“We Absolutely Had to Have This One.” | Chris Finch Postgame Sound | 03.04.24

“We Absolutely Had to Have This One.” | Chris Finch Postgame Sound | 03.04.24

Coach how uh important was it to bounce back I know it got closer there at the end than you’d like but to bounce back in this kind of way before you go back on the RO we needed a win you know finish the home stand wasn’t quite the

Home stand we wanted but uh finish a win now it’s 20 game Sprint go on the road um get some focus and uh a lot of big games coming up but we absolutely had to have this one so all credit to the guys they got it done Rudy was your only

Player in double digits at the half um just what can you say about his offense tonight early and often helping you get going yeah I he was really good on the glass you know guys found him in and around the paint we took his time he finished he finished through contact UM

Made his free throws uh you know really good great game by him you know and uh did a good job of like waiting for the ball to come to him just staying patient Chris you talked about wanting to see Mike find a little bit of a

Rhythm did you see a little bit of that tonight and him find looking for I think so I mean he was definitely more aggressive when we like that um for sure and uh um you know it’s got some clean good looks from three knocked them down

In the middle of the run you know feels like that’s kind of what Mike’s done when we’ve been able to build leads and play with a bunch of momentum is you know Mike was been key at getting threes kind of in transition or in the broken floor as well um so it was

Good seems like neither aunt or cat has been sharp lately what what are you seeing from that those two and what do you think needs to happen to kind of get them back going I mean they need they’re just chasing the game too much you know

Um just you know I think they got pick up their decision making uh you know I think Aunt for sure tonight you know was looking to facilitate uh you know we talked about just kind of getting that ball moving early so everyone can touch

It uh he has to just make sure that he doesn’t lose his aggressiveness we still need him to be aggressive um and uh you know I just you know I think it’s a lot of a lot of cats issues have to do with spacing um you

Know just get to a better spacing like you he was doing a couple weeks ago where he has the shot he has the close out and he has you know right now we’re just we’re trying to post up in the mid-range um way too much and becomes a

Wrestling match bogs down the floor so um you know looking forward to a good film session coming up here after our day off and starting to build things back in a better way there the problem with and sometimes having a little less aggressiveness on offense in these games

That it does kind of seep to seep into a little bit of less aggressive defense as well yeah I think so you know sometimes you know maybe uh it was a weird game for him uh with the missst start I don’t know exactly what that was about um and

Also just kind of uh the injury to the Elbow um so yeah so but uh he picked it up when we needed to you know as the game went along he did a really good job of really picking it up and getting into Simons in particular so it’s tonight one

Of those nights where CHS just how important it is to have like a a group of mature veterans that you can kind of lean on yes you very much so tonight was always going to be a case of finding the right guys in the right combinations who

Could put some distance in the game so Kyle Anderson obviously one of those he’s just more broadly felt like a lot more congruent uh in in what you guys are doing what what has led to that that he’s been doing more so maybe over the

Last month yeah um yeah I think uh jeez I don’t know it just feels like he’s settled down um post trade deadline you know um just I think getting more comfortable with the rotation around everybody um you know when Monty comes in I think it kind of helps everything

Um just a little bit you know kind of figuring out those combinations as a coach uh as a staff so just you know lots of little things like that I think it’s also just you see it in his shot he’s just trusting his shot more you

Know and um and he’s been shooting it pretty well you know so it seems like the bench unit is moving without the ball a lot more than the starters are and I mean that’s one of the things you mentioned before the game um and I mean it shows up in the

Way the offense yes executes um is that just I mean it seems like a basic thing that I know you’ve said to them before yeah um but it seems like na and Monte in particular especially if slowmo is on the floor because if you’re moving when

He’s on the floor you he’ll usually find you yes so I mean why isn’t that translating do you think among the starters yeah you know I think a lot of it again comes down to both Anthony and uh cat um you know guys who just they want the ball early um and

You know they need they are trying to play into the teeth of the defense too much um you know we got to trust get back to trusting our early structures um things that we’ve been doing well at times and just you know playing out of

That a lot more and I think that was that’s key for having Mike operate because he needs those like structures to operate in too and then um yeah so but that’s really it I mean they got they got they got to be able to put the work in without the ball um and

Everybody it’s it’s it’s a responsibility for everybody you know whether it’s Rudy rolling or um you it can’t be just Jade and and Nelle cutting it has to be everybody you cut when the the the defense dictates you cut you you roll the switch you know you you respace

For the guy coming um into your area so just things like that but we get caught watching the ball a lot and when we watch the ball we don’t move so Chris you H touched on it a little bit but do you did you get an explanation what

Happened with ant why wasn’t he out there I I don’t didn’t know so you have to ask him so um other questions thanks yeah Ry tonight A C deeper Outlets especially the one at the end of the third quarter was that something you had talked to him about or did that kind of

Just happen in the well we we talked about uh getting some depth in transition and getting out you know we we were have been coming down the floor in like one one long line you know we needed to get some be people we could

Throw the ball ahead to so um we got out ahead and you know he he was able to throw over top and that’s able to you know we didn’t set the world on fire with only had seven fast break points but we played a lot faster at times so

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