Mikal Bridges scores 40+ vs. Trail Blazers

Mikal Bridges scores 40+ vs. Trail Blazers

>> MIKAL, JUST WHAT HAPPENED DOWN THE STRETCH IN OVERTIME ON DEFENSE? >> JUST WASN’T GETTING STOPS. THAT’S WHAT IT CAME DOWN TO, JUST NOT GETTING STOPS. HAD A TURNOVER IN THERE. JUST NOT GETTING STOPS. >> WHAT WAS JACQUE’S MESSAGING TO YOU GUYS IN THERE AFTER THIS ONE? >> WE WERE JUST GETTING READY,

WE HAVE TO GET READY TO LEAVE FOR PARIS, SO WE DIDN’T HAVE MUCH TIME, SO WE HAD TO JUST RUSH. >> MIKAL, AFTER THE WIN ON FRIDAY, HOW MUCH WHO ARE DISAPPOINTING IS THIS ONE JUST KNOWING SOME OF THOSE BAD HABITS, GIVING UP THREES, THE TURNOVERS RETURNED? >> YEAH.

WE JUST — FINALLY GOT ONE AND WANT TO GET A STREAK GOING, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, AT HOME. AGAINST A TEAM COMING FROM, YOUTUBE, COMING ON A ROAD TRIP. SO YEAH, IT SUCKS, YOU KNOW. JUST WANT TO WIN THIS ONE BAD. BUT YEAH, JUST TRYING TO GET A STREAK GOING, BUT WE’VE GOT

ANOTHER GAME COMING UP, GOTTA GET THAT ONE. >> I KNOW IT DOESN’T MEAN MUCH IN A LIQUORS BUT YOU HAD 42 POINTS, SCORED FROM ALL THREE LEVELS. JUST INDIVIDUALLY, WHAT WERE YOU FEELING, SEEING OUT THERE TO SCORE THE BALL SO EFFICIENTLY? >> JUST GETTING TO SPOTS, MAKING THEM, MISSED A LOT THAT

I SHOULD HAVE MADE. BUT YOU KNOW, BALL KIND OF GOING IN, AND, YEAH, DON’T REALLY CARE TOO MUCH, ESPECIALLY AFTER A L. >> PORTLAND HAD 20 THREES ARCS AREA YVES BEEN DEFENDING BEYOND THE ARC LATELY. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU SEE ON FILM THAT’S LEADING TO THOSE STRUGGLES? >> I DON’T KNOW, OUR DEFENSE

IS PREDICATED ON PROTECTING THE PAINT, SO WE GIVE UP, YOU KNOW, THREES AND IT’S TOUGH WHEN YOU PLAY TEAMS

Mikal Bridges meets the media after his 42-point game that ended in a tough OT loss Sunday afternoon. Subscribe for daily sports videos!

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