Ime Udoka after loss to Suns, Sengun’s ejection

Ime Udoka after loss to Suns, Sengun’s ejection

Obviously shots weren’t going what you think of the shots that were generated in the shot selection decent at best it wasn’t one of our better nights as far as guys getting open looks and making an extra pass um we had a few guys that had going

And a few guys that were struggling and um a lot of times especially the first quarter it felt like uh missed shots guys let that impact them instead of trying to find other way impact the game and so it’s not your night you you got to still play the game and stay engaged

And defend and rebound do all the other things until it comes back around as we’ve seen it happen several times this year how’ you feel what did Jaylen do or is it just shots were going in more than they had been for him a little bit of both he was being extra aggressive

Obviously um and then he made the shots that he’s missed quite frankly and so um love the aggression coming out of him attacking um still you know I think uh not just jayen but other guys we missed a few open guys especially when we’re attacking the basket that’s the main

Thing as we’ve seen last game against this team and you know for a half against New Orleans a half against OKC just that extra pass and movement and um you know some of those Miss shots at the basket over two three guys are as good as a turnover they’re going the other

Way so um guys got to go in some guys did but still got to try find ways to get others involved you see what you know from a pressure standpoint you guys sent pressure at the right times and the rotation was behind was also offensive rebounding how do you that that balance

Between you know sending pressure obviously Booker got going early so we want to go after him and when one of the two are out we were extra aggressive on the others I think we did a great job against them at home doing the same thing uh just got to

Clean up those boards and it’s you know it’s going to be some cross matches especially when we’re doubling with bigs and um sometimes those their guards out hustling us so U you know it’s a tough thing the rotations behind it were crisp like you said but you got to finish it

With the rebound and that’s putting bodies on body IES and um even at times of alprin getting kind of muscled by nerkish and so Big’s got to do your job that’s a finish the possession because we know when we get those stops we get down we were getting out running and

Having success so um you know they got two scores that make you do that you know go after them and uh just got to finish it with the board and I think that really hurt us tonight obviously it’s of course a team that Jock’s familiar with what did you think of his

Minutes tonight great his energy was great uh came in prepared to play we needed a spark at that time um you know some guys had fouls Alie obviously had the fouls but um some of our bench players Norm in normal rotation didn’t have a lot of juice tonight so it’s was

Good to have him and Reggie come in and kind of spark us and I think they did a good job and so um good minutes that he had Alie got the foul troubling fouled out and he came in and finished well so um happy for him obviously stays ready

Professional and um got this opportunity took advantage of it I mean Miss shots it seems like you know he makes quick move and misses it kind of hangs his head at times and so that’s what I’m saying you have to continue to play and um some tough foul

Calls that he guys a few touch fouls you I think he let it frustrate him a little bit and obviously you saw the kind of culminate with the the technicals getting tossed but a tough night for him offensively and that’s you know one of the guys I’m talking about it’s not your

Night every night you still can impact the game and um I think we had it to six you know three four times in the fourth quarter and went the other way and we that close and um my message to him is continue to play still play defense still rebound still

Do the things and we’ve all seen how it can flip you know in a quarter or so so got to stay focused as far as that shots that you had the whole game and specifically the first quarter were you okay with uh the shots elections or it

Was the case just not getting the shots or that was okay I think Jaylen was the main guy going you know one-on-one but he had it going so he was you know he’s feeling that and getting some decent looks there on some uh matchups that we liked um the other guys had pretty

Decent looks in general so um you know was happy with their looks that they got we obviously were five for 22 in that first quarter and um losing to 33 to 17 but bouncing back and winning every other quarter was a good sign and the shots started to fall at a higher clip

But um that’s my point you you can’t let one guy go off and still have to guard and do the little things especially when you’re not shooting it that well so um good job for getting back in it but got to come out with a better start just

Going back to Jaylen for a second he’s obviously had a rough go of it for a while as a shooter how much of breaking through a little bit tonight is about maintaining confidence or how valuable could confidence be if it comes from this night it’s both um you saw he had a

Stretch a few about a month ago where he went off for five games and you just want that to you know that mindset to continue to carry over get himself involved and then the final piece of that is when he is penetrating finding the guys and you know they’re not

Calling a lot of fouls for him at the rim and they do have some um length in there and so find the guys there but standing aggressive so um hopefully this you know springboard to something better going forward consistently but at the same time um as what we always say we

Want guys to be well-rounded and the guys that can create for other guys we need them to do that as well thanks thank you thank you

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Ime Udoka talks to reporters after the Houston Rockets lost to the Phoenix Suns on 2/29/2024. Jalen Green led the Rockets with 34 points, Fred VanVleet added 21 and Jabari Smith Jr. grabbed 16 rebounds. Alperen Sengun was shut down by Jusuf Nurkic and both fouled out and was ejected from the game for yelling at the officials.