Tyrese Hailburton Talks Game 2 LOSS vs OKC Thunder, FULL Postgame Interview

Tyrese Hailburton Talks Game 2 LOSS vs OKC Thunder, FULL Postgame Interview

tyrese Jenny Carlson with the Oklahoma um obviously you had a stretch there in the fourth quarter where you really got it going but felt like a lot of things were hard to that point what What were they doing anything different than what you saw in the first game uh no i mean this is who they are defensively they got a lot of different guys who can guard the ball fly around um you know they’re really physical forced the you know the officials to you know let us play a little bit more um you know so just got to do a better job playing through there um you know I think I’ve had two really poor first half so um you know I just got to figure out how to be better um earlier in games um you know but you know kudos to them they’re a great defensive team but um you know watch the film see where I can get better left on on the front row Zack Austin with the Indianapolis Stark kind of in that that same vein but coach called your offense an ecosystem where you know the more one guy succeeds the more everybody succeeds what have they done to disrupt that win they’ve had success slowing you guys down offensively these first two games yeah I think we just got to do a better job getting to the paint um you know it’s a lot easier said than done but um you know I feel like in the first half we’re just moving the ball on the outside and we uh I don’t think we had a single point in the paint in the first quarter if I’m not mistaken so um you know our our offense is built from the inside out we got to do a better job getting downhill um you know they collapse and then you know make make plays from there but you know thought we could improve a lot there um but yeah man they’re flying around they got great point of attack defenders they got great rim protectors um you know it’s a great defense so uh we can do a lot better job and um you know we’ll watch the film and see if we can get better you know going into game three okay go all the way to the to the left Tim tyrese for as frustrating as I’m sure tonight feels like right now for you guys you are leaving here with a split yep that has to mean something to you guys what i I I know it’s not a console doesn’t take the night away but you came in here and did what you had to do you you took home court how much nicer will that make things when you get back to get back to get back home and figure out how to attack Wednesday yeah I think um you know any anytime you’re the lower se in a playoff series you know your job is to go split or go get go try to get one on the road um we got game one um you know felt like we really let the you know the rope slip you know there in the second quarter um you know so I I I think you you can there’s many different ways that you can um choose to digest you know what’s what what’s in front of you um but yeah I think we just we focus on taking it a day at a time so uh you got the split you know you feel good about that um you know but we definitely wanted to play better tonight you know I think our processes need to be a lot better for us to uh to be successful here so um yeah uh it’s still a race in the first of four so uh we’re going to our home um you know tied 1-1 and um you know we love playing at home love playing in front of our fans our fans are amazing um you know so just see where we can get better and um yeah taking a day at a time second row in the middle Tyresese Vins or Yahoo Sports in the fourth quarter it seemed like you got going off the ball a little bit where they couldn’t track you is that something was that just by happen stance was that like something intentional of yours and is that something that you can kind of replicate early in games in these first halfs that you said were poor yeah I I think through the course of a series um even in the games that you lose you know you’re trying to learn from them you know see where you can get better um so we had some success there you know me you know playing off the pitch a little bit more flying around uh rather than you know if I’m in that high ball screen which you know I feel like I am really successful at uh that gives them a chance to really load up pack the paint they got a couple steals in there i had some really dumb turnovers tonight um they’re kind of showing like a soft blitz sometimes a full blitz they’re giving me different looks um so I got to do a better job and just figuring out where I can be better um you know and in in in that game in the second half when you’re down by so much you know you can choose to you know just take the game for what it is and just be done or you know try to continue to learn different things so um you know I think through the course of the series and already through these first two games I’m learning you know where my spots are where I can be better um you know so we’ll take the take the the good and the bad watch film see where you can improve going in the next game just as a quick followup Vince I need to get to DA so we can get out of here so um most most teams defensively try to take the three away first they don’t seem to really mind if you shoot threes they’re taking the paint away so how do you what what’s the challenge in when you see a defense that’s kind of unusual in that sense yeah I think you just have to choose you have to make a decision on getting threes your way you know um I think we made I think we made some shots that were kind of on the you know the swing swing you know but we got to do a better job of getting downhill and just playing from the inside out you know um they they are a team like you said who really takes away the paint does a great job of swarming the ball it feels like there’s five guys around you every time you’re in the paint um but we got to do a better job getting threes our way and I felt like in the first quarter we were able to you know turn them over probably a little bit more than they’re accustomed to and we didn’t do a great job of capitalizing on that um again when you’re forcing turnovers like that you should probably be getting more rim twos than just early kick ahead threes and you know that’s that’s me and and and you know that’s where we can be better as a as a whole so um you know again watch the film see where we can get better uh we know that the paint is our emphasis and the paint is our friend the more that we’re able to attack the paint you know usually better things happen for us so it’s just about getting threes your way if you just swing the ball around and take late shot clock threes it’s really difficult and sometimes you’re we’re stuck in that situation you got to make you know make make whatever you can with it but we got to do a better job of not playing so late into the clock and um getting threes our way thanks Aris

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