Kevin Ollie | Post-Game Press Conference | Chicago Bulls | 3.29.2024

Kevin Ollie | Post-Game Press Conference | Chicago Bulls | 3.29.2024

To see it actually come to fruition on the court cuz it that turned the game around yeah I mean you know they came out and executed um we knocked down shots um but it was off a beautiful execution making the next pass surrendering yourself for the team um it

Was just beautiful to watch that third quarter and then bag it up in this fourth quarter with 39 points again didn’t hold them to 23 points not get discouraged when the roosen was going off a little bit try to change up the defenses a little bit but not keep every

Keep everybody else uh not in the game and then go back and execute on the offensive end they did a they did a great job we was due for one of these games we was due for one of them uh we got some good Shooters out there we

Haven’t been shooting up to our capabilities but they just stick with it they just stayed with it we had a great shoot around um this morning so I just love how they um showing connectivity no matter what’s going on they stand in a present moment which is great to

See you said uh first half every shot looked like they had the weight of the world on their shoulders um second half every shot looked like you were shooting the ball in the ocean I mean were you are you aware that the 183s in the second half tied an NBA

Record and to what do you attribute that kind of shooting I mean I just told I mean you know just everybody just you know we we shoot a lot we we put the work in but I just told him like we just relax we’re we’re good just relax and

Just believe in your work um um stand on your work you’ve done it before continue to create good shots and they going to go in and I didn’t I didn’t hooping yell in there or nothing like that it was just that was the message like let’s

Relax let’s flow let’s get in flow and just believe in one another and that’s what they did um had to call a quick timeout and then after that they was rolling Dennis obviously I think Dennis and Mel both had seven threes but mainly for Dennis because he’s been shooting

This well since he got here is that something you guys encouraged him more to do or is that something he just brought in and just got more comfortable being around these other guys shooting it yeah I mean we we all know he’s a good shooter um you know it’s just being

Comfortable in our offense and everybody just trusting each other um coming off the pick and rolls they going under on a lot and he’s just stepping in with confidence and shooting them uh he puts the time in um all these guys are gymrats so they they in the gym um and

It’s just good to see the ball go in and US execute um and people was passing up good shots for great shots um the ball movement was was awesome and not to have I don’t think we had a turnover the second half to the shot clock violation

I believe um uh that’s our rep recipe when he get good shots like that and Nick is you know diving to the rim and all of our Shooters are are around them it was good good to see that basketball and you know I can’t wait to watch the film on this

One Kevin to your Point like when you guys go back and watch the film when you you look at the offense and the ball movement and the shot making what are you going to be pointing out specifically to make sure performances like this are sustainable uh going

Forward well I don’t know if 25 thrs are sustainable but I I’m going to pray um I’m go to church U before the game on Sunday and I pray about that but I don’t know if that’s sustainable but the process is sustainable and getting those shots are are sustainable um making the

Right reads I think cam had a read Mel had one read Nick a big one was Nick getting in a slow roll um Mel diving back door and we hit Jay will with one those are things we work on so that process is sustainable I don’t know

About 253 I’m not going to count on that every night but I do want to count on our process and US trusting it as great as the ball movement was you don’t see obviously 18 for 24 from three and a half too often for the fans out there that maybe don’t grasp how

Impressive how difficult that is to do what does it say about just like how good NBA players are that they can come out and and have shooting performances like that yeah it’s just great I I mean it’s down the line though it’s like it wasn’t just one guy getting hot and

Making 12 threes it was like everybody got hot at the same time so it’s just good to get our guys in a flow like that it’s just beautiful to see and you know they was just I mean that’s what flow is it’s like a out of- body experience you

Know and that second half from a three-point standpoint um to make those type of threes and to make them that way was just beautiful to see um and it just looked like we wasn’t going to miss there’s been other nights this season where you weren’t making shots

And then you said postgame and it affected our defense do you think tonight was the opposite they started seeing the ball go through and the defense picked up no I don’t think so um they kind of stay with their defense you know I think um we talked about a

Halftime kind of getting back in transition a little bit we gave up a couple possessions in transition but I thought our defense was solid pretty much the whole night um and then the shots went in and then we turned it on but I didn’t think our defense weighing

A little bit we had a couple mistakes out there um doing some different U matchups but I thought our defense was pretty tight the whole game um and then when the shots went in of course they’re going to get even more energized but um I didn’t think our defense was that bad

Even when we was missing shots in the first half thank you yeah thanks

Kevin Ollie spoke to the media following the Nets vs. Bulls on March 29, 2024