Kevin Ollie proud of Nets effort after back-to-back wins over Atlanta

Kevin Ollie proud of Nets effort after back-to-back wins over Atlanta

>> Meghan: DURING PREGAME YOU MENTIONED ABOUT SHOTS NOT FALLING ARE YOU STILL GETTING BACK AND GETTING THE STOPS WHEN THE HAWKS HAD THE 13-POINT LEAD IN THE FIRST QUARTER WHEN DID YOU SEE FROM YOUR TEAM AND THEIR ABILITY TO STAY COMPOSED IT RESILIENT? >> Kevin: WE SAID ON THE BOARD,

AND I TALK 30 MINUTES NEXT PLAY. WE WANT TO BE A NEXT PLAY TEAM. THAT’S WHAT THEY DID THE. NEXT PLAY AFTER THAT GOT STOPPED WHEN THEY NEEDED IT. SECOND THEY HAD ZERO TRANSITION POINTS. SHE’S SHOWING GROWTH I WANT US TO HAVE A GROWTH MIND SET AND NOT SURVIVAL MIND SET AND THAT’S

FROM BEFORE. NIC WAS A FORCE DOWN THERE. DENNIS SMITH JR. CAME IN AND RELEAVE US AND GOT OUR DEFENSE GOING IN THE FIRST HALF AND HE WITH JUST PLAYED TOGETHER. WE WAS CONNECTED AND THAT’S ONE OF OUR NONNEGOTIABLES IS CONNECTIVITY. SO WENT TO KEEP THAT UP. WE PLAYED WITH PACE, AND WE

ALWAYS TALK ABOUT SACRIFICE AND WENT SACRIFICE TO BE YOUR COMPANION, NOT THE ENEMY. AND SOMETIMES A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK SACRIFICE IS AN ENEMY. BUT IT’S A COMPANION AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT SACRIFICE NO MATTER IF IT’S C.J.’S NIGHT 19 AND NOW KALE’S NOT. WE ARE NOT COMPARING OURSELF

IT’S EVERYBODY’S NIGHT, WE CAN TAKE IT UNDER WITH THAT I WANT TO US TO CONTINUE TO WIN AS A TEAM AND JUST YOURSELF AND EACH OTHER AND THE SYSTEM. >> Reporter: SEEMED LIKE, KEVIN, HERE, SORRY. SEEM LIES I CAN THE SEEDS FOR THE THIRD QUARTER WERE PLANT TODAY THE SECOND QUARTER RUN.

THEIR TOP-3 MIKAL HIT THAT THREE. WHAT CHANGED AFTER THAT SLOW START IN THE FIRST DO YOU THINK? >> Kevin: FORCE. THAT’S WHAT CHANGED PLAYING ON THE OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVELY END, OUR CUTS WERE SHARPER ON THE OFFENSIVE END. WE SHARED. AND ANOTHER THING WE STOPPED TURNING THE BALL OVER, WE HAD

FIVE TURNOVERS EARLY AND THEN STOPPED TURNING THE BALL OVER. THE RECIPE IS NO TURNOVERS, LOW TURNOVERS AND WHEN WE DO THAT, WE HAVE HIGH ASSISTS, AND NO DEAD POSSESSIONS WE WIN GAMES, AND WE WANT TO KEEP THAT% RECIPE BUT A THOUGHT OUR FIRST OVERALL THEY PLAYED AND HUNTED.

AND IT WAS JUST GREAT TO SEE THEM HUNT LIKE THAT. >> Reporter: AND THEN MIKAL OBVIOUSLY IN THE LAST FEW GAMES BEFORE THURSDAY, A LOT OF CHATTER ABOUT OBVIOUSLY HIS STRUGGLING. BUT TWO-WAY PLAY TONIGHT, JUST HOW MUCH DO YOU NEED TO SEE FROM HIM. NOT JUST SENDING IT TO THE

OFFENSIVELY, AND DEFENSIVELY TWO STEALS APPROXIMATE AND LAYUPS IN THE SECOND HALF. >> Kevin: WHICH YOU FORGET ABOUT YOURSELF YOU FIND YOURSELF THAT’S WHAT I TELL THEM SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO JUST FORGET ABOUT YOURSELF IT’S NOT ABOUT YOU MIKAL AND HE UNDERSTANDS THAT AND THAT’S WHEN YOU FIND YOURSELF HE GOT LOST IN

PLAYING DEFENSE, AND THEN ALL OF THE OFFENSE CAME TO HIM. SO I JUST WANT OUR TEAM TO ALWAYS UNDERSTAND THAT. JUST GET LOT IN THE DEFENSE AND THE OFFENSE WILL COME AND THE BALL WILL COME. WE ARE SHARING NOW. IT’S NOT STICKING AS MUCH AND WE WANT TO KEEP IT UP.

SIX OF THE TEAM’S EIGHT BLOCKS CAME IN THE THIRD QUARTER WHAT DO YOU SEE THE BIGGEST FOR FA BG TO BEHIND THAT. >> Kevin: SHOP LETTING THEM CATCH AND SHOOT THREES WE MADE A POINT OF THAT BEING AT THEIR DOOR STOP. WHEN THEY CHASM THE BACK YOU

WOULD AND MAKE THEM DRIVE AND UNDERSTAND THAT GO WE GOTTA PURSUE TO DRIVE BUT GOT NIC BACK THERE AND NIC WAS, HE WAS A MONSTER. BLOCKED SHOTS, GETTING REBOUND WHILE HE WAS ON THE GROUND. HE WAS DOING EVERYTHING BACK THERE. AND BUT THEN, JUST SEEING THE ENERGY OF THE GUYS, MIKAL AND

DOUGH WHEN WE GET A STOP THEY BRINGING THE ENERGY. THAT’S WHAT WE WANT. WE WANT TO FALL IN LOVE ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE AND THEN OFFENSIVE STUFF WILL TAKE CARE OF

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