Hawks vs. Nuggets Postgame Press Conference: Quin Snyder

Hawks vs. Nuggets Postgame Press Conference: Quin Snyder

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT FIRST HALF AND HOW DOMINANT YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO BE, AND THEN THE RUN THAT DENVER WAS ABLE TO MAKE IN THAT SECOND HALF. >> A COUPLE THINGS I THINK, YOU KNOW, OFFENSIVELY, THE BALL STOPPED MOVING ON THE SAME LEVEL THAT IT DID IN THE FIRST HALF. AND A LOT OF THAT WAS YOU KNOW DENVER’S AGGRESSIVENESS DEFENSIVELY I THOUGHT REALLY PICKED UP IN THE SECOND HALF. I MEAN YOU’RE GOING TO YOU GOT A TEAM DOWN THAT’S YOU KNOW YOU NEED TO ANTICIPATE THAT. AND THEN I THINK DEFENSIVELY WE LET ONE END OF THE COURT KIND OF WE JUST NEEDED MORE DETERMINATION ON THE DEFENSIVE END TO GIVE UP. I MEAN THEY’RE THE BEST OFFENSIVE TEAM IN THE LEAGUE. BUT THAT SAID YOU KNOW GIVING UP 40 IN THE THIRD AND THE FOURTH, IT’S GOING TO BE AWFULLY TOUGH TO WIN THAT WAY. I THOUGHT WE RESPONDED AT ONE POINT, WHICH WAS GOOD TO SEE. BUT YOU KNOW, OUR FOCUS ON THE DEFENSIVE END AND THEY MISSED SOME SHOTS IN THE FIRST HALF, NO QUESTION. AND THEY’RE GOING TO MAKE SOME. BUT YOU KNOW WE DIDN’T WE DIDN’T FIGHT THEM AS MUCH AS WE NEEDED TO DEFENSIVELY. DIDN’T EXECUTE. >> WHAT CAN YOU TAKE INTO TOMORROW’S GAME. >> WELL THIS IS YOU KNOW THE THING ABOUT THIS LEAGUE YOU KNOW THIS ONE HURTS AND THEY ALL HURT. BUT YOU KNOW GIVEN KIND OF THE WAY IT HAPPENED AND YOU FEEL THAT. AND I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE AFFIRMING FOR US WHEN WE PLAY THE WAY THAT WE WANT TO PLAY, GET OUT AND RUN AND GUARD. YOU KNOW, WE’RE A PRETTY GOOD TEAM. AND WHEN WE DON’T, WE CAN IT CAN GO THE OTHER DIRECTION ON US. SO I THINK OUR THAT SWING FOR US IS A BIG ONE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE THAT DETERMINED AND THEN BUT YOU KNOW, TO TO YOUR QUESTION SPECIFICALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU FEEL THIS ONE AND SOME THINGS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, I THINK KNOW INTUITIVELY THAT WE CAN DO BETTER. AND THEN YOU GOT TO GET READY FOR TOMORROW NIGHT. YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO GET ON A PLANE AND GET TO WASHINGTON. AND YOU KNOW, WE KNOW HOW WE PLAYED THERE LAST TIME AND HOW THEY PLAYED AND GOT TO BE READY TO GO. >> COACH PORZINGIS CAME OFF THE BENCH FOR THE SECOND TIME IN HIS CAREER AND HAD ONE OF HIS BETTER GAMES OF THE SEASON. IS THAT SOMETHING WE COULD SEE MORE OF MOVING FORWARD, OR WAS THAT JUST DUE TO HIS ABSENCE? >> YOU KNOW, WITH OUR TEAM WITH JJ AND O AND PORZINGIS. YOU KNOW WE’VE GOT GUYS THAT CAN PLAY IN COMBINATION. YOU KNOW IN THOSE SITUATIONS. AND YOU KNOW AS I’VE SAID BEFORE I THINK THOSE THINGS ARE FLUID FOR US. YOU KNOW INJURIES HAVE DICTATED A LOT OF OUR LINEUPS AND MATCHUPS. AND WE’LL JUST KEEP EVALUATING THAT AND AND DO WHAT WE THINK IS THE BEST THING FOR THE TEAM. AND I’VE SAID BEFORE, I THINK ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT THIS GROUP IS IT’S A REALLY SELFLESS GROUP, AND THOSE GUYS PLAY FOR EACH OTHER. >> SPOKE ABOUT NOT. CAPITAL CITY GO-GO. >> YOU KNOW, I THINK IT’S JUST IT’S HARDER TO RUN WHEN THEY’RE SCORING. