Lakers/Bucks Postgame, J.Worthy, D-Lo, AD, Reaves, Rui, Coach Ham Reactions | March 26, 2024

Lakers/Bucks Postgame, J.Worthy, D-Lo, AD, Reaves, Rui, Coach Ham Reactions | March 26, 2024

Say there BR nope all you come on bre I need some help boy been a long time since I’m I’m going to get some funk into it some Matrix get in there big game come on down with a get in there big game man those cigar Gifts of you are

Going to be going nuts in Laker Nation tonight send them in I want to see him tonight that performance woo was a performance for the times right there my friend go ahead take the show yeah brought to you by our Southern California access sportset Lakers you

Know where we all are James that was fantastic right there Lakers was one of the most improbable comebacks uh we have seen in a long time they were down 19 against the Milwaukee Bucks with 8 minutes and 24 seconds left and the probability for the bucks to win at that point was

99.6 but the Lakers went on a 26 to7 run to tie it end of the game got crazy with fouls and no calls and reviews and then they go double oot to win it what an incredible effort a valiant comeback so many Heroes ad DLo everybody 15 for 15

From the free throw line from the fourth quarter on for the Lakers and defish I was wrong at 8 minutes when I said take everyone out we’re going to Memphis I was wrong that’s why I sit here um yeah no it was like there were so many times they could have just like

This is too hard for tonight M you know we don’t have to get a stop this possession you know we don’t have to really dig in and figure out a way to keep this game going keep it alive and it just it says a lot about the group uh

I think if these guys weren’t as connected as they are with each other if they weren’t uh they look like they’re having fun playing basketball it’s been a really up and down year but we’ve noticed in some a lot of the wins of course but even in some of the tough

Nights they’ve hung in there together there have been Smiles on the benches guys still being positive with each other that’s how you still come out on the top side of a win like tonight character yeah you know um you can have a lot of Talent on this team

And we do LeBron ad re DLo we got talent but without the character to go along with it and the willingness to be a team all the time when I I think this this this squad has learned how to be a team regardless of what’s going on through

The ups and downs the injuries and all of that is one thing that still remains that keeps them above water is that they they like each other you know they like their team and tonight I’ll let you guys deal with the stats and all but tonight

They perform like a team that that had character and then they weren’t going to you know give give up or just lay down uh they know where they are this time of the season I think they know how they have to prepare for what’s what’s coming they know Phoenix’s situation and they

Went out and took care of business tonight collectively um and you know that’s this is a this is a game that I it’s one of the best games I’ve seen uh you know the Lakers play and it was just nice to see them dig and not give up bre

The Lakers have now scored 278 points in the last two games and defensively they really stepped up there in that fourth quarter when James and fish both said that they could have just said it’s over they got the stops they held be Honis to just six points in the fourth and both

Those OTS just give us your you know thoughts on this unbelievable comeback yeah held Milwaukee to what 13 points in that last quarter that’s unbelievable for a team that’s at home had all the momentum in the world with that 19-point lead uh earlier in the fourth quarter

Guys big picture I think this is the game this is the win that could get the Lakers in that 78 play in game they want they want nothing to do with that 910 that’s that’s an elimination game but now you got to win where you weren’t expecting it you’re two games behind the

Phoenix Suns you have the tiebreaker with them and you see the standings right there and the Suns have a horrible schedule we just heard Austin Reeves talking about ad’s knee how much attention he needed even during timeouts from his his trainer you know you got to

See how he how he’s doing how LeBron’s ankle is feeling yeah keep in mind no LeBron tonight and the Lakers still pulled off this Big Win Second win over the Bucks this month with no LeBron James this is as you said James huge character win period big game ad uh AR

DLo who who do you want to start with ad maybe I mean that was a what an effort four blocks it’s hard not to start with ad playing hurt I mean you start with either one but ad some incredible defense but he continued and continued

To dominate so I just love to see him able to push through the the little the little pain and all that you know that was the the the O ad might have you know he might have you know shut it down but he’s learned how to play through that

Cuz he know his team needs him and I just love that that that characteristic about him now and you know what also you made me think of something James because because you hit on some great things right there uh his numbers were off the charts right 34 points 23 rebounds the

