Interim Head Coach Kevin Ollie after the Nets’ fall to Grizzlies

Interim Head Coach Kevin Ollie after the Nets’ fall to Grizzlies

OLLIE. >> Meghan: KEVIN, OVERALL WHAT DID YOU SEE AS JUST THE BIGGEST CONCERN IN THIS GAME FOR YOUR GROUP? >> UM, IT’S JUST WHEN WE GOT IN A FIGHT WE DIDN’T — WE DIDN’T SWING. WE DIDN’T KEEP SWINGING. AND WHEN YOU DON’T KEEP SWING YOU GET KNOCKED OUT. AND THEY KNOCKED US OUT,

STARTING WITH ME, COACHING STAFF, PLAYERS. WE STOPPED SWINGING. AND WE CAN’T DO THAT. AND WE’RE NOT TALENTED ENOUGH TO DO THAT. WE GOTTA BE SCRAPPY, WE GOTTA BE THE MOST SCRAPPY OF THE TEAM. WE GOTTA GET EVERY REBOUND, WE GOTTA HIT. WE JUST CAN’T HAVE EMPTY POSSESSION WHERE IS WE DON’T FIGHT.

AND WE GOTTA DO A BETTER JOB. BUT I BELIEVE IN MY GUYS THAT THEY’RE GOING TO COME BACK TOMORROW, AND WE’RE GOING TO FIGHT, AND WE’RE GOING TO PLAY BETTER. >> WHEN YOU OF-FORGET THE STAT SHEET, JUST WHEN YOU’RE LOOKING IN THE EYE TEST, DOES THAT KIND OF SHOW UP ON THE BOARDS?

I CAN IT WAS 51 TO WHATEVER IT WAS, 30-SOMETHING. DOES THAT REALLY SHOW UP ON THE GLASS? >> I MEAN, YEAH. I MEAN I WAS WATCHING THE GAME. THE PLAY STARTS WHEN THE SHOT, YOU KNOW, THAT’S WHEN THEIR PLAY STARTED. SO WHEN THEY SHOT IT, THEY WENT TO GO GET IT.

AND YOU KNOW, HATS OFF TO THEM. COMING IN SHORT-HANDED. YOU KNOW, THEM GUYS CAN PLAY. THEM GUYS FIGHTING FOR CONTRACTS NEXT YEAR. AND WE CAN’T — WE CANNOT STOP SWINGING. THAT’S WHAT I WANT TO KEEP TELLING THESE GUYS, THAT WITH A WE GONNA DARKO’S WE JUST GOTTA FIGHT AND WE STOPPED

THAT WE STOPPED THAT. WE GOTTA EXECUTE BETTER, WE GOTTA MAKE FREE THROWS. WE CAN’T, WE GOTTA DOUBLE DOWN ON ALL THE DETAMES AND WE DIDN’T DO THAT TONIGHT, AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS. >> KEVIN, THAT FIRST HALF, WAS IT JUST A MATTER OF THE GRIZZLIES BASICALLY PUNTING HARD TORRE START THE GAME,

THEY JUST STARTED FAST ANDRE PLAYED BEHIND BECAUSE OF THAT? >> YEAH, THEY STARTED FAST, ONCE AGAIN HITTING SHOTS. WE DIDN’T COME OUT WITH THE DEFENSIVE INTENSITY THAT WE NEEDED, AND THAT’S THE SECOND GAME IN A ROW. OUR DEFENSE GOT BACK IN, I MEAN WE GAVE UP 106 POINTS. I TAKE THAT EVERY NIGHT.

BUT WE GOTTA SCORE TOO. WE DIDN’T SCORE, WE WASN’T EFFICIENT ENOUGH ON THE OFFENSIVE END TO GET A DURKS WE GOTTA KNOCK THEM IN GOTTA TAKE CARE OF THE BALL WHICH WE DID, BUT WE GOTTA STEP UP AND HIT OUR FREE THROWS. THAT STOPS MOMENTUM. THAT GETS YOU BACK IN THE GAME.

BUT YOU CAN’T GO UP THERE AND MISS FREE THROWS. SO YOU KNOW, WE GONNA GET BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD BUT WE CAN’T GO 17 OUT OF 30 FREE THROWS AND EXPECT TOE WIN AND GET OUTREBOUNDED LIKE WE DID. >> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE AREAS OF FOCUS, 13

MISSED FREE THROWS, SECOND-CHANCE POINTS, LEAVING KENNARD OPEN ON LOOKS EARLY TWHARGS A CASE OF MAYBE TAKING A TEAM LIKE THIS WHO’S SHORT-HANDED AND YOU KNOW, TEN WINS ON THE SEASON, TAKING THEM A LITTLE BIT LIGHTLY ENTERING THIS PAXSONUP? >> NO I JUST THINK WE HAVE TO HAVE EXECUTION, TO THE GAME PLAN.

LUKE KENNARD WE KNOW HE’S A CATCH-AND-SHOOT GUY. COMING OFF SCREENS. YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE WE BLOW THEM UP, FOLLOW AND TRAIL THEM. WE JUST GOTTA DO IT WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFORT. OUR EFFORT WASN’T GOOD ENOUGH TO GET A WIN. AND EVERY GAME, IT COSTS. LIKE WE DIDN’T — WE DIDN’T

PAY ENOUGH TO GET THIS WIN. THAT GOES FOR COACHES, FOR EVERYBODY, WE GOTTA PAY THE COST FOR A WIN AND THAT’S EFFORT, THAT’S ENERGY, THAT’S PLAYING TOGETHER, THAT’S HITTING, DOING ALL THE LITTLE SMALL THINGS. AND WE LET AN OPPORTUNITY SLIP THROUGH OUR FINGERS, BUT THE GOOD THING WE PLAY TOMORROW

AND GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IT BACK ZUP I KNOW YOU HAVEN’T GOTTEN TIME TO WATCH OBVIOUSLY THE FILM YET, BUT IT WAS 88-88 WITH 9 MINUTES LEFT AND YOU SCORED TWO POINTS OVER THE NEXT SIX AND A HALF MINUTES. JUST BASED ON WHAT YOU CAN RECALL RIGHT NOW IS THERE

ANYTHING YOU WERE SEEING IN THE OFFENSE THAT LED TO THAT DROUGHT, OR WAS IT JUST MISSING SHOTS? >> I MEAN, I GOTTA LOOK AT THE TAPE, BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU GO SIX MINUTES WITHOUT SCORING, I GOTTA LOOK AT THE TAPE, BUT JUST GETTING DOWN TO THE RIM, I IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, FREE

THROWS WE MISSED ON THAT STRETCH, SO YOU CAN COUNT THOSE UP. SO THOSE MISSED OPPORTUNITIESMENT SOY IMAGINE IT WAS SOME FREE THROWS WE MISSED IN THOSE STRETCHES TOO. SO YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES WHEN YOU GET TO THE FREE-THROW LINE TO STOP A RUN, OR CONVERT, AND WE JUST

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