Jonah Herscu Post-Game Media Availability | July 13, 2024 | Portland Trail Blazers
all right Jonah so first off just your your initial thoughts on how the team performed tonight I thought it Tail of Two halfes I thought we came out they were their aggressor in the first half I thought we started playing the right way in the third quarter I think we cut it to 11 and then we had a defensive breakdown they hit a three back to 14 we couldn’t get over the hump there but then we fought our way back obviously fourth quarter we gave ourselves a chance so I really like the fight we got to clean up obviously the turnovers and their offensive rebounds but I like a lot of what we did what you see Donovan I thought was awesome I thought he protected the paint um getting more comfortable on the offensive end but his size really impacts um you know the other team on the offensive end I also think like a lot of their offensive rebounds aren’t just on him if he’s making a play on the ball our guards and wings have to get in the fight to rebound uh you said the tale of two halves roofs he’s got six turnovers in the first half it’s kind of rushed for him what changed for him kind of in that second half that you saw from him kind of made him more effective everywhere yeah I thought he just started playing with the pass a little more he got off it quicker started playing off the catch like not catching and dribbling and catching and going somewhere with it then he just made simple plays we talk about it with our guys all the time we don’t need home runs just singles and doubles I thought he did a great job in the second half it was an awesome bounce back by him Donan had talked about in practice how you know he’s not really concerned about scoring so much as like he wants to protect the rim get rebounds get blocks that’s what’s important to him it seemed like that was kind of what what he’s able to do tonight yeah I thought he was awesome just his presence in there he’s such a selfless player that he’s not concerned with scoring that’s going to happen naturally for him but like you said and like he said you know just protecting the rim rebounding making some plays offensively is what he values did what you know what you saw out of him tonight was that kind of what you came into this game hoping to see out of him in his first game yeah I think so I got to watch the film and make sure but I think it was a very good first game for him just showing what he’s capable of doing on that know such a short time looked like you had Donovan in a lot more dho more motion offense in the first half looked like a more simplified in the second half is that just kind of uh to get those guys into some sets a little bit easier or yeah I wouldn’t say that I think that’s just how the game flowed yeah awate
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DC23 is gonna get better.
Dude wasn't comfortable tonight, but was still solid defensively.