Postgame Interview: Bam Adebayo, Jimmy Butler, Kevin Love, Terry Rozier III

Postgame Interview: Bam Adebayo, Jimmy Butler, Kevin Love, Terry Rozier III

Bam uh what did they do uh to kind of mck things up for you guys in the half court offensively uh I mean it got out got us out out of our routine offense um and also we was we I felt like we was careless with the ball um W really

Detailed at the end of the day is it anger frustration is there any time for any of those emotions is it is it all the above like what’s there there’s no time for emotion right now um we got a game tomorrow so on to the next focus on that Terry just said

He he felt it was devastating from the fact that you were up eight points in the fourth quarter in a key playoff race game like that so I know there’s no time to reflect because the ship keeps moving forward but when you look at a game like

This are there certain things you look at and just realize that too much went wrong at the same time here lesson learn uh we learn our lesson and we move on forward and both Tyrese and Joel they got a a handful buckets in the paint early

On and obviously the Zone was part of it but they rest of the game they seem to be mostly beating you guys over the top with mid-range shots is that great players making tough plays or was there something else you wanted the defense to be doing there no that’s uh that’s just

Guys making tough shots they going to have kns like that um for for us is being consistent staying true to who we are and uh we live with the result black lives matter people 10 minutes to go where did it go south for you guys in that fourth quarter you know

We didn’t get stops when we needed to at the end of the day that’s um just all it is maybe some costy turnovers here and there the offense obviously was sideways also late uh there was Terry’s bucket the three and there basically wasn’t much else what did they do to you or

What did you guys do to you that the offense just went that direction uh man honestly we we played real stagnant all game you know we got in a hole because of it luckily du out of that hole and then um got back to B staging so you know when we get to

Moving that ball whipping it around um The Game’s easier um everybody’s more comfortable so we we got to play like that on offensive side of the ball Jimmy there seems to be a pretty a focus on getting the moving the ball up and transition in this one empis

H is that something you guys the success you had in fast break tonight is that something you guys can actually try and emulate you know in future games I Manan I feel like we we always try to do the try to get out and get some easy basket

See the ball go through the rim for anybody um but in order to do that obviously you got to get some stops so we continue to get stops get out everybody run kick that ball ahead you’ll see a lot more easy baskets Jimmy what are you guys telling each other you

Know you know Kevin said you guys control your own destiny how do you keep it focused knowing that it’s back at it tomorrow night yeah I don’t think you got to tell anybody I think everybody know where we stand wi everything you take care of itself don’t need to worry about nobody

Else we only need to worry about ourself win as many games as you can it’s been that way all year long now more than ever thank you electric playoff atmosphere going back and forth in a game like that you guys up short and you know the offense sputters there at the

End of the game what do you think went wrong offensively in those final few minutes that struggled yeah I think the ball just probably stuck a little bit um and they just ended up making more plays uh than we did I thought uh embid and

Maxi uh were great but they had a lot of guys that you know certain things that won’t show up in the stat sheet some guys got deflections got Steals and uh ultimately that’s what led to the win for them but yeah the ball just got a little bit stagnant uh we were still

Still able to make some uh some good plays get some open looks uh some were converted some weren’t but uh just not enough there in the end clearly a physical game between these two teams I mean you got l in a couple of different spots here and the game of runs how much

Can a game like this sort of help you guys as you go forward I know it’s hard to look at it that way right now with loss but as you move forward down the stretch here yeah I think just tonight we just have to fail quickly know we

Have another one tomorrow that’s the beauty of it uh we’re still in control of our own destiny uh naturally um you know tonight or obviously tonight excuse me would have been huge for us especially separating ourselves from from them uh you know contining to be in

That that six spot but again we um you have these three games in front of us and the rest of the way to again control what we need to control but again we just uh beauty of this league you know it’s next game up next man up and

Tomorrow uh tonight we fly to Houston and tomorrow we play Houston uh at their house they play tonight as well so uh it’s just going to be the you know War of Attrition and a battle tomorrow know I’m sorry Kev you talked about a little stagnant you guys have had some

Stretches where the offense is looking really good this year and then there’ll be five or six minutes of just no scoring what what happens there yeah I don’t know I can’t really put a finger on it we’re we’re so much better when I mean initially we get stops and we our

Defense has been uh you know very good since you know maybe the new year or February or after the after the break feel like it’s gotten a lot better and we’ve been a pretty cohesive unit there but there are times that the ball gets stagnant and stops and you know it’s

Just something I think that can be communicated amongst the players too uh where where the ball needs to go um how the ball needs to move uh and that’s on all of us um you know it can’t always be on the coaching staff can always be on

Coach bow um it has to be all of us just made a conservative effort to to make that sure that Ball’s moving working quality looks we’re not getting into a butter type situation five or 6 seconds or less and having to throw some up so um you know I think tomorrow

And the rest of the way I know it’s a uh you know a short sample size but we certainly need to uh make sure that we don’t have those ruts coach said obviously you wait you this players always feel good you wait to get to Houston but I mean what did

You hurt what were you feeling originally when you stayed down like that and then obviously when the whistle blew needed some help there what happened I don’t know what happened but I feel better now so good obviously offense was a struggle to close of the game you hit your three but

In some other possessions it went sideways what do you think happened there overall with the offense was it just their defense or was it execution on your part as a team uh you know credit goes to that defense um we had the lead we didn’t take care

Of it not a lot of like you say empty possessions on offense and it definitely cost us so credit goes to them how tough how tough is it battling back from that early 16 getting up by 8 with 10 minutes to go and being in that good position

Sort of what’s the what are this the Whirlwind swings of the night like it’s devastating for us to come up short but uh you know obviously we can’t do nothing about it now we got to move on and it’s very important to get this one

Tomorrow after T SC he got to the rim a couple times early on but after that he was mostly beating you guys mid-range from the outside do you guys feel as the game were on you were you were giving up the proper looks to them at least making

It tougher oh yeah yeah I mean that’s why we uh battled and came back um you know obviously we went Z and kept him out kept him out the pain and you know made it tough for him but um it was just suck to come up short thank you Terry appreciate

Apr. 4, 2024 – Bam Adebayo, Jimmy Butler, Kevin Love and Terry Rozier III speak to the media following Thursday night’s game vs. the Philadelphia 76ers.

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