Six stocks four blocks all those at the end were were huge but the rough start to this game included ad missing some shots but he was playing hard but it was getting frustrating he had that put back dunk at the end of the first I remember

But the the way that he kind of got himself into this game fishing didn’t worry about the misses and just did his job and then at the end was there being the MVP when you get off to a slow start the ball isn’t going in ad’s at a point

In his career where he’s not panicking he’s not going to try to force his shot he’s going to continue to rebound change and block shots continue to be a guy that the team can depend on as a stabilizing factor and then his offensive opportunities which which a

Lot of times come from offensive boards it’s not as though he got buckets off of play after play after play he’s just playing hard and and making the right place you guys are smart can can you answer a question for me I just looked it up ad is still third tied for third

For the defensive player of the year award Rudy goar is ahead of him nice player ad seemly seemingly lights him up every time Victor wanyama is second ahead of him they’ve won like five games how is ad when he has like a game saving block shot of Dame Lillard going down

The left side at the end of the first OT and just just all over the map defensively tonight with his his his bum knee that apparently he bang knees with Chris Middleton that’s what trudell picked up on how was he that low in the dpoy and he even lower remember yeah

When you did it about a month ago yeah I mean he’s been like I mean you could say oh the Lakers aren’t that good yeah well neither are the Spurs you know and the Lakers are good I me listen Lakers are what now seven games over 500 they won

Four in a row and I’m glad you brought that up but listen I want to talk about Austin Reed I mean we we we love this guy he’s he’s flat out winning basketball player isn’t he he was 10 for 20 tonight shot 50% he ended up with a

Triple double second of his career he loves to compete and win and he knew the significance of this team with LeBron out he’s the next guy up with DLo and uh he’s not he’s not afraid he’s not afraid to take the shots he’s not afraid to

Take a chance and I just I just love the fact that you know he’s stepping up he’s stepping up I got crazy numbers for you guys he was he was 13 points at the end of three so in the fourth quarter in the two at OTS he went for

168 and five those were his numbers yeah fourth quarter yeah I mean you know we we talk we talk often about you know needing to star in your role in order to you know be a guy that you know sticks in the league you know proves your value

Every night uh Austin is a guy that is starred in his role as soon as he started to get minutes I think you know when you play for the Lakers over time and you you’ve had the moments that Austin’s had in the past playoff last year in Memphis Etc you have some star

Qualities yourself even though you’re still willing to be a star in your role and so when the moment arises like he’s not afraid to embrace what usually goes to the all stars and Hall of Fame guys like he’s not afraid of the responsibilities that come with that and

Those are star qualities even though on this particular team he’s more of a third or fourth or guy that plays his role to a high level I’m in a lathered sweat I’m okay with it good stuff from the fellas let’s hear from Darin ham he’s speaking with the

Media how about those Lakers say you could smile Darin you’ve had a it’s a LG that someone in here was talking about pulling starters I said it was almost someone said it was time to pull starters it’s not the first time I’ll okay well Darin uh you know there have been a

Lot of good wins this year you think about Boston noad and no LeBron down 21 to the Clippers at home but just given the circumstances no LeBron down 19 ad banged up would you put this one up there hell yeah hell yeah top definitely top five in the season might be top

Three just dealt with a lot of adversity adversity throughout the entirety of the game was able to pull ourselves together stay focused never gave up um I always tell the team you know we got to we got to compete be together hold ourselves accountable and have a next play

Mentality you know for 48 minutes or however long it takes and so uh today tonight it took for 58 minutes and so um man my hats off to Milwaukee hell of a ball Club put a lot of pressure on you got a ton of weapons uh huge huge huge challenge to

Try to you know overcome some of the things uh that they threw at us but again we were able to do it together and uh everybody contributed everyone that stepped out there on the floor did something to help the team um but that was a hell of a team win right there

Anthony Davis uh ends up 52 minutes think it’s the most since Kobe in in 2012 for a Laker it looked like maybe he bumped knees with Middleton it at some point it what was your what was your kind of gauge of okay he’s good enough to stay in the court they’re down double

