POSTGAME REACTION: Orlando Magic vs. New York Knicks, 2/14/24

POSTGAME REACTION: Orlando Magic vs. New York Knicks, 2/14/24

We got great camera footage of you helping some Knicks fans make their way to the exit how much did you enjoy that yeah I enjoyed that a lot you know every time we play him here they they try to make their presence be felt um which is

You got to give credit to them but uh yeah it was time to send them home ji congratulations I know this one feels good what a what a perfect way to go into the All-Star break getting a win here tonight yeah I appreciate it fellas it feels really really good after

Yesterday so to kind of get us back in a Groove get everybody feeling good and uh get to this break and we’ll be ready to go get back well tell us what turned it around obviously defensively you went to the second unit you guys poured it on a

Big 170 run what what did you see how were you able to kind of shift momentum there yeah I think just living with Brunson being able to make shots you know he was fantastic in that first half and uh uh we just kind of said okay

We’re going to make it hard on him and make somebody else score and it was able to you know for us to get out and run especially when he was off the floor made it really easy for us to defend and and get out and run and playing

Transition and make shots ji what’s your mindset when when you go out there defensively man is it is it literally cuz I feel like it’s to antagonize and to aggravate people and to make people’s lives mirable what what do you say when you going out there and you you about to

Strap in and just lock up like that cuz it’s it’s it’s seriously impressive bro I’m saying it from a former player who used to trying to be a defensive type guy but to go one through five the way you do it it’s unbelievable to me yeah I appreciate you pretty pretty much I’m

Being so honest I I pretty much tell myself that the person that I’m going out to the guard is going to bust my behind and it just gets me to play as hard as I possibly can okay and just live with you know that make a shot I

Completely erase it and just go back to next possession and say I’m going make it tough I’m going do my best um but I definitely go out there with the fear of you know getting 30 point on my head and so it makes me play psychology I like it

Well just so you know in the pregame show we do Q’s question and his question tonight is why are people not talking more nationally about Jonathan Isaac and the defense that he plays right are you start right I I’m leading the campaign you know what I’m saying I’m leading

Campaign J I appreciated my guy St Van Gundy last night on on TNT National he mentioned it in the game and I I I Echo he was like listen when when with your when you’re healthy and when you’re available he feels you’re the best defensive player in the entire NBA

Period and I’m right with him with him and listen Stan is the he is a defensive minded dude so that’s High High Praise from Stan yeah no I appreciate that I just try to go out there and do my best and I help this team win games and so

When I can get stops get Block shots and steals it you know makes everything great tell us about how this team is feeling now right you’re sitting had 30 wins right before the break he got 27 left I know you’re going to enjoy this maybe a couple of days off right so what

What does the mindset right now seems like a the chemistry is at an all-time high right now with what you guys have done to this point I definitely think we’re trended in the right direction um there’s definitely things that we can clean up you know turnovers has been a

Big thing for us defensive rebounding has been a a big thing for us and so just continuing to figure out how to play with each other coaches switching up lineups different guys are Ending game starting games and it makes it tough but we’re I really do think we’re

Trending in the right direction and I feel good don’t going down this backstretch tell us about Pao B Carol when you get to see him have a night like this right 15 for 20 what what does he have a special look in his eye what what are you starting to learn about

Paulo now he’s just cool you know he’s cool common collected he goes out there and and does his thing you know Allstar this year absolutely deserved and for him to put on a show like this heading into All-Star break it just speaks to you know who he is most guys would take

A night off and so uh kudos to him for just continuing to to put in work and grind and and get to where he’s at right now all right what are the next fantastic yeah you’re right what do the next seven days look like you going to

Pick up a few late night shifts with the little one right in the middle of the night or what what does your week look like here as you get some time up tomorrow is a uh makeup Valentine’s Day so uh spend some time with wifey and uh

The rest of the time just try to be home my daughter and and just enjoy this little break happy life my boy go there you go all right well enjoy it this was a great one tonight great first unofficial half of the season have a great break and we’ll see you next week

Appreciate you thank you fell all right fantastic coach you know with the with the All-Star break looming on the second night of a back-to-back you know your team faced a lot of challenges tonight you know how did you like their ability to focus in especially from the second

