uh but we missed a lot of them um you know I still thought and uh we should have posted more uh and honestly they were trapping it probably would have led to another three uh so you’ll live with the ones we take took tonight overall cuz
They’re mostly good ones is that the hard part of this makes maybe the transition defense a little more disappointing when the shots aren’t falling you know Brooke and bees aren’t going to miss that many that often but then yeah Bobby I mean you think Brooke wide openen threes tonight uh Bobby wide
Open threes tonight Malik wide open threes AJ missed a couple Pat conon missed a couple uh um um uh Jay missed a couple I mean it was just one of those nights um you know you could say Drive the ball but we’re a great three-point shooting team and they I want them to
Have the confidence to keep shooting it uh what I didn’t want is any contested shots and I didn’t think we took a lot of those I thought we took pretty good shots tonight we just didn’t make any um it’ll be interesting I didn’t think the
Ball moved in the first half uh the way it should have I thought uh it was interesting guys coming to the Huddle when we making that run everyone was doing this and we were like yeah yeah move the ball and you’re fine um but defensively is
What bothered me more tonight uh we just couldn’t get stops when we needed stops um do you have an update on on Pat BB I think it’s a spray ankle um I think he’ll be fine um I don’t know if he’ll miss games or not uh before this trip
IID asked about you know what you feel like is not traveling in your game on the road another one and two road I don’t know I think Focus I don’t know what it is uh you know it’s funny I’ve actually been sitting back and watching everything uh not just our players but
Our travel crew everything uh and I’ve made a lot of notes I will say that I won’t share that um but we don’t bring the necessary um professionalism seriousness on the road um and and that’s something that we can fix um that’s something we’re going to have to fix do you feel
Like that just gets cleaned up in playoffs like have you seen that in the past that I’m not concerned yeah yeah the playoffs are a new beast but I’m looking at it for the long run too I mean it’s not just for now like we got
To be a better Road team and uh if we’re not we’re doing something wrong um you know as a as a coaching staff we we have to figure out what we need to do different um as far as practices and training um as a travel staff not
Talking players um we may have to do something different there too because something’s missing and um everybody seems happy you know um but except for me after a game you know and so I just think we we we’re we’re doing something wrong and we have to figure that out
Doc Rivers speaks to the media following Tuesday night’s game against the Washington Wizards.
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27 Comments
Say what you want but this team needs dame he is an asset for the team,beasley is becoming a liability
Na minha humilde opinião, Bucks esta sendo sabotado. Porque Middleton nao esta sendo treinado e Lopez perdeu a paixão em defender? Cade a alegria de Bob, bob, bob? Foi a saída de nosso velho amigo ou a chegada do grande ego que estragou este time? Enfim… vamos Bucks!
I can't believe I thought you were gonna be a great coach for the buck's.This is back-to-back.Where's ajax? Where's marjon? You guys don't deserve to be a 2 seed. You should have had it wrapped up by now. Pathetic awful performance. You're struggling to come back against the Washington Wizard team. that has nothing but a bunch of almost amateurs. Truth be told, we could have had a better record with AG I don't expect nothing from this team in the playoffs.They can't beat the celtics that's for sure
Another loss without Dame to the wizards at that. 1-6 without dame 😂
I am not a basketball expert, but I know you meant well coach, but this horrible loss is on you, sir.
Go ahead Doc and throw your players under the bus
Lord we are tired!
STOP PLAYING GALLINARI OVER AJ GREEN AND ANDRE JACKSON JR.
BRING BEASLEY OFF THE BENCH AND REPLACE HIM WITH AJ GREEN FOR THE LOVE OF GOD OR GET FIRED BEFORE THE PLAYOFFS
Doc is right. The Bucks got a ton of open shots. Crazy that no one could make an open shor
Bucks not going too far in playoffs bench bad Dame plays no defense and everything on Giannis
Doc coaching got to be better he blame the players every game and not his coaching
This dude is a legend 🤣🤣🤣
Its never Doc's fault 😂😂😂
No more excuses,none,outplayed ??why dont your players outplay them for a change?Are they not motivated..?
The dumbest contender in the NBA, like last year.
You’re the problem Glenn lmao
TBH the bucks gave 50% effort all game until 5mins left of the 4th… had no respect for Washington from the start. On the other hand what team really game plans for the Wizards? lol Milwaukee missed so many wide open shots tonight Giannis would look like Jokić every damn night if his guys can hit shots like those boys in Denver. The MVP could have easily had 20 assist tonight if his hitters were cashing in. We’ve seen them at the highest level against great teams so don’t count Milwaukee out but they have to start kicking into Playoff gear immediately if they plan on making a run in this indecisive eastern conference teams we have this year, anything can happen so Milwaukee should be careful. However the Media needs to pay more respect to Giannis Antetokounmpo name. This guy should be 2nd on the ballot instead he’s 4th… totally disrespectful! Some of those guys in media should be fired for the amount of hate that they give this man! Utterly disgusting and pathetically ridiculous!
GIANNIS KEEP BALLING MAN
Doc is doing Doc things 👌
Doc, you are playing some bad teams in the upcoming games. Just as a test, try using the bench more. If the opponents are young and fast, use Ajax, MarJon and AJ. If Giannis needs a break use Ajax as he is a spark of energy who will fill that driving force that Giannis has. If 3pt accuracy is bad for a player, switch him out for AJ or MarJon. They might have less accuracy overall but when a player is having a bad day you might as well bench him for someone who can shoot.
Should’ve kept griffin
starting Malik Beasley that's what we doing wrong put bro on the bench
Dame was out for personal reasons and now his groin is injured? Did he injure his groin on his day off? These old veterans except for Giannis and Khris are playing lackadaisical and it’s embarrassing to lose to the Wizards. They need to play some young guys who actually want to compete on the road
there's. no hope for this team. when the playoffs start.
If your answer to questions about a game plan is I don’t know, there’s a serious issue lol
We are a first round exit. Let's be realistic even Giannis is saying it in some way. Next year maybe.
so close to playoffs and playing like this?………
yup the playoffs are a new beast.