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN CONTINUE TO TO TO ATTACK IT AND PUSH IT. AND, BUT WHEN YOU’RE TAKING THEM OUT OF THE NET, IT’S JUST DIFFERENT THAN IF YOU’RE GETTING A REBOUND. AND THEN THE FOUL LINE MAKES IT VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DO THAT. SO OUR DEFENSE HAS TO YOU KNOW, THOSE TWO THINGS GO TOGETHER. AND THAT’S THE WAY THIS GAME WORKS. SO I DIDN’T THINK WE, YOU KNOW, SUDDENLY STOPPED RUNNING. WE JUST DIDN’T HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES BECAUSE WE WEREN’T GETTING STOPS. >> ON THAT FINAL OFFENSIVE POSSESSION. IT SEEMED LIKE YOU OBVIOUSLY WENT WITH GUYS WHO COULD, YOU KNOW, HIT THE THREE. WHAT WERE YOU TRYING TO LOOKING FOR IN THAT MOMENT? >> YEAH, I MEAN THEY THOSE POSSESSIONS ARE ALWAYS REALLY PHYSICAL. AND I THOUGHT WE DID A GOOD JOB OF EXECUTING THROUGH THEIR PHYSICALITY. AND YOU KNOW WE HAD TIME. SO YOU KNOW A COUPLE GUYS LOOKED LIKE THEY MIGHT HAVE A LOOK AND GOT OFF IT. AND YOU KNOW WE GOT IN THE LANE. AND YOU KNOW THOSE ARE ALWAYS YOU KNOW YOU ALWAYS CAN LOOK AT THOSE SITUATIONS AND YOU KNOW AND TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU COULD DO BETTER. I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE IMPORTANT THING FOR US IS TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DIDN’T DO OFFENSIVELY UP TO THAT POINT AS WELL, WHICH I THINK I DIDN’T THINK WE PLAYED WITH THE PASS AS MUCH AS WE NEED TO TO TO GENERATE THE SAME LOOKS THAT WE DID IN THE FIRST HALF. >> IT’S OBVIOUSLY HARD TO FIND THE POSITIVES IN A GAME THAT YOU LOSE LIKE THIS, BUT WITH JALEN’S PERFORMANCE AND ESPECIALLY JUST HIM COMING BACK AND BEING THE FIRST HAWKS PLAYER TO HAVE A TRIPLE DOUBLE IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE GAME, WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT HIS IMPACT? >> WELL, GUY, YOU KNOW, WE FEED OFF HIM. AND YOU KNOW, I’VE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT HIS PLAYMAKING AND YOU KNOW, HIS IMPACT ON THE GAME AND YOU KNOW A MULTITUDE OF LEVELS. AND THAT’S WHAT YOU KNOW THAT STAT LINE REPRESENTS. SO HE’S OBVIOUSLY HUGELY IMPORTANT TO WHAT WE DO. BEING ABLE TO GET IN THE LANE AND USING HIS SIZE AND HIS VISION TO FIND PEOPLE AND TO FINISH WHEN HE HAS THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO. SO WE JUST NEED TO KEEP GRINDING ON THAT AND UNDERSTAND IT AGAINST THE TEAM. YOU KNOW, LIKE DENVER, THEY’RE ONE OF THE BEST TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE. THEY WERE THE WORLD CHAMPS, YOU KNOW, SHORT TIME AGO. AND IT TAKES 48 MINUTES TO BEAT THEM. NOT JUST THE HALF. >> GOING BACK TO PORZINGIS FOR A MINUTE. HOW DID YOU FEEL ABOUT BASKETBALL PROCESS. >> I THOUGHT HE WAS. HE WAS GOOD. YOU KNOW I THINK YOU KNOW HE’S DIFFERENT IN SOME OF THE THINGS HE CAN DO. WHETHER IT BE ON THE POST OR HIS RANGE SHOOTING I THOUGHT HE DID A GOOD JOB BATTLING ON THE DEFENSIVE END TOO. SO YOU KNOW HE’LL CONTINUE TO, YOU KNOW, TO CONTINUE TO GET IN BETTER AND BETTER CONDITION. I THINK AS YOU KNOW, HE