Quarter on and Come With Victory I like that you said from the second quarter on um they I think they did a great job uh recognizing what we needed to do you know Jaylen Brunson is is a is a he heck of a player uh he made tough shots we

Tried to make it difficult on him early he got it going and so but our guys ability to you know bounce back and recognize what we needed to do in order to push pull away and you know I’m I’m very proud of this group for the way in

Which they stayed focused and got it done your group got its 30th win of the Season tonight last season that didn’t come till March 21st what does that say about the continued growth of this group that that says it says it all just their ability to learn uh and continue to grow

As a group recognizing what it takes to win in this league and not being satisfied uh knowing what happened last night but not hanging our heads too you know too too low and being able to bounce back tonight which is something I’m very proud of this group for doing

Fron had 38 at Detroit with no free throws tonight poo has 36 with no free throw attempts what do you make of that happening twice so soon toh after and then also just Pal’s ability to have success from three tonight well I’m not going to get fined

So what I do love is the fact that our guys didn’t complain about about it they kept their heads down continue to defend the right way focus on the game plan and just be efficient you know I think that’s another way that we can just continue to be efficient so Fran having

38 with no free throws Paulo having 36 with no free throws that’s very difficult to do in this league uh so just you know my hats off to them for being able to do it the right way and not complain whether you get a call or don’t Apollo got presented as all-star

Jersey before the game you’re with him smiling e what’s it like for you just to as a coach to see him develop into the player he has become just in his second season I I mean just for our coaching staff you know be they do such a great

Job with him with his communicating with him helping him grow learning the game understanding the game but for him in his journey I think it’s just something special um what he said he was going to do as a as a rookie he did what he said

He was going to do as in his second season he’s done uh but it just goes to the work that he puts in uh the work that the coaches put in with him and the constant belief that he has in himself and his teammates have in him I think it

Says so much about him the organization and the belief that we have in who he is what you make of just Joe wile’s impact right there in the second unit even when he’s not getting the volume of shots just his Poise commanding in that second unit being able to facilitate and just

Really help calm down that second unit as a whole well you said it he he’s a winner and he’s finding different ways to impact the game whether that’s coming down the court and hitting somebody on a screen uh getting you know getting his hands dirty getting on hands on the

Basketball ball uh but just moving the ball with quick decisions just finding the right play and that’s what we have we have a guy a bunch of guys that are willing and wanting to make the right play you know for their teammates and I think that’s big wa what do you you know

You you mentioned the first quarter wasn’t exactly what you guys wanted but what do you make of this team’s Poise to to stick with the game plan with with with Jaylen you know maybe made some adjustments putting some more size on him but to stick with the adjustments to

Kind of slow him down and then to kind of keep the drum beat of the offense going to to to come back and and win this game I I you know you give credit to the coaches for continuing to communicate exactly what needed to be

Done you know he got hot going um and our guys didn’t Panic you know they understood exactly what they needed to do how more how much more aggressive they could be within it but it just says so much to our coaches with their game planning our guys trusting the game plan

And then executing it down the stretch Goa did eventually enter the game but they had 16 offensive rebounds tonight at a lot early in the first quarter was there a thought to move to him earlier for more size well you know I think what happens a lot of times in those

Situations is that they you you you want to say it’s always just The Bigs but a lot of times it’s the guards that need to come help rebound as well uh so it’s not just necessarily on the bigs to just box that man out and get to it it’s our

Guards have to do a continued job of getting in there and helping those bigs fight off the glass to be able to get guys like Admiral and Kon and Jet of course in the game at the end before the All-Star break just how special is that

It it makes our group happy it makes us proud of the work that they continue to put in uh we always talk by committee and if I could play all of them I would I I really would cuz we have such a great group of young men that fight and

Work for one another uh that that pull for one another each each and every single night but to get those guys in the game before the break uh to be able to feel good and leave on a high note to to enjoy some time off

The Orlando Magic defeated the New York Knicks on Wednesday by a score of 118-100. Hear from Paolo Banchero, Jonathan Isaac, and coach Jamahl Mosley on the win!