Head Coach Jacque Vaughn after the Nets’ loss over the Trail Blazers

Head Coach Jacque Vaughn after the Nets’ loss over the Trail Blazers

>> PREVIOUSLY YOU MENTIONED HOW SIMONS COULD IMPACT THE GAME AND GET PAST THE DEFENDER. ON THAT LAST PLAY, YOU SAW SPENCER AND MIKAL TRY TO DOUBLE HIM. WHAT HAPPENED AND HIS ABILITY TO GET TO THE RIM. >> IT’S NEVER JUST ONE PLAY SUMS UP THE GAME, SO ACCUMULATION OF PLAYS.

THEY WERE ABLE TO GET TO OUR RIM 36 TIMES, 16 SECOND-CHANCE POINTS. IT’S THE PLAY’S THAT HAPPEN FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD QUARTER. WE WERE GOING TO DOUBLE GRANT OR SIMON, GIVE HIM CREDIT, GOOD MOVE TO GET TO THE RIM AND FINISH. >> IN THE FOURTH, WHAT CHANGED AS FAR AS THIS LITTLE START

THAT GOT PORTLAND BACK INTO IT? >> IT WAS INTERESTING. WE RAN A GROUP PRETTY LONG. NIC RAN THE ENTIRE THIRD QUARTER SO COULDN’T START IN THE FOURTH. THE GROUP THAT STARTED THE FOURTH, OUR LEAD VACCINE RATED A LITTLE BIT AND THAT’S JUST PART OF BASKETBALL, BEING ABLE TO COUNT ON YOUR TEAMMATES TO

DO THEIR PART. GIVE PORTLAND CREDIT FOR CONTINUING TO DRIVE THE BASKETBALL AND GET TO THE RIM. THE BIG PART OF THAT WAS THE SECOND-CHANCE POINTS. WHEN THEY DIDN’T MISS IT, THEY GOT THE SECOND-CHANCE POINTS. THAT WAS A BIG PART OF THE FOURTH. THE THIRD, WE GOT OUR RECEIVERS IN THE LEAD.

>> WAS THERE ANYTHING PORTLAND DID TO KIND OF WIN THAT ADVANTAGE THAT YOU SAW? >> ANYTIME YOU GET DRIVES, THEY’RE GOING EQUATE TO THE ABILITY OF THE OFFENSIVE REBOUND. THAT’S WHY YOU WANT GUYS TAKING JUMP SHOTS, FOR A BETTER CHANCE TO REBOUND THE BASKETBALL. I THOUGHT OVERALL, WE LEFT

SOME ON THE TABLE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME FIRST HALF OF KNOWING PERSONAL NECESSARILY-WISE WHO WAS GOING TO GET TO THE RIM. THAT’S A BIG PIECE OF PROTECTING THE PAYMENT AND KNOWING WHO WAS DRIVERS AND WHO WAS SHOOTERS. >> MIKAL CAME BACK. >> LOWER LEG CONTUSION, SO

GOOD THING HE WAS ABLE TO FINISH THE GAME. >> ANY CHANCE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FOR FRIDAY OR TUCSON TO SAY? >> YEAH, TOO SOON. WE’LL GET THE ASSESS. >> DID YOU TAKE ANYTHING FROM THAT TO FIGURE OUT OK, STILL LOOKING FOR THAT COMPLETE? >> YEAH, STILL LOOKING FOR IT.

WE’VE BEEN MISSING THAT PART OF, THERE’S JUST STRETCHES OF THE GAME WHETHER IT’S A LACK OF FOCUS, WHETHER IT IS THAT TEAM GETTING TO A 50-50 BALL OR REBOUND THAT KICKS THE MOMENTUM TOWARD THEIR DIRECTION, THOSE ARE THE PLAYS AND REALLY, I REALLY THINK IT’S NOT JUST ONE PLAY.

IT IS ACCUMULATION OF PLAYS AND REALLY VALUING EVERY SINGLE POSSESSION, AND NOT LEAVING ANYTHING ON THE TABLE. >> WHAT DID YOU LIKE FROM SPENCER DINWIDDIE TONIGHT? YOU KNOW, HE WAS ABLE TO GET OFF AND SECOND HALF, FIND GUYS GUYS. >> HIS ABILITY TO GET DOWNHILL. I THOUGHT HE WAS SEEING THE

FLOOR TONIGHT, SPRAYING THE BASKETBALL, GETTING ORGANIZED. HE HAS THE ABILITY TO GET TO THE RIM, DRAW FOULS, WHICH HE WAS ABLE TO TONIGHT. IT WAS GOOD TO SEE HIM AGGRESSIVE AND IN THE FLOW AND PLAYING TO HIS CAPABILITIES. >> WHEN YOU SAY THAT GETTING IN OH FLOW, DOES THAT HAVE ANY

EFFECT OF HIM, YOU SEE CHOOSING TO GO WITH HIM IN THAT WATANABE. >> YEAH, MEGAN, IT’S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A DECISION-MAKING BECAUSE WE HAVE EIGHT OR NINE GUYS WHO CAN FINISH IN THE FOURTH. TONIGHT I WENT WITH C.J. INSTEAD HAVE CT. SPENCER INSTEAD OF DENNIS AND I WENT WITH WALKER IN THE

FIRST HALF, NOT THE SECOND HALF. IT’S JUST PART OF WHO WE ARE. THERE’S DECISION MAKING AT THE END, NOT GOING WITH ROYCE, GOING WITH ROYCE THE OTHER NIGHT. THE RHYTHM AND FLOW, IF I THINK WE CAN GET ADVANTAGE WITH A CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL, I THOUGHT THEY WERE PSYCHING MATCHUPS AT THE OTHER END.

THAT WAS A BIG PIECE OF HOW

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