Doc Rivers Postgame Press Conference | 3.17.24

Doc Rivers Postgame Press Conference | 3.17.24

18 three-pointers in the first half just what do you see from the shooting in the ball movement yeah it was awesome we talked about it it’s it’s funny man um we actually talked about yesterday uh that there was a 140 and I’m not kidding number out there uh that

Meaning tonight we just said guys we got to have the mindset that we can score 140 points in games and that that means we have to space the floor and when we get threes we need to take them I thought we should have had at least three more of them I thought

Pat Conan passed one up and drove Pat Beverly passed two up and drove um with Giannis out we we had the space to floor and and just take them and I thought our guys did that well um speaking of Giannis just kind of what was the the thought process on scratching him late

Well just the injury it’s not an injury we just uh concerned a little bit and plus you look at the schedule you have one two 3 four five days off um you know um so we we kept we planted it in him and he had to he had to do it which

We’re happy that he decided to do it um you mentioned space in the floor Bobby had five of those threes but also a bunch of other points what um I think 25 and 12 minutes in the first half what kind of lift did that provide just you know he had Advantage you know

Um before the game we we looked at who could score for us like who can get us buckets and really was Chris Bobby D and and everybody else would score off of those guys and I thought all those guys did their jobs and not only scoring but

Also moving the ball uh Chris mton I tell you for a guy that missed that many games to look that good uh was pretty impressive um Dame I think it’s the first 305 game in franchise history I I think when he has 10 or more assists

It’s you guys are nine and one just what did you see from him not just the scoring um but obviously the playmaking yeah I thought the playmaking was even more uh you know we knew we wasn’t going to win unless Dame scored uh but we what

We needed Dame was to create scoring for other people because that’s what him and Giannis does combined without Giannis we needed someone to do that and I thought D I thought his point guard play today was even more impressive than a scoring play today hey coach what can you say

About Malik today coming back into the starting five and hitting five threes made made shots uh defended um played with toughness uh like the the threes Malik’s a great shooter like he really is I don’t care how many games he goes and doesn’t make him he’s a great

Shooter uh but what we’re asking him to do is more now and probably the first time in his career he doing it uh and it’s been great I know Yannis didn’t play today but with Middleton’s return just how do you see that the maybe the challenge or

Just the the process these next 15 games of incorporating him back in with you know I don’t you know I don’t know I don’t know if it’s I don’t think it’s going to be a hard challenge uh but I wanted with r with rhythm like

You got to keep all three guys in Rhythm at the same time that’s hard to do often times you know basketball history the third guy is the one that gets the least shots right you know Chris Bosch um Klay Thompson with golden state Ray Allen with the Celtics uh but you still have

To try to find a way to keep that third guy involved uh and aggressive and so um that that’ll be the speaking to that just Chris with that second un you know the golf is on right just one more uh Chris with that second unit just what do you think he can mean

To I guess the composure of Chris yes huge huge and that’s something I’m still learning honestly I you can see that today that stretch in the second quarter Chris took the game over with uh he actually made and then he had a play in the second half where he brought it up

Called it away you know he called it uh we scored off of that uh that’s with his IQ uh it’s it’s nice I’m telling you when you’re a coach and you have a guy that can run down and call one of your the set that you probably was going to

Call uh and get guys organized um man it’s it’s a luxury thank you guys

Doc Rivers spoke to the media after Sunday afternoon’s home win against the Suns.

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