3-15-24 Phoenix Suns Postgame Media Availability: Head Coach Frank Vogel

3-15-24 Phoenix Suns Postgame Media Availability: Head Coach Frank Vogel

You talked about Eric needing to get him the Rhythm he certainly did early have B for that for you guys to have him going like that yeah g give us a taste of what we’re going to look like when we’re whole you know when he’s playing that

Way uh shooting the basketball uh on the backside but also being aggressive off the bounce you know it’s something we always encourage we know his shooting is is always missed when he’s not in there uh but him making plays off the balance is something that we’ve missed and um

You know it’s good to see our group hold tonight with uh with B getting some run with Royce getting some run you know two centers doing their thing and um you know was a good win for us I’m I’m curious you you talked about threes seemingly all year but a how you like

The look you got getting up a higher number of Threes in the last game and be how you like maybe the defense on the thre they shot of four percentage Yeah we we’re our contest rate or contest effort was far better tonight than the last night it’s obviously it’s a

Different different creature right the Boston Celtics are are one of the best teams the you know the the best team record-wise in the NBA um you know so it’s a different challenge tonight but you know the the the message was his team made 23 threes against us last time

Got to get out and and push up on their Shooters so you know holding 16% shooting is a good response and on the other end you like the looks you guys got out of the threes tonight yeah we forced a little bit but hey to get our

Numbers up you know to get this shot profile the way we want it to look I I’ll live with some of that especially with the guys that we have shooting them um you know and there was still some in the in the first half that we were

Passing up you know so yeah we got to continue to to grow in that regard but uh overall a a a positive performance is this still just a comfort level with taking the taking the threes I mean considering three of the guys are basically more mid-range guys no I mean

It’s just confidence in their abilities off the bounds you know so you know they don’t have to to force to catch and shoot and again like I I like the volume of Threes but you know those guys uh you know Finding their spots in the mid-range you know that’s efficient

Offense that’s all that’s all you really want you know you’re not not targeting a total number of of uh you know of Threes or free throw attempts you just want to efficient offense possession after possession it doesn’t matter who’s shooting the basketball as long as we’re

Getting good shots so you know I I got a lot of trust in those guys looking at Milwaukee obviously one of the better teams in the league teams always want to finish road trip draw how are you feeling about the group after tonight going into a game like that yeah it’s a

Tough challenge you know to play back toback and then play a noon game you know uh two days later is a is a scheduling challenge uh we’ve been in a situation coming out of the All-Star break and we played the Lakers on a new game similar situation third game in

Three and a half days and uh and we played a great basketball game so we got to draw on that experience and uh come in and play a great game against Milwaukee you guys feel like you’re jiling at the right time obviously the postseason right around the corner here

You talked about the Boston loss but you bounced back tonight mention milwauke just how was important to how important is it you think of see headed towards the pro yeah it’s important the more you know the more games we can get with with everybody healthy um because the health

Is not the only uh piece that we need you know to get to to to be at our best going into the playoffs we have to uh have health to find the right Rhythm okay and build the right habits and um you know having Royce now um with the

Full the full health of the rest of the guys is uh something we’re really looking forward to seeing what it looks like so Frank it seems like everybody is talked about how good Kevin has been on defensive end this just what have you liked about what you’ve seen out of him

On that end for the last several weeks yeah he’s one of the best in the league in uh in ISO defense and on ball defense uh he’s really long he’s you know he’s physical uh he doesn’t get enough credit for that side of the ball he should get

Uh you know all defensive team recognition this year um I’d be very disappointed uh if he doesn’t he guards the other team’s best Premier player each each night pretty much and he’s guarded fives he’s guarded point guards he’s really done it all so um you know

He’s he’s doing a great job for us on the defensive side Deon nothing but Deon only having 11 assists that’s one thing but on the team at 31 totally that means that everybody else sort of follows toit how did you like that part yeah played extra

Pass basketball we had a good you know good uh game plan in terms of how to attack what we were going to see with them they they bring two to the ball a lot and pick and rolls and in the post and we just knew we had to uh had to

Take care of it and move it to the backside play out of the blender that’s when we’re at our best and um you know guys could did a good job finding each other and taking care of it thanks

Head Coach Frank Vogel speaks to the media following the Phoenix Suns win against the Charlotte Hornets on March 15, 2024.

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