Coach Malone Full Post Game Press Conference vs. Lakers 🎙

Coach Malone Full Post Game Press Conference vs. Lakers 🎙

Coach will you describe how your team took things up a notch that final minute or so when they went on that 10- two run to close yeah I think it was a tied at 104 with I think 218 to go and I give them credit they had all the momentum uh

They were attacking us they got back in the game but I think from the 218 mark on we had scored him 10 to2 and what I saw in that stretch was just a Poise on offense executing um mean the one play was you know Austin Reeds came from The Blind

Side try to get the steal and it’s almost like Nicole has like radar he could sense him coming and he finds Michael Porter wide open uh for huge three um you know Payton had a big play down the stretch you know so to outscore that team 10-2 in the last two minutes

Or so that means that you’re defending at a high level and you are rebounding which we did not do the majority of the fourth quarter but we finally we were able to get some stops and rebounds and then we executed at a two-man game and obviously uh you know Jamal I thought

Was outstanding tonight uh you know he goes out there and gets 29 and 11 with seven boards that’s a tremendous game from him Michael Porter the shooting all throughout the game from beginning to end making big big plays uh nicoa you know I think that the the block by

Jackson Hayes that would have given Nicole his triple double hell of a block by him um so I’m proud of our guys you know it was it was a they came back they made it tight and we responded we didn’t fold on the road this is Jamal third straight game with double double

Finishing with a double double what have you seen any parts of his game change over the last three games or how have you seen him kind of take it up and not yeah just being uh being aggressive you I mean um you know you look at his line tonight

Um we couldn’t get to the foul line I I can’t wait to look at the film uh but you know he was 12 of 25 from the field five of nine from three um but you’ve heard me say this a lot when Jamal is rebounding and defending and playmaking

You’re getting the best version because he’s impacting winning across the board and uh I I thought he was outstanding tonight you come to you know expected triple double from the cola every night and then you know Michael then even Off the Bench I thought our bench gave us

Good minutes I mean DJ had eight boards in you know 11 and a half minutes Reggie CB Payton all stepped up and made some plays for us so um 33 assists that’s always a great number that means the ball is flying around and we finding the open Man

Gordon LeBron James on him lot obviously during the during the playoffs and the finals there Western’s finals tonight even though LeBron got 20 something I thought his defense was really key for you guys when when he was in there together yeah we just gave him the defensive player of the game I thought

Michael Porter you know he was uh he was really good defensively tonight on the ball off the ball but I agree Scott I thought Aaron’s kind of all right uh if we’re going to beat the Lakers I got to do my job and job number one for Aaron

Is to guard LeBron to guard ad and I thought you know what you never stop LeBron James he’s one of the greatest players to ever play you just want to try to make it hard for him and I think Aaron did a pretty good job of trying to

Make him work for everything he got and then by the way and there was a really big play The Challenge the overturn him Walling up and uh you know that call being overturned and our ball and that was another defensive play by Aaron at The Rim protecting the

Basket how does Joker see that double coming I me did somebody call or you really think he just he sensed it I I don’t think to be honest I I don’t if anybody did say something I don’t know if he heard it with the crowd I just

Really think om that he has this sense about him you know and it sounds maybe you know uh weird or whatever but nicoa has a sense of where everybody is on the floor his teammates as well as the Defenders and um I thought Reed was

Going to get it and oh my gosh you can’t get a transition break and this game’s getting closer and closer and uh you know that wind up being being a huge turning point for him to sense that be ball strong pivot and find Michael wide open for the corner three and again

Michael had a going tonight and that was a big shot you mentioned the two game down the stretch but was Michael Porter it was yic it was Jamal how much of a luxury is it to have three guys that can make shots and did make shots for you guys oh

It’s you know you know what you have in Jamal and Nia and then when you bring that third person to the party it makes it even that much more difficult because you’re really stretching the defense thin that those two Jamal ni attract so much attention and that’s where it’s Payton

Flying behind the defense for a lob it’s getting caught overh helping and Michael Porter in the corner for a three and the most beautiful part about it is that both Jamal and Nia are such willing and capable passers I mean they combine for 20 assists tonight you’re starting one

And you’re starting five that’s a phenomenal number so uh you know there’s a lot of things we could do to done better obviously that third quarter um give them credit they came out with the right mindset but we responded and that’s all that matters this may a dumb

Question you kind of already answered but what does it mean for a team that your two best players two stars get 20 of your 33 assists well that means that there’s a complete buyin I mean we preach being selfless all the time trusting the past playing with the0 five

Mentality good to great all the different you know coaching cliches that you could use in terms of trying to be unselfish and you can talk about it but if you’re not about it on the court well then it’s just a hollow word but our guys live it you know they they

Walk that walk and and I think everybody in that court is constantly trying to make the guy next to them better and you know one thing I always say about our group is that our guys truly play for each other you know and I think when you

Watch games in the NBA there’s a lot of teams that happen to play with each other and there’s a huge difference as you know Scott so guys just making the right play man I put two I I attract two Defenders let me get off it trust that

Next guy to make the right play and uh it’s it’s a fun way to play and I think it’s a beautiful uh you know game to watch when we play the right way all right thanks everybody

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Coach Malone Full Post Game Press Conference vs. Lakers 🎙