Dyson Daniels talks Zion Williamson, Ejection | New Orleans Pelicans

Dyson Daniels talks Zion Williamson, Ejection | New Orleans Pelicans

You talk about what happened at the end of the game last night uh I mean yeah you know the ref was just I think it was just a little heated and I was just talking to CJ about his day and he didn’t like it so it threw me out but I

Don’t know what TR her was said but yeah I was just I think it was just angry angry in the moment you know any anything he heard he would he’d throw anyone out so yeah ref just was wasn’t very happy so you feel like you didn’t

Push his button at all no I didn’t push his button I didn’t push his butt I was just talking to CJ and he didn’t like it so I didn’t push his button at all that’s first time you got thrown out of game in your life uh not my life I’ve

Been thrown out a couple in high school but uh first time in the NBA for sure I don’t know why I got thrown out either like I just one Tech and I’m out but I guess he didn’t like it so how have you been feeling these these last three you

Coming coming back in the injury I’ve been feeling good you know body’s been feeling good um you know we need we need to get some wins um obviously as a team you know we’ve dropped a couple places so these next six are going to be

Important for us and uh we don’t want to be in that playing game we want to want to get that F six spot so um it’s important for us to you know regroup get together um you know get back to the way we’re playing and um you know make a a

Final push for that that playoff spot what’s the morale sort of like this in the locker room I mean it’s still good you know uh you everyone’s you know still talking everyone’s still together we got a really good team a really good locker room and um you know will is

Keeping that us us together and um you know even if we’re losing and winning no matter what we’re going to stay together we’re going to stick together and keep fighting and um you know we’ve dropped a you know we’ve had a couple slippages in in our defense and stuff after the last

Few games so we just need to make sure that we pick it up you know get on the get on the floor work together you know shoot around stuff like that make sure that we’re all on the same page and and playing the right way were you were you

Tick with what happened to Zion in the third quarter did that as a fellow player a teammate is that you I think so I think you know you hate seeing your Superstars you know getting targeted like that you know I think they they’re going at him hard um during the game

There’s a few you know heed moments during the game and and you don’t as a teammate you don’t want to see that um happen to your team so you I think we stood up for each other um you know I think Larry Larry had one in the

Offensive FS herb had one um just stuff like that we’re going to stick up for each other no matter what but we also got to keep our composure and make sure that um we don’t we don’t let it boil over and you know affect the way we play

And um you know but if we see a teammate getting Target we’re going to s c front for sure you think the the ref had maybe a little rapid ears as far as what was going on here at the end I think they had good ears you know he definitely

Heard everything that was said so um but yeah I think you know like I said we just got to keep our composure and make sure that you know we stick together but you got to you got to admit it is a surreal scene when we see three

Gentlemen yeah like you herb and Trey it is for sure and you know like I said you know the ref wasn’t happy and I think just the whole game you know adding up you know towards the end you know anything any little thing he heard he he

Was going to give a tech out for and uh you know maybe if it was early in the game he wouldn’t have but I think just the heat of the game the way it was going um you know it just all came came down to the end and and he didn’t like

What he heard so dice could you put it in the context just how much more physical games are being played now like say before you got injured before the All-Star break and now since then cuz a lot of players are talking about it yeah I think I think

It’s a lot more physical especially uh you I think one of the reasons is you know the people are fighting for playoff spots now it’s it’s really close in the west and um you know even the east as well you know people are fighting for their teams you know everyone’s you know

Playing a lot harder and um you know every every possession counts more and there’s more on the line now so I think that’s part of the reason it’s a lot more physical and um you know when teams get physical you got to be physical back

So you want to be the more physical team so it starts from uh from the jump and last night felt like they were more physical than us and we’re playing catch up all game so uh for us just about coming out with that mentality are you surprised at how much physicality though

The the referees are allowing out there at times or no yeah I think so I think I think one thing is you know some games they allow some games they don’t you know you have to adjust the way they calling the game and um for us you know

We just have to you know like I said keep back composure making sure that we’re we’re being physical but smart you know um not not you know you’re giving out Dum fouls and stuff like that um if we’re going to foul someone make sure we

Put them on the floor no N1 stuff like that so um like I said the game The Game’s been been cold like I think they let they’re letting a lot more stuff go and especially with guys like Z and you know GV and stuff in the paint but they

Living there um you know we got to keep keep pushing our CES and making sure that we go in there you know looking to finish not looking for fouls thanks guys

New Orleans Pelicans guard Dyson Daniels’ post-practice interview from the Ochsner Sports Performance Center on Thursday, April 4 during the 2023-24 NBA season.
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New Orleans Pelicans Roster
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Jose Alvarado #15 Guard
Dyson Daniels #11 Guard
Jordan Hawkins #24 Guard
Brandon Ingram #14 Forward
Herbert Jones #5 Forward
E.J. Liddell #32 Forward
Naji Marshall #8 Forward
CJ McCollum #3 Guard
Trey Murphy III #25 Guard
Larry Nance Jr. #22 Forward
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl #50 Forward
Matt Ryan #37 Forward
Dereon Seabron #0 Guard
Jonas Valanciunas #17 Center
Zion Williamson #1 Forward
Cody Zeller #44 Forward-Center

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