Jrue Holiday Reacts to Kristaps Porzingis NEW INJURY: KP is Tough | NBA Finals Practice

Jrue Holiday Reacts to Kristaps Porzingis NEW INJURY: KP is Tough | NBA Finals Practice

Drew uh how are you guys approaching game three especially knowing the way you’ve played on the road this postseason as a group um trying to be the hungry team uh we’re going to go out there and try to execute the game plan and I think most of all just try to do it together as a team we just got a release saying that christops has a torn medial retinaculum allowing dislocation of the posterior tendon in his left leg what can you say about this guy who’s now dayto day has a possibility to play in these finals uh KP is tough you know um whatever decision he makes is it’s his decision and um but he’s a tough guy so obviously whatever decision he makes I’m I’m supportive of it and uh but that’s mostly up end Drew how would you describe just his uh attitude this morning coming into practice today KP always has a great attitude that’s something you don’t have to worry about he’s um he’s like this joy and this light so anytime he walks into a room no matter what’s going on uh he he brings that every time’s kind against Kyrie so far uh I think it’s team defense you know um we do it as a team it’s not just one person it’s uh it’s everybody so we try to defend them we try to show them bodies uh multiple people and just try to make it so you guys have been able to play with a for spacer at all times basically with two you have is not able to go how does that change uh I think we still have spacers you know um I feel like we try to do our best to kind of get into the right spacing or uh get into the right positions and we’ll try to do it as best we can back to K for a moment you’re obviously more than just a basketball player you’re also a father I know your kids have seen you in this stage before but what would you tell them about what it takes to get to this stage uh it’s hard um you sacrifice a lot uh I’ve missed out on a lot of my kids stuff uh just just to be here but um the journey is cool and um I think just the Friends and the family that I’ve made along the way has made it worth it and then the fact that my family’s here with to me is is makes it even more so just back to KP for a minute he said the other night he thought he was fine after coming off the court um and that you’d have you’d rather be dead to you know be taken off the court what’s this been like do you think for him talking to him first the other injury and now this I mean you got to talk to him uh I could only imagine uh it’d be tough right um missing a lot of the playoffs and then coming to the finals uh and then getting hurt again it it would be hard but again KB’s a tough guy um and he knows himself very very well and again like I said he’s been bringing this energy and this positivity that he’s just always brought his light and he’ll continue to do that he also said that you know you guys bring that mentality as a group whatever it takes for each other how have you seen that grow over the course of this season um I think that’s been here I think that trust has been here um that chemistry has been here and uh we just embodied it from the beginning so it that wasn’t anything that had to uh grow over time that came came naturally from the beginning D you’re playing in the dunker spot as a guard that’s not usual are you doing it more than when you were in Milwaukee and what are you prepared for when you do that which is kind of different than what you normally do uh it’s not any different I did in Milwaukee too uh I’m not really sure people I actually knew that but there there’s a lot of time being in the dunker and just trying to space the floor and have the best spacing but I think for this team uh me down there and trying to make plays out of the dunker um a lot of the time helps you guys have been able to touch the Fate I think last game was like first or second highest of the total postseason like what’s been the key to to just getting there creating out of there or scoring there get a ball to JT and J and JB um the way that they’ve been playing the way they’ve been touching the pain and get to the basket um has been huge for us and one of the reasons why I had such a good game last game um again I think JT driving and attracting tracking two and three people uh collapsing the defense is our offense a lot a lot easier you guys have been very good on the road especially in these playoffs how do you guys bring that same mentality that you have at home on the road with you why have you been so effective it’s the finals it’s the finals um I don’t think anything needs to be said uh I think we triy to go out there and win every game but knowing that it’s kind of like us against the world and we’re in somebody else’s else’s home arena um we bring our energy ourselves nothing seems to phase you how much does that us against the world mentality motivate you even though you don’t look like there’s like anything wrong when you’re out of the court I mean I feel like that’s the part of the reason why we play is to have these different type of environments um hostile environments where uh you kind of go into him and you can you can prove yourself so I think everybody’s done it for uh for a while now and in their career and I’m pretty sure even before the NBA going somewhere um and and playing in a different somebody else’s Arena and being able to feel like um our comrades get together closer and and and we come closer and uh beat the team at hand so uh again this is what we play for this question but how do you practice defense how do you practice defense that’s a big question how do you specifically oh how do I specifically practice it I don’t know play one-onone uh there’s drills that you do even uh like with the team just the different schemes that you go over and uh you drill those in practice practice that’s not the prettiest you know stuff to work on like what makes you want to keep doing that and know sell that it helps you win games hopefully it helps you win championships adding to that a little bit I saw videos of social media that have resurfaced I think it was from your summer workouts from last year just working on your defense just how much pride have you taken in that and then being able to have it showcased on the stage matter uh yeah that was actually actually maybe like four or five years ago and it was against V uh one of the ones but um I don’t just do defense like I I take pride in winning so um basketball for me has always been two sides right like offense and defense and just as hard as I go on the offensive end and work on my game I do the same thing on defense against uh really good players so I think that prepares me for not only these moments but but for my career to um that’s kind of how I got the chance to get on the court in the first place when I first got to the league so um I’ve always stuck with that and and I’ll continue to JT had seven assists in the second quarter game two you played against him for many many years what was it like game planing against him specifically as a passer what was it like to watch him play in game two man it was tough um JT’s a hard guard uh he has so many different talents and abilities um he he can give you 40 as well as 10 rebounds 12 assist and um I think game planning against him was again it was difficult you didn’t know whether you wanted to play him one-onone you didn’t know if you wanted to double team him um so I’m glad I’m on this side now because I don’t have to worry about what’s good bro what’s up you would really offici this I’m just curious like at this St of your career is it just not having to be the number one number two option is it just like the attention other guys are getting and what’s the key to your efficiency I got great teammates um um again I I think JT and JB bring so much attention and then you got D white who is running the show and then uh KP out there just in 20 minutes will give you uh 20 points um you got Al who can either knock down the three or he plays well in the dunker he does like a lot of everything but pay nuk Sho samuk Sho it just makes the game easier for me that like um I can just get into space and and play off my teammates last one over here what’s happening what’s up bro you know just think about you know what’s the mindset think about the game think about your birthday you got to chill bro uh now I’m thinking about the game um birthdays are fun though but it’d be a cool present to win um but I think the mindset for the most part is um honestly more intense you’re on the road uh somebody else’s house and you in the NBA Finals game three I mean you got to get a win thank y’all thank you

DALLAS — Jrue Holiday gives his take on Porzingis’ new injury.

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