Deni Avdija Postgame Media Availability | vs Oklahoma City Thunder | November 30th, 2025

Deni Avdija Postgame Media Availability | vs Oklahoma City Thunder | November 30th, 2025

been your thoughts on the game tonight, particularly the fourth quarter, how you guys performed and and just kind of get out right there in the fourth. What happened? I think uh we did a great job today fighting most of the game. Um compete, you know, this team is blown out everybody by 20. So coming in and giving them a good game till the fourth quarter uh was a great challenge for us. And I don’t know, we could have won, but that I think that run in the fourth quarter, the beginning of fourth quarter kind of hurt us and uh then we had to chase him uh during the fourth and uh they came up uh with the win, but it was unfortunate. But I’m, you know, I’m proud of proud of us for fighting like that. What do you What did you see happen in the that beginning of the fourth quarter that run? I think it happens. I can’t. I mean, I saw them like we took a couple of shots, we missed them, they went the other way and uh finished with a easy two and you know, it happens. Thiago took a timeout and uh that’s about it. I don’t can’t overthink that too much. It just has happens. It’s part of the game. How well do you think you’re adjusting to the challenge of facing double teams and all the face guarding that they were thrown at you? Yeah, it’s not it’s not easy. Um but you know it it it’s just something that uh you know when you come to the league you know when I came to the league f at first like people will leave me wide open in the corner and um working and gring and uh making the right play every every every time coming down the court and you know transferring teams and now coming here and like really founding finding my groove with this amazing team that a group of guys we got and I’m just having fun and I’m trying to do the best I can to make the right decisions even if I get double team or triple team. But it definitely gives you like a little boost of confidence that um you hurt teams and um I’m happy that I can uh create this uh uh passes and and things for my teammates after those doubles or triple teams. So are you dealing with a different level of fatigue? Like do you feel it after these games when not only the double teams but Thiago mentioned he had to put you back in sooner than he would have liked? Yeah, but I’m going to say that when I play I I do get fatigued cuz I’m I’m trying so much and I’m doing 100% on the floor and I feel like as a team that’s our identity. We’re always doing like giving 100% effort on defense, offense. We’re running, we’re sprinting, we’re we’re covering for each other. So I feel like that’s the the way we play. And um yeah, like I’m a little fatigued sometimes, but sometimes, you know, it’s just in your head. You got to keep going. You got to keep making the right plays. And um nobody cared that you’re a little tired. How do you avoid hitting a wall when you guys play like that all the time? Well, it’s only November, so I hope I’m going to take care of my body a lot and I have a great um medical staff behind the scenes that doing a great job of taking care of me and the guys. And um I just hope I’m not going to hit the wall. guys missed another starter tonight obviously with DC out beyond just missing the talent of Drew and DC and the rest of the crew. Is there a way to describe fighting without all these players? Like what goes into it and and how it’s affecting you guys right now? I think we have a lot of key players u missing and it’s uh very noticeable, but I I’m so proud of the guys that come in and fill those roles and like kind of like next man’s up and I feel like everybody who comes in the game do the best he can uh to help the team even in some situation he’s not comfortable in. And I feel like a lot of uh a lot of our uh guys do it and I’m I’m so proud of him cuz we’re we’re in those games. We winning some games. uh we given we given a fight to like the the champions of the NBA and uh you can’t take it for granted. It’s amazing. But we’re definitely missing the the key guys. Um hope they’re going to recover and come back soon. But um yeah, I’m just I’m just going to say I’m proud and be honest with you. I can’t I have no complaints. Blazers. for you’ve had some flashier passes the last two games. Some like behind the head, some behind the back. Is that just like a a unconscious thing you’re tapping into when you’re when you’re in a groove or what are you seeing on those plays? I don’t know. I feel a little more comfortable, you know? I I just feel like I always had that those flashy passes. It’s just like I don’t I rather make the simple pass sometimes than actually throwing flashy passes. But sometimes it like you know that pass that I made it’s like needed like I until I turn around the probably the the player is going to recover. So me throwing it behind the head and I know it’s there. It’s like Jeremy had a wide open shot. So I feel like I needed to use it. But you don’t see me you won’t see me throwing like crazy amount of flashy passes because I’m all about you know I’m trying to make a right time on target pass for the guy to be able to shoot. So,

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