Digits and and then the the minute just mounting how are you going through that and how much did he deliver in that context just being in tune with him you know each and every time out of a stoppage and play they’re looking at a review just getting him worked on having

The guys uh our medical team is and those guys keep massaging the leg keeping everything around it around the uh the area that was a little inflamed um keeping it Loose uh and he assured me he was going to push through and so they you know they said it was okay just

Tolerance whatever he can tell tolerate and you know kudos to him man he he he played his ass off and you know 30 34 and 23 AR with a triple double DLo 29- 12 Spence had a rough shoo night but the one shot he made was a huge three-point

Shot so you know all our guys man ruy came alive had some big plays for us with a double double I mean toring his defense Off the Bench you know Jackson’s energy um it it’s you know the whole Dame the nine for 29 Chris mdon four for

15 I mean those are some hellified performances and so uh you know our guys we just you know now we got to fill our cups back up and try to go play against a really hard playing highly competitive Memphis team you know regardless of what their circumstances are with people

Being in and out the lineup Taylor’s done a great job with that Squad and keeping them competitive so you know we we we got to get ready we enjoy this one tonight but soon as we wake up in the morning we got to be have a Focus to go

Try to get another one tomorrow Dar have two for you um you guys are down 19 in the fourth with a backtack ahead of you LeBron has already been kind of ruled out for the night so what was going through your mind in terms of how much

More leash did your guys have in the moment how close were you there was a timeout with I think 656 left in the fourth and I told him we got enough time to get this done I think we might have been down what 12 at that point I’m not

I’m not sure I have to go back and see yeah I think you guys scored like seven straight points right around 12 or 14 I know I want to say 12 and I told him hey man let’s just just ban together next couple of minutes let’s try to get it

Down to single digits and we got plenty of time to do what we need to do and they went out there and we just start making plays making shots getting stops uh the whole that team to 13 points in the fourth quarter that’s money time and

So uh the guys did it you know they banded together once again and competed their asses off and you know it it was a great way to start off a six game trip and then yeah yeah and and then Austin at the end of regulation has a shot

That’s that’s down basically and pops out um what did I mean I know you you know that he wants the ball in those moments but uh for him to get that second opportunity and to hit that shot um just I don’t know what does that say about

Him to you just his fearlessness he that kid is fearless he he’s as competitive as they come uh all about the right things all about making the right plays um it’s just I mean he he’s just I love coaching him you know you know what you’re going to get every night um even

When things are not going his way you know he finds a way the impact the game where taking charges coming up with big rebounds making passes uh just doing a little bit of everything man Austin just does it all um just I just love coaching kid man he he

He he’s a rep if there’s any representation of the darham era you know Austin Reeds will be right at the top of that list just with his competitiveness the way he cares about his teammates um how coachable he is um and just wants to win he’s a kid is just

A Flatout winner I had two for you also uh one play that probably worthy of being singled out um much like the AR3 was the 101 block on ad had on on Dame just you know what did ad bring to that possession and and how difficult is that being on an

Island against a guy like Dam L man it just that he’s done it time and time again man even you know him going through you know some some extreme pain still being a be making himself available for his team you know he takes great pride in being the captain of our

Defense um one of our most Dependable players been playing at an extremely high level this year in particular and especially on that end of the floor we’ve seen him do it against Steph seen him do it against different guys and tonight it was on full display just his

Ability to move his feet stay down show his hands um and not foul and so um it it’s it doesn’t surprise me at all that’s just who he is and this season’s has so many twists and turns with this group nights where you look like one of

The best teams in the league and and nights when you aren’t playing up to your potential but you know you like to say you want to get better and stronger as the game gets longer like do you live with this is this the personality of

Your team and and if come out on top more often than not is that okay absolutely um I just think our ability what we’ve been doing over the course of the past month and a half two months you know we’ve had some highly disappointing losses you know think you think about

Sack and Golden State and the repercussions of losing those games to those teams in particular uh but guys never hung their heads obviously the disappointment just led to us getting back to work not playing the blame game um but getting back to work getting in the film room getting on the court

Having the right the right proper dialogue extracting seeing what we can do to change things for the better and anything that we were already doing good how can we sustain it and not only sustain it take it up to a higher level um and I think that’s what this team

