Coach Brown Speaks in Denver | Postgame Presser 2.28.24

Coach Brown Speaks in Denver | Postgame Presser 2.28.24

Uh you know obviously we came out and we had good intentions to to start the game uh I thought you know offensively we were really really good the ball was moving uh Keegan hit some some big shots for us um uh but they they found a way

To kind of stay in it and and we got enough stops we got out in transition got some great looks uh and then it uh got to a point in the game in that second quarter where we started turning the ball over over and I thought uh you

Know the turnover after turnover after turnover and or Miss shots I thought we took some good shots even when they when they made their run I thought our shot selection was pretty good the ball movement was pretty good uh we just missed them and they got out and uh

Jamal hit some hit some threes in transition that open the floodgates for him and you know obviously it’s a 10-point ball game at the halftime and to start the second half um again I our first cut few looks I thought were pretty good even uh getting Kev to the

Free throw line um was a good play and um by the guys and and uh we just couldn’t buy a bucket we couldn’t ball would not go into the ocean at that point in time and we weren’t getting enough stops and uh you know we tried to

Stem the tide in the second half uh but uh their pressure in transition uh especially in that second quarter was the result of uh them getting the getting the lead they had 20 fast break points in the first half we did a better job in the second half but

Uh their pressure and transition in that second quarter off our Miss shots and our turnovers was the was the cause of the game but uh defensively um you know I I thought we were okay at times uh again you know they shot 43% from the three-point line

A lot of that was Jamal uh in transition in that second quarter and then once he saw a few go in he’s a a great player uh he just stayed in Rhythm the whole game and continue to knock shots down but the ones in the half court uh that they hit

We didn’t do a good job of uh uh closing out like we have in the the last two games I’d say um and it resulted in them shooting 43% from the floor from from the three-point line uh I thought uh the the the the last group I thought uh uh

Mason Trey uh Alex dorte um and kastler I thought those guys were real really good I thought they tried to play hard they I thought they tried to play together and tried to play the right way and and uh Mason did a good job of trying to organize the

Guys and and uh trying to help make the game easier for them so uh there were some bright spots early on from our our our uh main rotation guys and then there were bright spots uh late in again game from uh guys that don’t get a lot of

Playing time mik obviously it’s going to be difficult to go against that team without de but um you know given that they’ve won four straight now their average Point differential is 18 points is there something to be learned by going against a team like that that’s in that type of GrooVe that has

Championship experience it looks to be contending again for your team yeah I mean anytime you can go against uh a team like that you’re going to you’re going to take something away way and the biggest thing is is just the the constant pressure that they put on you

You know and they tried to do it defensively and uh early on we were getting great looks and then they started getting some deflections and we started uh making some bad decisions with the basketball and as soon as that happened uh you could see how hard they

Pushed and they ran uh they ran in transition and then once they smell blood you can even see uh on both ends of the floor their defense picked up a little bit but even in even their their offense I mean couple of the cuts that

Nicoa made to the rim uh you know that’s just in his setup you know that’s just Championship uh level basketball just knowing and and having a feel for uh how to get a foul how to get a bucket how to put pressure on the team and you know

One of the things we talk about a lot is getting paint touches paint touches paint touches and we we did a good job of that early on but as the game went we went away from it and uh we we kept trying to tell the guys hey keep

Touching the paint cuz the sprays will be there uh and not just with the basketball but with cuts too and Denver does that uh a lot they they will uh play Pick and role and they know when to cut a guy when to hold a guy uh Maka uh

Is a very good decision maker and and again all that was just in the flow especially when they smelled uh a chance to take uh take take it to us and when you don’t have your primary ball handler obviously provides Keegan an opportunity to to score a little bit more and create

More um it looked like he was doing that in the first quarter um is there a message to for him that hey like I know you’ve harped on him being aggressive but is that a conversation you think you need to have again after this game like

You mean when you’re out there we need you to to be the aggressor offensively yeah you know I I’ve had and I will continue to have conversation with Keegan we want Keegan to be aggressive uh uh because we we feel like his development is necessary for us to

Continue our climb as a team and um uh so not just because of tonight but you know going forward uh I’m always going to tell him hey be aggressive uh just because this guy’s in the game or that guy’s in the game uh you go ahead and

You take the lead if you see any opportunity to take advantage of the defense or your Defender uh we’re all for it do you have any sense um I’m guessing de’s going to be day today but do you have any sense about his availability

For uh no I I I don’t I haven’t talked to our trainers yet or anything they just said he he was out I okay

Coach Brown speaks to the media following a loss to the Denver Nuggets at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado on Feb. 28. 2024.

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