Tom Thibodeau | New York Knicks Postgame Press Conference | March 14th, 2024

Tom Thibodeau | New York Knicks Postgame Press Conference | March 14th, 2024

And everything you know he doesn’t stop moving and uh creates a lot of good offense for us uh and then you when you couple that with Josh Hart’s rebounding and we had a lot of guys Step Up OG gave us really good minutes great defense hustle

Plays um so it’s a good solid win Jaylen goes for 45 and it kind of felt like one of those where it’s like you look up and you’re like oh jaylen’s got 45 like is is he one of the BRS he rank amongst the most like kind of methodical scorers

That you’ve been around yeah and it’s like all of a sudden it’s you know he’s going along and then all of a sudden it’s four or five buckets in a row and he gets in a into a rhythm and I think his teammates they’re they’re setting screens they’re they’re moving the ball

They’re find giving him a second look and uh you know it’s them working together which is creating it but he’s he’s a very gifted shot maker he’s got every shot you can imagine you know shoots the three puts it on the floor good in the post good pivot game good

Shot fake game um and he adjusts to how the game’s being called so I started off he didn’t get calls then he made him make calls what uh 3 minutes but like OG was favoring that arm again after that steel yeah you there’s going to be some

Times where you know there’s going to be soreness like so you know he he played through it he was fine medical looked at him and you know there’s going to be times that where it gets hit and we just got to keep going so uh we’ll see where

He is was that was that expected like an expected part of the process yeah and then that’s communication with he and the trainers so he knew you know he’s that it you know stuff like that’s going to happen are you worried that he might miss a good game you said we’ll see

Where he isor no just like I think in general you do with all your players so it’s just you know there’s going to be bumps and bruises in every game and then you check after the game then we check with in the morning but we we were

Expecting there to be some bumps and bruises like that you know with the surgery it’s repaired so it’s just pain tolerance from there yeah yeah yeah Co another solid defensive performance tonight what do you like about what you seen him and how connected they are on

That end of the just the hustle I think you know second and third effort the rebound rounding was good uh we gave up some offensive rebounds late that we have to clean up so you know there’s always things we can work on and do better with OG from like the outside

You’re looking at it like he’s he’s really favoring that that right arm a lot like are you are you how are you Computing that when you’re coaching are you are you talking just the trainer like the you know I constant communication with the trainer and he’s talking to the player you know medically

Throughout the game so you know there’s you just manage it that way at halftime we have a chance to visit too so um no no bur second half basketball decision or just basketball basketball yeah thanks coach thank you

Coach Thibodeau addresses the media after Knicks’ win over the Portland Trail Blazers.

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