POSTGAME SOUND: MAGIC VS. KNICKS | COACH MOSE
So first off coach uh your team’s resilience and play there to fight back and to pull it out down the stretch I think just find a way I think when it’s all said and done you just have to find a way and the way they did it was
Defensively I mean hold that team 94 points uh guarding the right way down the stretch protecting the rim you know keeping them to 36 points in the paint and uh doing it you know our best job without doing it without fouling is the message to the team to always just hang
Their hat on the defensive and so even if shots aren’t fall you kind of stay competitive throughout maybe down the stretch you find a right time to I mean we shot eight for 29 from three um we took care of the basketball uh I think
They have to know that we have to know that that the defense travels and defense is what we’re going to continue to hang our hat on our toughness our resilience our continued fight no matter what’s happening within the game we’re seeing time and time again power hitting big shots now stretch
Once2 let’s talk about his point he’s not afraid uh he’s he’s he wants the big moment obviously being in the garden is another one of those opportunities uh and his teammates trust him to take those shots knowing their big shots down the stretch uh finding a way to get it
Done that’s what this group is going to continue to do find a way and Wendell as well hit a big shot play Big minutes first game back talk about well I thought he was good I thought he was very good talking to Mid game seeing
Where he was how he felt uh they they did a great job of just everybody that stepped in was willing to play their part and try to and do it the right way how much of a lift was having you know when you know when back on the second
Game Joe back another G back how much of a lift was it down those guys and kind of give you that give you that off it’s big you know you saw what that that they did coming off the bench I thought it was a I think they put on a defensive
Clinic in a lot of ways there was protection at The Rim you saw Wendell and ji both going for blocks down the stretch getting big blocks down the stretch keeping them off of the glass I I thought they did a great job of setting the tone defensively uh and then
Being able to keep them off balance by being able to run after you get the defensive rebound marel and Joe played 20 minutes together and then you were able to get marel back on for the final 237 so what went into that thought process and what did you make what he
Provided you our assistant coaches did a great job of communicating what was happening down the stretch uh making sure you know the that the time that he was in there how he felt getting him out early and then being able to bring him back uh just the leadership and the
Poise that both of those guys possess within a game uh I think it’s great for the group and that their ability to just keep things calm and know where the ball’s going to go you know when it’s when it down down the stretch Anthony black ended up uh not playing
Just what went into that or was it just you have you can only get so of the guys in the game yeah it you know the the great part about this group and they’ve all understood this and they understand this it is going to continue to be by
Committee um you know there was different situations and different lineups whether Jaylen plays or doesn’t play goes into that factor uh but you got to this is a young man that’s going to and will stay ready no matter what the situation and it’s going to change
From game to game but guys know that when their numbers called because we do this as a group they’ll be ready to go you’re talking about Jaylen Brunson there obviously Jaylen Brunson yes right right so that did have an impact on some of the factor yes and and mo also didn’t
Play Just is that part of that yeah every game is g to and this is I I’ll say it probably 500 more times the the fact that this group is a buy committee group and we’re going to do it together guys when their number is called they
Will be ready to go and every night it’s going to change as you see those that started of the game may not finish and those that you know come off the bench May finish but that’s what it is about to be a team everybody’s willing and wanting to accept their role and taking
Care of the game in order to get the win cuz that’s the most important piece with this group obviously obviously fron and Gary are still out but how great is it just to have basically a full bch it’s great to have bodies we saw weel po kind of leaving
The floor Friday a little you know frustrated maybe with his performance he spoke to us about how he you know kind of felt like he felt the team team out a little bit with some of the shop making shop making had what does to say about
Him to come back in this game this kind of environment even kind of physical game than it was for him throughout to to step up and make some of those B shots at the and this is why I say it over and this is why he’s an Allstar
This is why he’s not afraid of big moments why he doesn’t allow the game on Friday to impact the game today you know you learn from it you move on you get better and then you take those same exact shots that you would have taken
The other night but you step in with the same amount of confidence that’s what it takes to be resilient in this league and that’s the level of toughness that he possesses we’ve seen this team team continue continue to fight here for the last last few week since you know
Probably two straight you two of the last three games under 100 points I would even say the 112 to city is probably a pretty pretty strong number do you feel like this defense is starting to kind of get back back into its group I I think so I really do and
Then we talk about it in the locker room the defense is who we are that’s our identity and we have to hang our hats on that because again I’ll say we go eight for 29 from three you’re not hanging your hat on making shots you’re hanging
Your hat on getting stops to be able to get out and run good okay
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