GETS GAME REPS AND IT’S GOOD TO HAVE HIM BACK. >> COACH YOU TALKED ABOUT YOU KNOW WHEN YOU LOSE LIKE THIS IT’S ALWAYS TOUGH. AND OBVIOUSLY EVERYBODY IN THIS LEAGUE WANTS TO BE COMPETITIVE. WHEN YOU HAVE A TEAM LIKE THIS ON YOUR FLOOR AND YOU HAVE THEIR, YOU KNOW, THEIR BACKS ON THE ROPES LIKE YOU DID IN THE FIRST HALF, HOW IMPORTANT WHEN IT COMES TO THE MATURATION OF THIS TEAM, TO LET THEM KNOW WE HAVE TO CLOSE TEAMS LIKE THIS OUT ON OUR FLOOR? >> YEAH. WELL, I THINK A COUPLE THINGS ON THAT. YOU KNOW, WE’VE BEEN UNBELIEVABLY RESILIENT. IT’S A DIFFERENT MENTALITY WHEN YOU’RE PLAYING WITH A LEAD VERSUS WHEN YOU’RE PLAYING FROM BEHIND. AND WE WE DID THAT AGAIN. YOU KNOW I THINK WE WERE DOWN NINE AT ONE POINT. I’M NOT SURE THE EXACT NUMBER. BUT WE CAME BACK AND MADE IT A ONE POSSESSION GAME. SO BUT TO YOUR POINT, WHEN YOU GET A LEAD LIKE THAT UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW HOW YOU GOT IT AND CONTINUING TO TRY TO DO THOSE THINGS AND KNOWING, YOU KNOW, A 20 POINT LEAD IN THIS LEAGUE IS, IS REALLY NOTHING. YOU KNOW, TO THE THOSE SWINGS HAPPEN SO QUICKLY. YOU KNOW, AS GOOD AS TEAMS ARE SHOOTING THE BALL YOU KNOW THAT THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED. THEY STARTED MAKING THREES. BUT WE DID THINGS TO TO FACILITATE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM. SO I THINK THAT WHEN YOU’RE AHEAD YOU HAVE TO KEEP DEFENDING IS THE BIGGEST THING. AND WHEN WHEN YOU LET UP ON THAT, YOU PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON YOUR OFFENSE TO EITHER MAKE SHOTS OR GET EASY BUCKETS OR WHATNOT. AND, YOU KNOW, IN THOSE MOMENTS ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE A LEAD, YOU’VE USUALLY GOT IT BECAUSE YOU’RE DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB DEFENSIVELY AND PLAYING OFF YOUR DEFENSE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE JUST HAVE TO HANG ON TO THAT TIGHTER. >> JUST ON THAT POINT THOUGH AS WELL, COACH, WHEN YOU’RE GOING UP AGAINST GUYS LIKE MURRAY AND JOKIC WHO’VE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR TEN YEARS NOW, THAT CONTINUITY THAT THEY HAVE IN THAT BELIEF OF KNOWING HOW TO EXECUTE SO FLAWLESSLY, JUST HOW HARD IS IT TO DEFEND AGAINST THAT. >> YEAH, I MEAN THAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE GUYS ARE A TWO MAN GAME, WHETHER IT’S PICK AND ROLL OR HANDOFFS, AND IT’S ONE OF THE TOUGHEST COVERS IN THE LEAGUE, YOU KNOW, AND THERE AREN’T ALWAYS A LOT OF ANSWERS OTHER THAN YOU TRY TO MAKE THEM WORK. AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU MAKE A PLAY OR YOU MAKE THEM TAKE A TOUGH SHOT AND THEY’RE GOING TO MAKE SOME OF THOSE SHOTS, WHICH I THINK IT’S THE OTHER SITUATIONS THAT YOU HAVE MORE CONTROL OVER. DO YOU HAVE TO BE EVEN BETTER IN BECAUSE THOSE GUYS ARE SO GOOD? YOU KNOW, WHEN THOSE SITUATIONS COME, YOU KNOW, THEY KNOW HOW TO PLAY OFF EACH OTHER AND EXECUTE AS WELL AS ANYBODY THAT WE’VE SEEN IN THIS LEAGUE IN A LONG TIME.

Atlanta Hawks vs. Denver Nuggets Postgame Press Conference: Quin Snyder after 134-133 Loss

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