Jonas Valanciunas on LA’s physicality | Pelicans-Clippers Postgame Interview 1/5/2024

Jonas Valanciunas on LA’s physicality | Pelicans-Clippers Postgame Interview 1/5/2024

Always get a tough run uh what what they do in the second quarter just to make it difficult for you guys to score well they were uh more physical more physical than us more physical than the first quarter uh they just you know pushed us out of our spots

And made it made a life really difficult for us how has adding James Harden made that team different do you think well they they playing high level basketball right now you know they they you know strong individually strong as a team you know they playing good basketball right

Now yeah with the Harden addition how how tough do they make it on you to defend them in those half court situations when they spread the floor and play play Pick and rooll with him at the top of the key you know it’s uh it’s tough to go pick and rooll when they

Have like a good handlers and U Shooters all over the place you got to be we got to be better than today and I guess uh when they’re bringing that physicality early on I guess what do you want to see from the team to kind of respond especially on

The offensive end well we got to respond as you said we just got to respond with physicality you know today we did for some SP of you know some time but it wasn’t wasn’t enough you know you can’t ask 48 minutes to play amazing basketball but but what we did it was

Not enough to Will’s Point seemed like you guys tried to do that in the third quarter I think you cut the their lead from 22 to 13 but do you feel like like you just said it wasn’t enough you guys for whatever reason didn’t have it in

The tank I’m I’m not blaming the tank or or or something we got to blame ourselves you know everybody who stepped on a court you know we got to just be better you know we showed that we can play really good basketball in Minnesota um at home against Brooklyn it was

Really good basketball and today that was kind of step back but again we got practice tomorrow we got to clean up some stuff and you know go to Sacramento and be better than today than thank you all right guys

New Orleans Pelicans center Jonas Valanciunas’ postgame interview after the Pelicans’ loss to the LA Clippers on Friday, Jan. 5 during the 2023-24 NBA season.
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