Represents and that’s what you saw tonight A team is face with challenges fac with adversity we’ve had guys in and out of lineup hurt all year uh some of our key piece um and they’re working their way back but the guys who’ve been in anybody that’s suited up for us they’ve gone out

There to try to compete at the highest level and now you know you see that Bond forming you see that identity starting to form where we going to go down we’re going to go down we going to go down swinging we going we we going to keep

The fight going and um you know I I couldn’t be more proud of this group seemed like after that first quarter you guys switch up some of the play calling to get ad deeper into the pain with some of attempts just you seen out there um I guess offensively in that

Regard uh just trying to take advantage of his ability to make shots around the rim um and then you know unleashing DLo unleashing you know it’s not so much to play called sometimes it’s designed for you know different weapons to to be able to take advantage of our different

Weapons and you know those guys just play make they make the right play that’s in front of him and a lot of times that causes for ad to end up with the ball in his hands but just trying to get him in on the Move get him in the

Paint uh try to put pressure on Giannis Bobby and and and and Brooke which is extremely difficult those guys you know they’re world champions man so they have that pedigree but just giving him getting him touches the attention he draws teams trying to double team him crowd him it opens up different things

On the backside he does a great job you know in terms of making a right play Darin uh you guys had 69 rebounds which was the most by a Lakers team m and uh I think since 1993 wow and part of that was obviously double overtime but like what does that number signify

To you in terms of just the the your team’s ability to control the defensive glass and it’s been an issue at times but but having a number like that like just how big is that rebounding turnovers and free throws usually dictate games more consistently you know obviously the three ball is involved in

There but rebounding the ball you know getting to the free throw line making free throws and not turning the ball over or if you turn it over too much those three areas really dictate games um you know three-point shooting comes and goes it’s nice where you going to be

On fire at night so you can’t throw it in the ocean but uh that that’s that’s a huge huge element of our game that we you know identified that we needed need to improve holding teams in one possession not giving up multiple offensive rebounds to our opponent uh so

To see that number and I mean they still they still got 15 of them but I don’t know I don’t have to have time St in front of me but uh at the end of the day you know when we had to get key rebounds

We were able to Corral them in and so um it’s something that’s got to you know remain like that where that’s a a a a deliberate focus and and even get better you know get even better um in that department us us finishing off defensive possessions with boards last

One first that second overtime I don’t think either team scored at all in the first three minutes just what was the exhaustion level for both teams at that point huge and just how what keeps yall going at that point it’s like a playoff game out there man and you got teams we

Turn it over they turn it over you know just trying to figure out something um but that’s that’s you know it’s a double overtime game against two high level ball clubs um and and it’s just the way it goes sometimes the guys are tired fatigued you know um so I’m just happy

We came out on the right side of it you know we didn’t make as many mistakes as they did and and we were able to capitalize on some of their missed shots by again coring the rebound and getting back down and being in attack mode getting to the free throw line thanks

Coach thank you hey Austin you guys are down 19 with 8 minutes to go on the fourth when did you start to feel like this thing was attainable and and what do you think were the sequences that led to the momentum changing uh to be honest with you we

Played so many over times that and I don’t really remember the fourth quarter uh I just remember there was a timeout and it was energy was there but it was one of those moments that you can either you know flip the page to tomorrow uh get ready for that game or

You can you know go out and compete 110% and give yourself an opportunity or you know go at at least you know um try to give yourself an opportunity to you know uh get back in the game you know it doesn’t always happen um but you know

We’re always going to compete to uh try to do that and after that timeout we was just like we got to play Fast um you know get downhill shoot threes uh ad hit some you know clutch threes and you know get stops and don’t give them any second chance uh opportunity

Austin um you you mentioned kind of that that moment um in your mind did did you feel like at any dead ball like you wouldn’t have been surprised to see five guys at the scorers table like I mean teams that are down 15 16 in the fourth quarter starters don’t always close in

Those situations um you know I guess what does that say about Darin’s trust in you guys what does that say I guess about your guys trust in yourselves yeah I think um yeah at about the the 9 Minute Mark 10 minute Mark we call timeout uh you

