Post-Game Press Conference: J.B. Bickerstaff | Pistons vs. Celtics | 11.26.2025
EARLIER DURING THE PREGAME, AND THEN YOU JUST SPEAK ON WHAT MADE IT KIND OF DIFFICULT FOR YOU GUYS TO CONTAIN YOURSELF TO SLEEP ON SCHRODER. >> I MEAN, IT WAS SOME SELF-INFLICTED THINGS. YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, PERSONNEL, YOU KNOW, DERRICK WHITE LIKES TO SHOOT OFF THE BOUNCE, RIGHT? THAT LITTLE HESITATION DRIBBLE, WE WEREN’T UP ON HIM AS TIGHT AS WE NEEDED TO BE. HE CAME UP WITH SOME AND I THINK THAT WAS IT. YOU KNOW I MEAN, LIKE, WE HAD TO DO A BETTER JOB OF EXECUTING THE DETAILS TO ELIMINATE THOSE AND PAYING ATTENTION TO THE SMALL THINGS, BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT WAS GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE GAME. >> COACH, YOU MENTIONED DERRICK WHITE. JUST HOW BIG WAS HE IN THE SECOND HALF? >> I MEAN, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THERE’S HE’S A CHAMPION FOR A REASON. AND YOU KNOW, GAMES LIKE THIS, GUYS LIKE THAT UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO HELP THEIR TEAM WIN. AND HE DID IT OKAY. >> OBVIOUSLY HE HAD 23 IN THE SECOND HALF. WAS IT JUST MISSED SHOTS THAT THE TEAM STRUGGLED WITH DOWN THE STRETCH. OR WHAT DO YOU KIND OF DEEM OBVIOUSLY OFFENSIVE STRATEGY IN THE SECOND HALF. >> YOU KNOW AGAIN WE GOT SOME OPEN LOOKS I THOUGHT. YOU KNOW I THOUGHT WE DID A GOOD JOB OF CREATING FOR ONE ANOTHER, SHARING WITH ONE ANOTHER. YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE WE STILL COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER AT MOVING A LITTLE BIT MORE TO LOOSEN THEM UP A LITTLE BIT. YOU KNOW, WE CAN STILL PLAY FASTER EVEN IN THOSE STRETCHES, WHICH GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME EASY ONES. BUT I THINK THE PACE SLOWED DOWN FOR US. AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULD HAVE LIKED US TO GET UP AND GET OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN TRANSITION. >> OBVIOUSLY, LIKE. >> FRESH ON NOT NOT THE WAY YOU WANTED IT TO END. BUT DO YOU FEEL THIS COULD KIND OF BE SOMETHING TO PUSH ALL TOWARD JUST BUILDING ON ON THIS? >> YEAH. I MEAN, WE UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, IT’S ONE GAME AND WE UNDERSTAND ALSO THAT WE DIDN’T PLAY OUR BEST BASKETBALL. YOU KNOW, THERE WAS THINGS THAT WE COULD HAVE DONE BETTER, AND WE STILL PUT OURSELVES IN POSITION TO HAVE A SHOT AT IT AT THE END OF THE GAME. SO, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW, TALLY UP AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE’RE STILL LEARNING AND YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE’RE NOT AS GOOD NOW AS WE’LL BE IN APRIL. THAT’S ALWAYS OUR GOAL RIGHT, IS TO CONTINUE TO GET BETTER AND BETTER. AND YOU LEARN LESSONS ALONG THE WAY. >> OBVIOUSLY YOU’RE IN IT RIGHT NOW. JUST LOST. BUT HOW MUCH DO YOU APPRECIATE THE 13 GAME WINNING STREAK SHOWING HOW FAR THIS GROUP HAS COME? >> I MEAN, AGAIN, I COULDN’T BE MORE PROUD OF THE GROUP WIN OR LOSS. THAT’S JUST, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY MAKE YOU FEEL WHEN YOU’RE AROUND THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY. THEY’RE A PHENOMENAL GROUP OF GUYS TO BE WORTH, TO WORK WITH, TO BE AROUND EVERY SINGLE DAY, HOW THEY CARRY THEMSELVES, HOW THEY COMPETE, THEY DO THE THINGS WE ASK THEM TO DO. SO I’M VERY FORTUNATE TO BE IN THIS POSITION WITH THESE GUYS.
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Self inflicted things? You ARE the self inflicted things. Playing Duncan 30 minutes AGAIN when theyβre clearly targeting him was idiotic af. So was not making them switch EVERYTHING on the gd perimeter and blitz. Also, stop benching Ausar so damn long. If our identity is defense, keep our best defender on the floor. Absolutely stupid. Like are we watching the same game?