Rick Carlisle PostGame Interview | Denver Nuggets vs Indiana Pacers
The third quarter was not going well I got run out of there um it got to 10 but they they kept the group together um you know getting shepher in the game was a great move because it brought an energy that we needed um and then look
It’s this in large part I mean I got I got I got run out because I didn’t I didn’t like what I was seeing out there at all not one bit and I’ll leave it at that uh it’s pretty obvious um but they made they made more plays and
More shots and we had some we had some great looks you know that that didn’t go down tonight um but there are some things that we have to do much better headed into the game on Thursday and I’m not going to get into what those are what did you think of siakam’s Home
Debut how he able was able to play for you guys seak is a good player he’s going to be very consistent um he’s going to he’s going to bring something very valuable to almost every element of our game game offensively and defensively and you know um when Tyrese is back it
Will enhance his game even more um but right now you know we’re we’re uh we’re very lucky to have him uh with Tyrese out because you know he can do he can do a lot of things that can help us you mentioned having Shephard in obviously
In that fourth period you hold them to 21 I think they were at what are they at possession 1.01 uh with a lineup of nard Shepard Smith se yakum you know Turner for the most part I mean just what’s what Pascal’s done to allow you to have a complete defensive lineup how helpful
Has that been but just in general how much would you like just the overall defensive effort of that group in the fourth yeah it’s defense is important um you know I I don’t know where we are since Christmas we were 17th a couple of days ago um after tonight with you know
114 we may be 16th or something like that but you know we were 30th and so we’ve we’ve played we’ve played bigger uh bigger Defenders better rebounders you know Etc and and our and our emphasis on it is is not going to is not is not going to waver so um guys guys
That consistently go that hard get everybody’s attention as far as just being able to match up you mentioned the size being a big piece of it I mean you can put Aaron at the three now as opposed to him you know kind of giving up a lot of size in
The four I mean just how much all the matchups seem to just make more sense in terms of being able to put on guys that that they can kind of match up with what do you mean like just as far as being having Pascal he can guard you know
Having a guy who can guard fours that are going to be he’s going to be kind of even with I mean Aaron gets to guard guys that are you know more perimeter oriented ones twos threes as opposed to having to defend a lot of you know fours
And fives having the size to match up uh man for man makes a big difference um look we know miles is a is a is a is a hell of a Defender um you know moving Aaron from four to three helps um you know our our two spot is has been pretty
Fluid this year and um but you know we’ve had in in in in a lot of the games since Christmas we’ve had uh either buddy who’s a much improved defender in there or you know Bruce brown or nard you know who who who are both kind of
Defense guy defense first guys so look defense is going to be a theme for us I mean it’s going to continue to be a big theme and um our game’s looking different right now offensively we’re not getting the the threes up that we were um and some of that is obviously
Not having Tyrese out there and some of it is some adjustments I think that we can make to get some better looks I think uh after the last one against Denver you s that it just came down to the greatness of of jokic and and of
Murray I guess was kind of the same situation again seeing just the play that that guy can make that are different than other people can I mean the two the two defining plays of the game were the three at the end of the first half and the three that put the
Game away and you know he he’s he’s just he’s much more aggressive to look for those shots um and there’s just like zero hesitation on them um and you know we were we were up on a couple of them and he he hit them right over so that that’s those are great
Players making great plays um and we needed to make a few more shots so that’s where it was you mentioned some of the open looks at the end of the game that that didn’t go down uh just what you think of SE yakum and the way he set
Up some of those open threes that that didn’t happen to H to to go in yeah that’s that’s an area where Pascal can help us um you know his his drives and his post-ups are going to are going to draw attention and you know he get the
Ball right out on time on Target in Rhythm to a couple of Shooters and look sometimes you sometimes you miss you know but from a process standpoint um you know the fouling became an issue again tonight we got to work on that um you know with embiid coming in here on
Thursday I mean that there’s a different set of problems we’ll have to deal with um but it’s it’s all stuff that get you excited to compete so that’s where it is you talked about um Pascal showing the young guys how to compete how to pay their dues what you think about Ben
Sheer and the confidence he might have gained just by bringing it defensively and obviously responding offensively as well in the fourth quarter yeah I mean every time he goes in any game whether it’s a mad an game or a Pacers game or you know a pickup game um you know
Somewhere in Nashville I mean the guy plays the same way he he he’s you know he’s a Relentless competitor his his energy is boundless and he just he brings an exuberance to the game that that that helps the team and you know he he was terrific in the game at Phoenix
Um you know I thought it was really really terrific in the in the Sacramento game and and again tonight so you know he’s making a case for more minutes
Rick Carlisle PostGame Interview | Denver Nuggets vs Indiana Pacers
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