Know that’s you know a little early to you know kind of throw in the towel uh and like I said the the you know huddle was you know we can we can do this uh we got to play with a lot of energy and and

Get hot but uh yeah it just shows that you know no lead safe in this this league um you know coaching staff kept preaching you know that over and over again was we can call back into this we can Calla back into this and you know

That’s just what we did um but if you know you go out of that timeout at the 952 I think it was and you kind of fizzle for two to three minutes then yeah it’s probably uh five in five out and move on to tomorrow but uh we went out of that

Timeout with lot of energy and um you know grit to you know claw back in Austin uh you as much as anyone has kind of talked about all season uh how we don’t always appreciate or or notice the things that ad is doing but 34 points 23 rebounds you mentioned the the

Threes four blocks uh what how do you kind of encapsulate just his performance tonight and also taking Giannis from the jump and pretty much defending him all game um I don’t know I don’t think there’s a a good way to you know put in words uh just appreciation for what he did

Tonight uh I don’t know if it was third quarter fourth quarter uh if he caught a knee to the knee or whatever but he was getting it worked on the whole second half and uh with how the game was going could have easily you know uh like I

Said moved on to tomorrow cuz all these games are most wins and we need him feeling you know as good as anybody uh going into these games but you know his you know mentality to you know stick with it um and you know like I said

Earlier on the court anytime he’s on the court regardless if he’s making shots blocking shots rebounding uh his presence is you know in my opinion his biggest strength you know anytime he’s on the floor offensively you got to account for him defens defensively same thing you get into the paint you know

There’s nothing easy around there so just appreciation to you know him gutting it out and yeah he’s an all pro like he does you know look at the numbers Austin I believe the 48 minutes you play tonight are the most you’ve played in your professional and even your collegiate career um just

Physically how are you feeling right now and where did I guess the legs come from to hit that that last shot to put you guys up three L second overtime yeah like I said you know earlier on the court again I felt better in a sense in those moments you

Know cuz you’re adrenaline takes over this is the stuff you dream about as a kid being on the road uh with your guys you know battling out of an amazing team and having opportunities to make big shots uh you know that’s what I’ve you know grown up you know living to do uh

Counting down in the backyard uh to take a shot to win a game if I somehow Miss time kind of slows down a little bit and I get to countdown again but uh yeah I felt worse at the first of the game legs were heavy but

Like I said in you know those moments had you know I’m out of breath but adrenaline’s running so fast that you know you kind of don’t feel it last two and you’ve beaten this team now twice without having LeBron available for both games performance like this what does it do

For just your confidence level in terms of what this team could accomplish in the postseason assuming everything goes well the rest of the regular season you get there yeah I mean it it means a lot uh you know obviously you want Bron to play every game and you know just cuz

He’s you know such a big you know key in what we are trying to do as a team as an organiz ation um but your best player second best player however you want to you know frame it uh whenever he’s not you know in the game and you can come

Into uh you know situations where there’s a team that’s you know very very good uh kind of like we did in Boston early in the year without BR and ad uh that breathes life into everybody and just the confidence that you know moves forward with those wins uh

It means a lot and it just shows that you know we’re more than capable uh to do that you know On Any Given night and especially if you plug Braun into you know these scenarios then it gets even better last question the last double win

You had at Golden State was to start off that other long trip right and then you go to Houston and Atlanta a couple of tough losses what’s important to try and you know recharge mentally especially when it’s going to be tomorrow night uh against Memphis and you know try to

Avoid that that fate of of any kind of let down after a huge emotional game like tonight yeah don’t do what we did uh on that road trip uh you know like I said all these games are are valuable to you know uh you know where we stand you

Know where we’re trying to get and you know we’re trying to close the season out you know trending in the right direction so whatever the scenario is um when it comes to uh playing game whatever it is then we feel really comfortable with where our game’s at

And yeah I know we’re going to go in tomorrow and we know it’s not going to be easy you know uh they’ve been dealing with uh injuries and all that this whole year but they’re still a talented club with a really good ball coach and you

Know we got to go take it um you know basically head on and and prepare and you know compete you know 110% thanks thank you I without my team three hours I mean just start de little emotionally just what are you feeling after you know

