Domantas Sabonis Post Game Interview Loss vs Timberwolves 110-98
What’s up guys uh back to back tonight domas just what was your thoughts in terms of Minnesota physicality wise how they played against you guys and the length that they provided that that unfortunately wasn’t enough for you guys tonight yeah you know they’re a number
One in defense um in the NBA and um they’re really good team that’s why they’re they’re number one in the west and U I thought we did a really good job fighting throughout the whole game we just didn’t make wide open shots early on and mostly throughout the game and
Domas I think Minnesota had 44 points to the pay in that first quarter and you guys cleaned it up in that second half what did you see as the difference between the two uh you know we were really hugged up on um on their perimeter players you know and um they
Didn’t shoot that well from the three-point line and Coach told us to like back off and help and protect the paint you know and I feel like we uh we came out and we did that in the second half more but you know they already
Built that lead and uh we tried to crawl back but we just weren’t making our open shots how big did you feel Rudy was early on for them um yeah it’s tough you know we’re going through our coverages but um we weren’t we weren’t connected
As a team there in in that first half you know and um leaving wide open dunks for a player um play after play um doesn’t help and then when you guys kind of got things going there in the fourth what did you see that was just working
For you um their defense had you kind of figured out for a good portion of the game did you kind of was there something that slipped on your end that kind of made it easier I feel like you know uh we found some grit we we we found some
Energy you know we got stops you know we turned them over and we went out and ran and um we started making shots shots that we usually make and you know that totally flipped the game you know and then at the end we just didn’t have enough to finish it
Off yeah I know it’s not an excuse but just how much does it hurt not having Malik there to kind of change the sort of the energy with that second unit oh yeah you know he’s he’s a big part you know he leads he leaves the second unit
And everything and um not having him his energy his Vibes on the court you know uh that just brings brings life to us you know um uh you know he’s uh in that second unit he’s the one uh leading leading the charge you know so I’m missing him obviously he’s big and you
Guys are 4-0 on the first night of back-to-backs 0 and four on the second night how how do you clean that up and tonight’s effort clearly was better than some of the other games you guys have had you know we just got to come out and
Not look for excuses just go out there and uh fight you know I feel like today we we we did that you know we missed wide open shots early on got good looks got what we wanted and the fact that we came back and fought till the end um is
A big plus for us you know hopefully in the future we can finish these games off doas you guys have had um some matchups where where size and length has been you know kind of problematic for you how how do you deal with that um you know from
This point forward how how can you guys kind of combat some of those disadvantages you know tonight I don’t think it was such a problem you know we got the shots we wanted uh we converted when when when we needed to you know at
The end there we kind of went at them on on on size and picked on certain matchups but um overall you know I feel like we didn’t we we played better defense than than than than we have these last couple games and then uh we just couldn’t put the ball in the
Basket as much as we usually do domas in that third quarter what was the zone you guys were playing was it a 3-2 was it um it’s the the usual Zone we do the two three you know um U we try to mix it up
A little bit you know um like you said they they attack the the pain in the first half more than we wanted you’ve had this team twice now obviously they’re off to one of the best records in the League um I don’t know if surprising is the right word but what do
You just make of their start and uh I guess is it surprising at all to see them off to such a no you know on paper they have a great they have a great roster you know um they’re playing together this year they’re they’re connected you know um defense wins game
You know and they’re the number one defense in the in the NBA so um they’re playing together you know Anthony Edwards is leading the charge and um it’s showing thanks everyone thank you guys thank you Merry Christmas guys thank you thank you thank you
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