Al Horford: Celtics Still NOT At Level They Want to Be At | Postgame Interview

Al Horford: Celtics Still NOT At Level They Want to Be At | Postgame Interview

Uh late in the game they they made a run you guys answered you were part of you’re big part of that getting down into the post what what did you see in there that that kind of made you think that that post the post-ups were the way

To go to kind of get the lead back well I mean I I just think uh Joe saw you know that they had banovich on me and um and he felt uh that we we could attack through that way so um you know but I

Usually run to the corner but I just you know decided to post up and take advantage of that and um you know just attack that match up what does it say about you guys like you go through uh you know driveing kicks to score you go through isos to score then you go

Through like post-ups you guys have like a lot of different ways depending on the game to kind of find a way to to to score uh what what was that say about you guys that that level of Versatility I think it’s important to have as you

Know we’ve learned in in the past few years that in the playoffs especially we have to find you know different ways to win and um the Nick’s really challenged us tonight and and we have to find you know different ways to be effective so it’s the strength of our group and it

Speaks of you know the versatility of the guys in this room um you know you got Drew holiday posting up pulling up for a three playmaking so you know we uh it’s it’s playing to our strengths it’s not only not only can you guys do all that everybody can do like Jason can

Post up Jaylen can post up you can also all spread the floor and and and spot up too so uh yeah you know and and it it’s it’s something that uh you know we’re continuing to get better on you know making reads and making decisions and I

Think tonight you know Jason did a really good job being poised they they really threw a lot at him doubles different things trying to throw him off and um I feel like he made the right play every time kind of Lin about making re making decisions J jayen was just

Talking about he thinks you guys are taking a lot of pride in being the smarter team you want me the smarter Team every night and feel like he’s seeing that what kind of yeah I mean just just really uh you know taking care of the ball the best we can right trying

To get good shots every time and um and Joe is really challenging us to offensively to I guess to jayla’s point to um you know to read the game more make better decisions and um and uh I think it’s paying dividend I mean it’s it’s uh it’s challenging because you

Know we have to read a lot of things um as the game goes but our guys continue to do a good job with that yeah how far have the Jays come in managing the games but also not looking for their own and kind of um

Yeah I mean it’s it’s a feel for the game because you know what makes them special is that they have to look for their own a lot of the time you have to look for that and if the defense takes that away then you kind of quickly are

Able to find something else so that they’re finding that good balance especially you know Jason you know they were doubling him tonight quickly so he was he stopped looking for his and he was just trying to make the right pass and make the right play and and the rest

Of us we have to make sure that we make the the defense pay for for doing those things Al the gap between you guys and Cleveland and second is currently bigger than the gap between first and eth in the west is it surprise you at all the

Way you guys have been able to sort of separate yourselves from everybody else so far um yeah I mean it’s uh it’s just the way kind of the season has gone we’ve kind of kind of held our own continue to you know to work through things um obviously

Sixers have injuries um different teams have different stuff going on um so that all goes into account but um I can just speak to you know we’re continuing to play good basketball we’re um really trying to play the right way and uh and I feel like Joe is really challenging us

To continue to get better um this is the stretch of the Season where we can really take it to another level uh and that’s what we’re trying to do what does another level look like for a team that’s got a net rating of I think 10

And a half and his yeah that’s a really good question but I I feel like you know we’re not where we need to be yet um and that’s a good thing um you know um and it’s such a long season it’s hard to you

Know be uh what we can um but uh it’s encouraging that we’re continuing to win in different ways and play differently having Savor around just how you kind of maybe taking them under your here sa mhm yeah no no it’s been good to have uh X

Around um uh you know he I’m sure he’s going to be getting his opportunities here uh sooner than later but uh you know just somebody that’s you can tell he’s very eager to learn uh that’s right away he’s you know he’s been picking my brain a lot asking a lot of questions

And um and and really trying to figure things out off the court on the court um and and when you have that kind of mindset I feel like you know it’s going to be beneficial because he’s the kind of guy that wants to get better he wants

To have an impact and he has the ability to have an impact in our group like question like you’ve been getting back in the post this year I think Jo said you guys had talked about that at one point obviously we’ve talked a lot about the evolution of your game but what you

Been like to you know try to get one two post UPS a game this year like um yeah I mean you know it’s just really the way that it depends on matchups a lot of the times and things like that and um you know sometimes I’m you know getting a

Smaller guy and trying to take advantage of that and either going to score if they double then I I try to make a play um so it’s just continuing you know how we talked about being versatile you know being able to do different things uh to impact winning

NEW YORK — The NBA-leading Boston Celtics secured their eighth straight win with a comfortable 116-102 victory over the New York Knicks on Saturday night.

Following the win, Al Horford shared his thoughts on the team’s progress, stating, “This is a stretch of the season where we can really take it to another level… I feel like we’re not where we need to be yet and that’s a good thing.”

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