Post-Game Press Conference: J.B. Bickerstaff | Pistons vs. Trailblazers | 12.05.2025

Post-Game Press Conference: J.B. Bickerstaff | Pistons vs. Trailblazers | 12.05.2025

FIND A WAY, EVEN WHEN IT’S NOT PRETTY. EVEN WITH A FRUSTRATING WHISTLE. HOW DID YOUR GUYS FIND A WAY HERE TONIGHT? >> I MEAN, THAT’S GROWTH FOR US, RIGHT? THINGS WERE HAPPENING OUT THERE THAT WERE OUT OF OUR CONTROL. AND INSTEAD OF REACTING TO IT, WE WENT OUT AND DID THE JOB. AND SO I GIVE OUR GUYS A TON OF CREDIT FOR THAT BECAUSE IT WASN’T EASY. YOU KNOW, IT WAS FRUSTRATING. BUT YOU KNOW, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR I THINK THAT WOULD HAVE RATTLED US. BUT THIS YEAR YOU’VE SEEN THE MATURATION OF OUR GROUP AND THEY WERE ABLE TO HANDLE IT WELL, STAY CALM AND THEN GO OUT AND EXECUTE. >> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT GUYS BEING READY FOR THE MOMENT, DUNCAN ROBINSON COMING BACK TONIGHT. HE WAS READY FOR THAT IN THOSE FINAL FEW MINUTES HITTING THOSE TWO BIG SHOTS. YOU KNOW, FOR HIM TO COME UP IN THE CLUTCH AND BE ABLE TO HANDLE THOSE HIGH PRESSURE MOMENTS. YOU KNOW WHAT. WHAT DO YOU SEE FROM HIM WHEN HE CAN TAKE THAT ON. >> LIKE HE RELISHES THOSE MOMENTS? YOU KNOW, SINCE WE’VE HAD HIM, YOU JUST WATCH HIM AND HE’S NOT AFRAID OF THE MOMENT. HE LOVES THE MOMENT AND HE KNOWS IT’S WHAT THIS TEAM NEEDS. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE, HE’S ONE OF OUR GUYS THAT’S, YOU KNOW, OUR BEST CATCH AND SHOOT GUY OFF THE MOVE. AND HE KNOWS HOW TO CREATE THOSE SHOTS FOR HIM AND STRETCH THE FLOOR, CREATE THAT SPACE. BUT YOU KNOW, HE’S GOT NERVES OF STEEL AND A TON OF COURAGE. >> HEY, COACH, SPEAKING OF THE MOMENT, WHAT CAN YOU SHARE ABOUT ISAIAH STEWART DEFENSIVE PRESENCE IN THIS GAME? >> HE’S THE BEST DEFENSIVE CENTER IN THE LEAGUE AND IT’S NOT CLOSE. AND I THINK IT’S TIME THAT EVERYBODY WHO WATCHES BASKETBALL RECOGNIZES IT. IT’S NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT WE SEE HERE IN DETROIT. HE’S THE BEST DEFENSIVE BIG IN THE GAME. >> JB IT SEEMS LIKE THE CONSTANTS FOR THIS TEAM ARE DEATH TAXES. AND RON HOLLAND COMES IN AND MAKES WINNING PLAYS. WHAT DO YOU JUST MAKE OF HIS RESOLVE AND JUST HIS CONTINUAL GROWTH ON BOTH SIDES OF THE COURT? >> YEAH, I MEAN I MEAN, AGAIN, THAT’S, YOU KNOW, THE THING THAT WE LOVE MOST ABOUT RON IS HIS WILLINGNESS TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO WIN BASKETBALL GAMES. HE PLAYS THE GAME WITH A FEARLESSNESS. YOU KNOW, THE WAY HE ATTACKS THE RIM, DRAWS CONTACT, CAN PLAY THROUGH CONTACT, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS HAS A NOSE FOR THE BALL, SEEMS TO COME UP WITH THE LONG ONES, THE LOOSE ONES AND THEN DEFENSIVELY TAKING CHALLENGES OF ALL SORTS. SO AGAIN YOU KNOW WE ARE YOU KNOW A AS A COLLECTIVE STILL IN PART OF THE PROCESS RIGHT. AND HE’S A PART OF OUR PROCESS. AND HE CONTINUES TO GET BETTER AND WILL CONTINUE TO GET BETTER BECAUSE WE AREN’T A FINISHED PRODUCT YET. >> HEY COACH. SO YEAH BACK TO THE WHISTLE. CADE CUNNINGHAM REALLY WAS IN ATTACK MODE LATE IN THE GAME. WAS IT BY DESIGN? BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE HE WAS REALLY GOING AT THE RIM, LIKE KIND OF INITIATING A LOT OF CONTACT AND GETTING THOSE FREE THROWS. WAS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU DREW UP? WAS THAT SOMETHING THAT HE JUST KIND OF SAW ON HIS OWN? >> NO, I MEAN, IT’S WHAT CADE DOES AND IT YOU KNOW, IT AMAZES ME THAT HE DOESN’T SHOOT MORE FREE THROWS THAN HE DOES, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. YOU KNOW, HE’S NOT ONE OF THOSE GUARDS THAT AVOIDS CONTACT OR IS A JUMP SHOOTING GUARD. HE’S AN ATTACK MINDED GUARD. AND I DO THINK BECAUSE OF HIS SIZE, YOU KNOW, HE’S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE OF HIS POWER. HE’S ROUGHED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. BUT THE CONTACT IS CONTACT. AND YOU KNOW AGAIN TONIGHT HE GOT TO THE FREE THROW LINE 14 TIMES. YOU KNOW ESPECIALLY IN THAT FOURTH QUARTER. BUT THAT’S EVERY NIGHT FOR HIM. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. LIKE HE GETS FOULED ON PLAYS TO THE BASKET. BUT BECAUSE HE’S BIG AND STRONG AND CAN FINISH THROUGH IT YOU KNOW HE GETS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF WHISTLE. BUT HE’S HARD TO REF AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. >> YOU GUYS GO DOWN FIVE AFTER THAT TOBIAS MISSED DUNK. >> OH I WAS GOING TO SAY IT WAS MORE THAN A MISSED DUNK. THERE WE GO. >> YEAH JEREMY HITS THE THREE. WHAT WERE THE GUYS SAYING TO EACH OTHER. WHAT DID YOU SAY TO THEM TO SORT OF GET THERE. >> YEAH IT’S THERE’S AN UNWAVERING BELIEF THAT WE CAN RIGHT. LIKE WE’VE BEEN IN SO MANY OF THESE GAMES WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY’RE CLOSE AND TIGHT DOWN THE STRETCH. AND OUR GUYS HAVE CONSISTENTLY BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO WIN IT. YOU KNOW, WE IT’S FUNNY, WE WERE HAVING THE CONVERSATION AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH THEY LIKE IT IN THE PLAY IN THESE GAMES AND THESE TYPES OF GAMES. AND I TOLD THEM THEY WERE CRAZY. I LIKE IT IF WE WERE WINNING BY 20, BUT LIKE THEY DO, THEY THEY CHERISH THE MOMENT TO DO SOMETHING BIG WHEN IT MATTERS MOST. AND I

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