Coach Udoka talks lack of defense, Jalen Green, Alperen Sengun after loss to Pacers

Coach Udoka talks lack of defense, Jalen Green, Alperen Sengun after loss to Pacers

Coach it seems like Jones in the midst of a real struggle has there been any thought to potentially bring him off the bench get him going up at the second unit or no we had not thought about that man got some pretty early run tonight provided a bit of a spark um

What led to those early minutes and what did you see out of him in those minutes well we want to look at some different combinations uh different guys some of the starters and um we liked the we knew he was going to be in with we knew their

Rotations and like the you know we want another Defender out there when how Burton’s in so just taking a look at some different lineups and we did look good second unit look really good coach what have been some of the issues with the three-point defense our three-point defense

Tonight the same thing I heard us against Atlanta and San Antonio and any other team that slips screens we don’t communicate stay we don’t stay lock locked in with our guy obviously if you don’t get hit with the screen you’re not switching and so that could that non commmunication

And them slipping out led to wide open threes from there were scrambling and they’re a good team obviously moving the ball and they spread it out with Shooters obviously five is you know a very low number much fewer than usual but in general do you feel like you need

To get more threes out of this offense than you’ve been getting absolutely I think you like to go on the 40 40 mark you know we’re I think we’re in the mid3 or whatever we’ like to get probably six more at least um pass up a few tonight and then

Sometimes the game presents that to you they’re one of the better teams that get people off the three-point line and funing in to to their bigs down there especially Turner and so what we did have some open looks obviously and wide open looks that we missed and you know

Was a shock shocking at the point the way we played in the third quarter and the amount of Threes they hit that we were still in the game at that point to take the lead 117 115 just under two minutes to go and then go scoreless the

Rest of way just how did you feel about the offensive execution over those final two minutes it was okay I think we um when we went to Al in the post um he has to bait a little bit more be more aggressive there knowing they’re going

To come after him and um we got to kick out three to to Jabari not a lot of movement off of that we wanted to slash somebody and get the rotations that we got the other three uh I think to Aon out of it but just got to be more

Aggressive initially knowing they’re going to come after him and and just bit it instead of hold it there and get a little bit more moving so um what worked well for us last game going into in New Orleans like I said they came after a little more aggressive and we didn’t

Like a rotation behind it they just stuned and stay in one place and pretty much got a contested three out of it on those Halbert and thre specifically with him did you think your guys were out up far enough on him and then on that last possession why the decision to double

Him on that yeah yeah the the three he got um I think Jabari we’d like him be a little more aggressive on that switch um one the play prior play Al jumped up and you know we didn’t him switching out there and they got the the pass down the

Lane to Turner I think javar is a little flat on the other one we want to be more aggressive with that red there the three hit and then went after them there to try to speed them up and um get them to shoot it earlier on the shot clock and

Our rotations behind him we got driven um you know if we get out get it out of his hands on that point um I think it was Jan got driven by uh nard there you know it’s kind of what we want to do make somebody else beat us and they made

Us pay surprised that there are still issues with as good as team has yes it’s it’s I don’t think it’s basic um you know switching in some things that certain teams do but but obviously the teams that slip out a lot have heard us this year and so yeah that’s something we’ve

Gone over talked about new they were very similar to Atlanta and the fact that they switch or slip out everything they probably said screens 10% of the time so um you know you don’t get hit by a screen you don’t switch it and so we worked on that talked about it and to

Your point it still heard us so that is a little surprising because cuz um I think other than San Antonio and might have been done but somebody else HT us with that there this year and we got to um obviously be better in that regard

Any update on Dylan by the way no than with uh Jaylen do you think it’s more about him not being aggressive enough or not recogniz and what defenses um are playing against him or is it just that he’s in a shooting slump that every player goes through I would say the um

Not the ladder not really the shooting slump I I don’t know if he’s getting the best looks but second guess and for sure you can see that um you don’t want to be aggressive initially but you have to be able to do both and I think it’s time to

Struggle and to read what they’re doing you know pass up some looks and you know Force some others and so um just got of continue to improve in that area read the game and take what it gives you times you know if if you have the open

Shot the first look you get is that’s a lot of times the best one and so um there’s something to grow into and get better at but um teams are putting one of the better Defenders on them and paying attention to them and obviously with him playing that way if he was

Playing the other way we’d obviously wouldn’t struggle as much offensively and have to lean on other guys as much or play other guys minutes so continue to keep him confident continue to you know improve in certain areas and he’ll take a step eventually

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