Guys were down 19 come all the way back Force overtime winning that was huge huge win for the team everybody pitched in Darin was amazing man he DW he drew up some great some great sets for us at the end of the game and gave us some um

Some good looks um yeah I think I think emotionally we were all put in um on that one everybody was two feet in on that game to do whatever it took um I don’t know how I feel right now I’m still kind of just kind of still in it

Austin had that look I think it was the in the first look goes in and out but then later in the game he obviously gets it back puts you guys up three and then you guys still to win from there just for him to do that especially you know

Playing 48 minutes just what’s that say about him and I guess where he’s at as a player I mean what hav we already said about the guy I mean he’s a warrior um he’s an Iron Man what I mean what can I say the dude guardar is the best player

No matter shot goes in goes he gets back on Def he just does everything right I think as a coach he makes it easier for you to have a guy like that and put him on the floor you know what he’s going to do you know what he’s going to get he

Hasn’t missed the game dude’s just Iron Man he’s a war obviously you guys don’t want to be down 19 going to the fourth but does or in the fourth but does this game you guys did it similar against the Clippers not too long ago but does that

Give you confidence of knowing that you know no matter what what the deficit is no matter what we’re facing you guys have it in you to to pull out something like this I mean I just think we’re unpredictable team so depends on which team you get depends on which team we are defensively

Offensively um as a unit some guys are better than others Aton night some guys have bad nights um it just depends on what team we’re going to be when we’re full effect like tonight obviously no Braun but um I think we’ll be hard to beat Co thank you 16 and 14 for ruie

Haimura let’s go inside the Laker locker room he’s with Mike well ruy just can you describe the the mood from the team after a game like that down 19 in the fourth quarter team’s kind of fighting and clawing for every win as you get down the stretch of the Season that how

Did you got what what was that like when you got in the locker room and how can that Propel you uh yeah you know the first quarter when I came back to the bench and uh I talk to DLo you know he was a bad you know start but you know we

We talk about it’s a long game game uh it’s going to be a long game and you know we just got to stick to it and then when I when we came back uh in the second half uh we kind we kind of made

The run and um I think it was like a 10-point game or something and yeah we just like a kept pushing you know they they’re a great team obviously you know they’re a championship team but we we our offense uh defense was really really good today we’re just like helping each

Other um we I think we rebounding good too so I think uh yeah we we didn’t give up we didn’t give up you know we just the whole game we we we tried to um push them and we got this game this one so season High rebounds for you believe

Five of them came in the overtime so any extra Focus just with how big they are for you or how did that end up evolving as the game went on yeah especially BR was out so you know um I had to I had to

Help ad you know ad can be only he he even got like a 23 or something so you know um but I just uh want to be more aggressive on on sze and yeah I think I did that so teams try to find identities um you guys have a game I guess Clippers

Is here you’re down 21 I think in the fourth quarter and you came back U you’ve had other comebacks I mean tonight 19 with N9 minutes too is is that one of the identities of this team just sort of the um persistence yeah we just we just never give up you know

We we we know we are better than them we just uh you know we just had a bad start and yeah we’re just uh as a team I think we played together tonight and um offensively we sharing the balls u defense everybody coating each other and

Then we all trying to get a rebound together so it was a great team team win let’s go to Anthony Davis he is with Mike trell media well ad the 52min end up playing the most by any Lakers since Kobe in 2012 and it looked like the last several

Of them came after if it was a knee to knee or something with Middleton uh clearly something that you were working on how do you feel how did you push through physically especially in a high Lage game like that uh just keeping my knee warm uh my trainer was heat pack uh

Doing some release work um I don’t think I got KNE to knee I’m not sure what happened but uh that’s what it is and then just the game you know being 19 and hitting all the threes some key blocks just clutch play after clutch play what did that take and just the

Context of it all right in this this chase you guys are trying to catch one of the teams ahead of you yeah high level basketball um it’s fun game great game two teams compete uh we know where where we trying to get to um where we

Are in the standings and you know we got to control what we can control and that’s you know taking one game at a time trying to win one game at a time and you know let the rest take care itself so um for us as a unit especially

