Post-Game Press Conference: J.B. Bickerstaff | Pistons vs. Hawks | 12.12.2025

Post-Game Press Conference: J.B. Bickerstaff | Pistons vs. Hawks | 12.12.2025

REAL GOOD, STRONG TEAM WIN. HOW DID YOU SEE THE TEAM STAY CONNECTED FROM START TO FINISH IN THIS ONE? FROM STARTERS TO BENCH ALL THE WAY THROUGH. >> YEAH, I THINK OUR BENCH CAME IN AND GAVE US A GREAT LIFT TO START THE GAME. YOU KNOW WHEN WE PUT THAT UNIT IN, YOU KNOW, TO CLOSE OUT THE FIRST QUARTER, I THOUGHT AND TO START THE SECOND, I THOUGHT THEY DID A REALLY, REALLY GOOD JOB. YOU KNOW BEING SOUND DEFENSIVELY GETTING STOPS AND THEN FINDING THEIR OPPORTUNITIES IN TRANSITION TO COME UP WITH SOME EASY ONES. AND I THINK THAT IGNITED THE STARTERS WHEN WE CAME BACK OUT OF THAT THIRD QUARTER. YOU KNOW WE HAD A DIFFERENT DEFENSIVE MINDSET TO HOLD THEM TO 19 POINTS IN THAT QUARTER. YOU KNOW I THINK WE DID A GREAT JOB OF, YOU KNOW, BEING PHYSICAL AND EXECUTING OUR SYSTEM. AND THEN AGAIN LED TO OUR OFFENSE FOR US TO SCORE 142. >> IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS A REAL COMMITMENT TO RUNNING THE BREAK TONIGHT. AND THAT WAS INTENTIONAL FOR YOU GUYS. HOW MUCH DID THAT OPEN THINGS UP FOR YOU OFFENSIVELY? >> I MEAN, WE’VE GOT A TON OF ATHLETES AND A TON OF GUYS WHO ARE SKILLED IN THE OPEN COURT. THAT’S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO EVERY SINGLE NIGHT. BUT I THOUGHT TONIGHT WE DID A GREAT JOB OF REBOUNDING THE BASKETBALL, ESPECIALLY THE LONG ONES, WHICH HELPED US GET OUT IN THE BREAK. BUT WE GOT STOPS AND WE GOT STOPS WHEN WE NEEDED THEM. >> WHAT DID YOU LIKE FROM RON TONIGHT? JUST BEING PART OF THAT SECOND UNIT TO HELP GET THINGS GOING? >> YEAH, HE WAS AWESOME. I MEAN, HIS ENERGY, THE INTANGIBLES THAT HE BRINGS, YOU KNOW, HIS WILLINGNESS TO JUST DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO WIN BASKETBALL GAMES. AND I’VE SAID IT BEFORE, BUT IT’S UNIQUE FOR A GUY HIS AGE, RIGHT? A LOT OF GUYS HIS AGE COME INTO THE LEAGUE SEARCHING ABOUT HOW THEY CAN FIT IN, HOW THEY CAN BE A PART OF IT. BUT RON JUST DOES ALL THE SMALL THINGS THAT HELP YOU WIN. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, HE’S ABLE TO GET OUT IN TRANSITION, RUN, FINISH, ATTACK THE PAINT, MAKE THE RIGHT PLAY. HE JUST PLAYS WITH A GREAT SPIRIT THAT LIFTS EVERYBODY. >> HEY, COACH. HOW MUCH OF THIS GAME WAS JUST A TESTAMENT TO THE TWO DAYS OF PRACTICE YOU GUYS HAD, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE TURNOVERS, WHICH YOU GUYS FINISHING WITH ONLY 12 TONIGHT. >> YEAH, I MEAN, AGAIN, WE NEEDED SOME TIME. BUT I ALSO THOUGHT LIKE YOU KNOW THE PROCESS OF IT WAS GREAT RIGHT. LIKE WE LOOKED FRESH. YOU KNOW WE HAD A LOT OF LEGS UNDERNEATH US. AND AGAIN WE WERE ABLE TO CLEAN UP SOME OF THOSE SYSTEM THINGS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL. SO THAT, I MEAN, IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US. AND NOW WE GOT TO CONTINUE TO BUILD ON IT. >> TO THAT POINT. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW GUYS ON ASSIGNMENT, HOW HOW GOOD DID IT FEEL TO JUST BE AS HEALTHY AS YOU WERE? >> I MEAN, WE JUST CARE ABOUT OUR GUYS, RIGHT? SO IT’S MORE ABOUT THEM HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY AND THEM NOT BEING INJURED THAN ANYTHING. AND YOU JUST FEEL FOR THE GUYS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THOSE THINGS. LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT SASSER HAS GONE THROUGH HASN’T BEEN EASY. WHAT GUEYE HAS GONE THROUGH, YOU KNOW, HASN’T BEEN EASY. SO, YOU KNOW, WE’RE JUST HAPPY FOR THOSE GUYS THAT THEY GET THE OPPORTUNITY

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