J.B. Bickerstaff | Cavs at Bulls Post Game | 2.28.2024

J.B. Bickerstaff | Cavs at Bulls Post Game | 2.28.2024

Opportunities in thism why do you think away I mean we just didn’t make enough plays down the stretch um think free throws kind of bit Us in the butt a little bit um you know the rebounding disadvantage obviously bit Us in the butt uh quite a bit um and then you know

Unfortunate uh Jared just kind of got off balance and D rozan was smart enough to create the contact and get the three free throws so um you know multitude of things that we can improve on what type of physical and emotional toll ises it coming up short in a second out

Of the back to back double overtime game I mean it is it’s tough obviously but we make no excuses um you know we had opportunity to put the game away and didn’t close it hey JB what’s up what did you see on on the glass tonight I mean they just

Dominated the boards uh it’s that simple um you know no matter you know offensively like you know 25 offensive rebounds for them them um I mean they just punished us on the glass and um it’s difficult to overcome you know giving up a team 25 offensive rebound so

Uh and it was from everywhere the perimeter guys were flying in there was possessions where they had you know multiple offensive rebounds um and we just didn’t do the job on the glass tonight it seems like over the last three games Donovan is seeing a lot of

Crowds and he’s having a really hard time breaking the paint um what can you do if anything to try and free him up and get him inside the three-point Arc a little bit more oh we just got to help him and give him more space um you know

The actions that we can run try to get it to him a little bit earlier when the floor is more spread try to find some transition opportunities uh to get to things quickly before teams decide to start shrinking the paint um you know but we’ll we’ll do a better job you know

We can set screens form more and hit and hold our screens so now he’s got opportunities to attack and find gaps but uh those are things we can improve on and then for you um when it comes to your rotation you’ve you’ve done a lot of things in terms of

Consistency but tonight you went away from George in the second half when it comes to the second half decision making what what goes into that J uh just kind of have the a feel for the game and lineups and matchups um you know typically we bring in Dean and then

Bring George for him the first sub in the second half came a little bit later um so Dean ran a little bit longer and then we went back to our regular rotation assist for Paris tonight what do are you seeing phal I mean he’s doing

A heck of a job um you know he’s contributing on both ends of the floor uh he’s attacking the paint and really really you know understanding what we’re trying to do uh he’s sacrificing to create for others um so I think he’s doing a great job I mean you talked

Before the game JB just about like coming off the emotional win over Dallas and it can work one of two ways right um how do you describe the emotions of it going the other way after that loss uh I mean I don’t think you know again

We had our opportunities it wasn’t as if you know we played a game and you know we laid an egg and didn’t give ourselves a chance to win um you know again we you know missed a free throw here there like Jared literally trips you know as he’s

Coming off a screen so it’s not as if you know we came out and didn’t give a valiant effort or you know give uh you know play the way we want to play um you know we just had some miscues uh that cost us the ball game down the stretch thank

Cleveland Cavaliers Head Coach J.B. Bickerstaff spoke with the media following a 132-123 loss to the Chicago Bulls at United Center on February 28, 2024.