POSTGAME REACTION: Orlando Magic at Phoenix Suns, 12/31/23.
I think the way once we started that game we had to battle back and I’m proud of our guys for the way in which we did keep Our poise uh but again give them credit for how how they played uh elite shot makers tough shot makers um but
Again you turn it over for 16 times for 18 points uh you’re not giving yourself the opportunity to get those shots up are you seeing any common Trend with them I know it’s difficult when you got guys shifting in a lineup and for guys with game time decision destination but
You know how much of a challenge is that are you seeing coming out well I think it’s trying to just not taking the simple play and I think when you know the the defense is going to tell you what to do so just part of reading the defense and understanding when and where
There’s a load up uh and just making the simple Play More Than Anything fron and Pao both continue to have you know Allstar type Seasons when you see him out there you know playing the way that they do playing unselfishly and you know going to toe-to-toe with the star studed
Cat as how how impressed are you with their way to continue to grow on any stage no obviously I’m super biased but to me they’re both Allstars I’m super biased but the way in which they play they make everybody around them better uh they don’t shy away from Big moments
Uh they play hard on both ends of the floor uh and again it’s about how how great they make their teammates and they’re willing to do anything is necessary to help their team win for Dell how you know happy are for him not only be on the floor but playing which
The way he did see the ball go in and it seemed to to really take off from him from there I thought it was great I thought he did a heck of a job stepping back in you know obviously making sure we monitored where he was but I thought
He did a great job of communicating with me communicating with his teammates of how he was feeling throughout the game uh but again just to have him back out there and as we continue to find different rhythms for our group it’s it’s it’s it’s great to have him on the
Floor down the stretch it looked like you guys got decent shots just one droing was it a case something they were doing you guys just no you know we make or Miss I think that’s a big portion of it we got some great looks down the stretch like you
Said and we want our guys still continuing to step into those shots with a high level of confidence you just got to see a couple go in but you know I think we did a great job defensively forced them into some tough twos sped
Them up um had a bunch of looks to to to break the lead open after that 9796 lead uh and then we missed a few and they came down and knocked down a bunch so that’s that’s part of this game but I’m proud of our guys the way in which they
Battled uh to get back after you know a rough early start and I think that’s you know that’s all you can ask of this group anything else thank you thank you guys appreciate you um yeah I think you know they got guys particularly with uh Durant um KD and then Booker and and
Brad like you know those guys um any of them can can close a game out and so when all three of them are out there I think you know it’s very tough and it’s just hard to match their shot making uh I think we had some good looks that just
Didn’t go down um couple Inn out you know shots that rattled out and so you know sometimes the game goes like that but I don’t think that’s what lost us the game I think um you know we had some bad turnovers that kind of gave them
Some easy buckets that uh I think gave them confidence just throughout the game with the turnovers are you seeing any commonality there I know you have guys kind of coming in out of the lineup a little bit you know but what are you seeing there yeah today it was today uh
It was more of miscommunication I think you know um first game of the road trip you know maybe there could be some stuff there but yeah I think some of those turnovers were more uncharacteristic you know just kind of miscommunication um you know some just passes that got thrown away to the other
Team are out of bounds so that’s all stuff that we can you know should be able to fix you know I don’t think it was their pressure that was making us turn it over I think it was just our lack of communication and um you know
Just being sharp so we got to clean up on that you talked a little bit other night when playing how you appreciate those challenges when when you’re out there and you’re trading buckets with with KD book you know just how how much do you Marvel at that moment and appreciate those
Opportunities yeah I think you know you just probably appreciate it more after the game I think in the game you know you want them to miss and you want you know you want to beat them so uh but it’s just great getting to compete against a team like that with with those guys
Um I’m sure that you know when they’re at full strength that you know they’re going to be one of the teams that’s you know in the running to win the championship so um just being able to go Toe to Toe with them and just see where
We measure up is always good but uh we would like to come out with the win so you know we got more work to do and um you know we just want to try and uh bounce it back happy were to see you
Know the ball go in for w and be back on the floor and kind of build up rhym so yeah that was great to see that was great to see um you know just kept telling him all game you know keep going keep being aggressive um we’re we’re a
Better team when he’s scoring the ball being aggressive so you know we want him to keep playing like that um you know and uh yeah he’s going to help us a lot to look late might have rolled your ankle a little bit you feeling that yeah
I tweaked a little bit but I’ll be fine uh same ankle that kind of always you know tweaks so just you know do some recovery and tape it up you guys had a good third quter both sides the ball what was the key down the stretch when
You that run end uh I think it was just getting stops limiting turnovers um you know cuz I feel like a lot of the turnovers was was giving them transition run outs and you know when they’re running at you it’s hard you know so I think we limited the turnovers we
Started to get stops and um we were able to get to the rim and uh you know able to take the lead for a bit there but weren’t able to finish it
The Orlando Magic fell to the Phoenix Suns on Sunday. Hear from Jamahl Mosley and Paolo Banchero on the defeat. 🎙
