Shootaround Media Availability | May 18, 2024 | Playoffs | OKC Thunder

Shootaround Media Availability | May 18, 2024 | Playoffs | OKC Thunder

feel like y’all took in that game on that end of the floor um making the right reads I feel like uh you know throughout the whole game we were making the right plays uh we just weren’t converting um and you know even that showed in the stats you know we had low turnovers and uh High number I think we had the highest number of potential assists that we could have had uh you know all of the playoffs so you know if we make those shots uh you know we’re talking about how good we executed and um you know made the right play and uh you know we just didn’t hit those shots so um you know different story obviously but before that game what was it you guys felt like you got away from offensive reg you said before that game MH what do you mean like with Mark saying that the process was so good in game five what was it he saw you guys get away from before that uh I wouldn’t say it was getting away from anything I just uh think that we executed uh that game at you know an even higher level than than usual uh we just weren’t converting and we we’ve talked about the shot making factor which just for it to be at this stage like knowing you know a game five could swing either way because you know potential assist shot Mak like what does that feel like knowing you have to swallow that um losing for any reason uh you know isn’t fun um it doesn’t matter if you execute a great or execute a poorly a loss is a loss uh so we have to you know come back and be better and try to win uh at the end of the day uh you know there’s no excuses for losing um you know you lost because you lost you didn’t lose because of this or that so uh you know we just got to turn it around any belief that the uh pressure I don’t know if the pressure is really off but that this is one do so just let it go let her rip that that might help everyone shooting especially the 30s uh I mean we have to go out there and be confident whether you know this was us trying to eliminate them or uh whether the series was still tired it doesn’t matter you got to go out there play Confident and you know that’s what we’re going to do uh no matter the situation Mark Mark was just saying yesterday that know the threes in the series are available just because of the way Dallas is defending and so that you have to take them does it feel that simple as the series unfolds uh it’s definitely not that simple there’s a lot of exos a lot of things that go into it that’s just uh you know one part of the the battle of the series and uh you know that’s just one of the things that Dallas is doing but uh you know it’s not the only thing anybody else has the half the playoff felt kind of how you imagined just as far as the intensity physicality just the competitive nature of it uh yeah I wouldn’t expect anything less um uh you know out of the playoffs in in the highest League of basketball in the world uh you know with guys who you know are really um competitive and driven uh you know everybody wants to win nobody wants to just lay it down and uh you know call it a season so um you know everybody’s getting after it um and and uh you know the officials are letting us play a little bit so that leads to to a physical hard fought game this your first elimination game um so you haven’t had this experience yet but how are you holding yourself accountable in this experience uh tonight yeah uh I mean we had animin we had a elimination game last series uh you know obviously in the opposite direction um but you know it’s the same thing elimination games are the hardest uh you know no matter what side side of it you’re on so uh you know we just have have to go and lay it all out there understanding that um you know a loss means our season’s done so we shouldn’t hold on to anything we should go out there and give it our all Chad going off that um what do you think you’ve learned the most from your first NBA playoffs um uh I wouldn’t say it’s any one single thing but uh you know I’ve definitely learned that um you know nothing’s guaranteed Anything Can Happen uh you know a single call can change the course your season uh you know a single step twisted ankle single missed shot uh you know a single offensive rebound so uh you know you really got to go out there give it your all and um you know make sure that those singular plays kind of go in your direction other other plays we’ve looked back on this series that that felt like they held that much weight that you can remember um I mean yeah from jump balls to maid and Miss free throws to Maiden Miss threes at the end of the games to um you know big defensive possessions uh you know there’s been a lot in this series there were a lot in in the last series and uh you know I’m I’m sure uh it’s going to be a similar situation tonight

Chet Holmgren speaks with media following today’s shootaround in Dallas ahead of Game 6.

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