Donovan Clingan Post-Game Media Availability | July 15, 2024 | Portland Trail Blazers

Donovan Clingan Post-Game Media Availability | July 15, 2024 | Portland Trail Blazers

uh well Donovan uh how would you feel like the team performed tonight and how do you feel like you performed tonight particularly in contrast to the first game yeah I mean I feel like the team looked really good tonight the way that you know we took took care of the ball much better um you know a lot much sharper passes um you know wasn’t really turn the ball over you know knocking down shots you know making those extra passes making those great reads you know and something about today you know we started playing from the jump you know last game I feel like you know they punched Us in the face early and we weren’t able you know we took us a while to bounce back um you know but today we were able to you know just start from the jump and keep it going following up on last game asked you what you were happy about you said nothing what were you happy about with your own game tonight uh I I feel like I protected the rim uh you know at a high level um you know a couple less illegal screens today I know I had one and as soon as I set the screen I knew it was illegal but you know I I feel like you know fouls I had a couple less fouls today um you know I great reads on the offensive endend I feel like you had a couple good passes that you know to my open teammates cut into the basket um you know and I was just trying to be the best defender and help my team win I’m the subject or the passes five assists tonight is the playmaking something you were kind of hoping to show while you were out here this week yeah I mean that’s one of the biggest things that I feel like you know something that people really can’t real you know don’t realize something that you know I can do at a high level is you know playm and pass the ball um you know I feel like I can see things before they happen and you know I I could just make certain reads on defenses and you know I just really just try to make the right pass you want that dunk on Bona what you say again you want that you really wanted that dunk on Bon yeah I me I need I needed a I needed a dunk to just you know get my energy up get my confidence up and um you know I feel like that was it that inbounds pass you had definitely helped the outcome of this game or that inbounds violation that you had just just how much pride did you take in that moment a lot um you know I feel like we’ve been working on that and practice in Camp you know all last week you know just work on those late game situations and you know I feel like you know the coaches never called them even though I feel like I had a couple 5-second violations um in practice but they never called them but I got one today when it mattered kind of the same idea of the block too at at late in the game um how comfortable are you switching out onto the perimeter and defending yeah I mean I feel like you know it’s really just trying to play the best defense possible for the team you know just trying to you know the coaches I feel like are trying trying to you know Force those mid-range shots and you know force people to get you know just inside the three-point line and you know my job is to protect that paint and protect that Rim you mentioned that dunk gave you some energy you you look noticeably like you were you little a little gassed last game this game you look like you a lot fresher do you think just kind of get in that first game out of the way allowed you to kind of yeah I feel like I had you know all right um yeah I feel like yeah I was you know this that first game I was a little nervous um I I don’t know if I was nervous like I was just that first game the Jitters um you know but today I changed my mindset coming into this game just had a stronger mindset just realized I had to dominate my opponent help my team win and you know I just went in there with a whole lot of confidence thank you

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