Willie Green Recaps Win at LA | Pelicans-Clippers Postgame Interview 2/7/2024
Wire to wire win what it’s one thing to come up with the game plan but what is it like to see it executed so perfectly for 48 minutes it’s it’s uh exhilarating to see our team lock in like we did uh we knew that the last time we played
Them on our home floor you know they dominated the game um starting in the second quarter and then watching the Clippers over the last know couple months they’ve been one of the best teams in the league so it was great to see our all of our guys lock in from the
Start like you said Jen just a wire to wire um High game plan discipline game for us we talked pregame about the importance of Defending theint line much better tonight what did you like about youro defense what was I like the fact that we were aggressive we were physical
Um and we we contested all their shots we finished possessions um they’re a good team they’re one of the best in the league for a reason they’re sound defensively they got a ton of guys that can come in and and hurt you on the offensive side of the ball so herd was
Great Dyson b z you know across the board JV CJ Larry and um just a like I told the team this was a true character win against a worthy opponent started that game finding a lot of his teammates second half took over what do you think about his overall night I loved his
Patience you know he he did a great job job finding his teammates he missed some easy buckets at the basket that um he would normally make but he just stayed with it and eventually you could see him start to get into a bit of a rhythm in
The second half and we just contined to go to him yeah did you guys come tonight thinking we want him to initiate more was that just how the game went we did we did and we do um as we’re figuring out our team we’re we’re a really good offensive
Team to start start games when we give the ball to Z and then now bi is getting open shots CJ is getting open shots and they got to take them and then as the game progresses um Brandon will get it CJ will get it they’ll run some pick and
Roll we’ll run some sets for him but Z does a great job of setting the table for us early this is something you’ve been talking about for a while not to as the point guard even this year was was there something specific you guys saw that made you want to start leaning in
That direction more that responsibility yeah it was it was harder for teams to help um when he has the ball you got to make some choices are you going to help off CJ you’re GNA help off Brandon you know herb is shooting the ball really well and when
He doesn’t have it they can they can clog the lane a bit more um those are the things that we saw just the defensive effort tonight heard dce and holand Kawai and PG the way you guys did just what did you see on that end that allowed you to be so successful those
Guys were um dominant defensively and and that’s what they’re capable of doing uh Dice and Herb switching screens physical blocking shots igniting our break um two young perimeter players that defensively they they can pretty much guard anybody in the league in my opinion going back to
How much does having kind of that uh that chemistry with CJ that he’s developed kind of make it even tougher to defend him when he’s running a point guard to be to if you double him find CJ the way he did a couple times tonight
It’s tough man it is tough um when he drives with the force that he does you know the defense collapses and you got CJ Trey bi whomever else and you know what we all love about Z is his ability to make the pass on time on Target and
It’s right in the pocket and guys are ready to load and shoot or they’re shot faking driving we’re respacing and we’re playing from there say that again the group has gotten a good amount of wins against top teams in the League this season so I was wondering what do you think that means
In the grand SCH of things it’s a it’s a bit of a measuring stick you know you want to see how you match up with the best teams in the league and what you’re capable of and tonight was a step in the right direction it was a character win
Against one of the hottest teams in in the league right now um and the hope and goal for us is to build on this momentum any early words on J not yet not yet no word on them um other than contusion I think so we’ll see
We’ll see how he feels and just just what would you think of just seeing some of the effort plays that her made tonight kind of the one we sprinted back and transition and stole the ball couple of times when he sprinted to the corner when you guys were helping middle uh
Just the the the amount of effort he played with tonight for sure her was great um when you’re playing against the best teams in the league it’s it’s a multiple effort game who can get 50-50 balls who can dive on the floor they were doing it we were doing
It and when we come out on the winning side of that he gives us opportunities to win games and Herb there’s no quitting him I don’t care if he you think he’s out of the play he’s gonna continue to to fight and try to do something to help make winning plays and
That’s what he does without giving away any Trade Secrets how do you go about formulating your game plan do you all start as a group together do you start individually and then get input from others in terms of putting together your game plan what game plan for for your match up oh
Um yeah we we look at it as a group and we you know we’ll have a we have some coaches that’s kind of leading the charge and they they lead us down you know different roads and we come together and decide you know this is the
Matchups this is who guards whom and we watch film on it and study it and at the end of the day in this league you you end up guarding everybody because it’s it’s a lot of switches you know defensively throughout the course of the game yeah sorry about that I didn’t I was
Sorry all right thank you
New Orleans Pelicans head coach Willie Green postgame interview after the Pelicans’ game against the LA Clippers on Wednesday, Feb. 7 during the 2023-24 NBA season.
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A very impressive win by the New Orleans pelicans with their size, athleticism, speed and most importantly their youth with veteran leadership they are going to be a dangerous team coming out of the Western conference and now that all of their players are healthy and learning to play together you have to take them serious as a contender
Keep those Haters quiet Willie !!!