With you know Braun out um guys had to step up you know we did that on both ends of the floor you you guys climb the the ladder you’re down 19 in the first quarter I think or something around there and then you get back to like five

Or six and they extend again um you did it again in the third quarter and they extend again when you guys were down 19 points in the fourth uh were you I guess surprised that you guys still had the opportunity to come back knowing that you do have a game tomorrow know knowing

That it would have been no I mean you know coach always gives us you know like the first five to six minutes you know to try to cut the lead down um I think we did that and from that point feel like we had the momentum uh we just kept tripping away

Uh just kept getting stops kept making making shots on the other end um and making plays I mean you know Spence another big game uh DLo AR you know um just making big time plays and we not a 20-point lead in this league now is just nothing um because the of the

Way the offense is right now in the league uh so high powered that you can wipe the league away pretty fast so um know we just try to use a five or six first five or six minutes to just try to cut the lead down then take it from

There you were involved in a couple big defensive plays down the stretch the breaking up the LA dianis and The Block on um Dame um you just walk me through in particularly the block on Dame just what was the read there did you expect

Him put on the floor and did you know it was clean um just freeing the game defensive instincts um I saw you had a step uh I think it was on AR and I just spr it uh I didn’t think they were going to call go tending I mean once I blocked it

Uh and I got the rebound I saw him like screaming like hey like go whatever so I and I couldn’t you can’t hear so I couldn’t hear uh what exactly they call so I just threw the ball up and obviously but the whistle BW but it was a timeout for us so

Um yeah I just tried to make a read um you know using my defensive inst NE neither team scored the the first I think 3 minutes of the second overtime looked like both sides were just visibly gassed at that point how mental is the game and what does it say about you guys

That you’re able to kind of figure things out of the final 2 minutes yeah uh you know when you’re playing a game like that high Pace High Level basketball uh both teams got some great looks and missed I mean to start the second over time uh some really wide

Open looks and we just missed them um you know for us we just tried to slow the game down a little bit and get some quality shots uh we’re able to do that so um your guys going to be gas when you go in two over times um 58 minute game

So I say it was fun um yeah we line up and do it all again tomorrow the circumstances was this as good a win if y’all had all season uh not sure um it was a good win to start the road trip for sure uh you know especially going to

It back to back so um you know the first game and the last game is always usually like the toughest um because the one the time difference to start and then the end of the road trip you know guys like oh trying to get home

Be on the road for 10 days so uh it was a good win in that regard um like I said we do it all again tomorrow and then uh good get some rest you were you were missing some shots that you usually hit the first couple quarters H three threes

From the fourth quarter on what was it like to just kind of turn that around in those moments and and what’s your kind of you know your level of trust in the shot at that point when it’s not your night yeah I mean I very confident in my

Game uh just keep shooting um you know I know none of the shots that I that I took uh felt weird you know they all felt good just missed them so I just kept kept shooting um even time in the third uh some of those shots felt weird

For sure but uh the confidence that my teammates istill in me uh especially DLo um and our assistant coach deari um just tell me to keep shooting all the time shoot the ball so uh that’s all I try to do um KN today the team you know relies

On me a lot especially when Bron is out and I just try to do my part thanks you I don’t know if he’s playing tomorrow big game James he played 52 minutes banged his knee pretty badly but stayed in that game we talked about it earlier

In the show but that was a heck of a performance by the big fell right there I mean ad was magnificent one of the um one of the characteristics that most professionals have to get over when they enter this league from colleges learning how to play and play through pain and

You know decided if you can play and push through it and I think ad has exemplified that uh the last couple of years getting his body in better shape and just willing himself to go out there and do what the team needs on both ends especially defensively uh fish broke

Down something at halftime where uh you know he was going the blocker shot his man was rolling and he stayed with his man box his man out as he was going to block a shot he’s an intelligent defensive player yeah and so I just love watching him play since he’s been in La

I didn’t really realize it a lot when he was in New Orleans but since he’s been here I’ve really been you know really surprised at just how intelligent he is as a defensive player and just his dominance I mean the start that he had and to finish the way he did through

Pain was just it just shows the character of of of him

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