Kevin Ollie joins the media after the Nets win against the Sixers

Kevin Ollie joins the media after the Nets win against the Sixers

HERE’S WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. >> Meghan: KEVIN, CONGRATS ON THE WIN, PREGAME YOU SAID THIS TEAM NEEDED TO PLAY BETTER. WHAT IMPRESSED YOU THE MOST ABOUT HOW THIS TEAM RESPONDED AND FOUND WAYS TO RESPOND? >> THEY RESILIENCE, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT EARLIER, PHILLY CAME OUT, I THINK THEY WAS UP

ABOUT 14 POINTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND WE JUST DUG IN, STAYED TOGETHER, STAYED CONNECTED, CHALLENGED THE GUYS. AND OUR PREGAME WALK-THROUGH AT 5:00 THAT WE NEED TO STAY TOGETHER, CONNECTIVITY AND THEY DID THAT. NOBODY WAS POUTING, NOBODY WAS POINTING FINGERS. AND WE JUST HUNT BETTER WHEN WE IN A PACK, AND NOT

INDIVIDUAL. I’M GOING TO SEEP CAIG IT LIKE A BROKEN RECORD, WE HUNT BETTER WHEN WE IN A PACK AND STAYED IN THE PACK TODAY. >> Meghan: I SPOKE TO DORIANER, SAID YOU CHALLENGED THEM IN THE HALFTIME. WHAT WAS YOUR MESSAGE AT HALF TO THIS GROUP? >> UM, JUST DOING THE SMALL

THINGS AND OUR STANDARDS. WE SAY IT, BUT WE GOTTA BE ABOUT IT. SO YOU KNOW, JUST SAYING THAT WE GONNA STAND ON OUR BUSINESS AND TAKE CARE OF WHAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF AND CONTROL THAT AND WE CONTROL OUR EFFORT. WE CONTROL OUR ATTITUDE, AND THE THINGS WE BRING ON THE

COURT. I JUST THOUGHT THEY DID THAT. DENNIS AND JUNE AND ALL THOSE GUYS JUST GOT INTO PASSING LANES AND START PICKING UP, THAT’S THE JUICE THAT WE NEED TO BRING ON THE DEFENSIVE END, AND THE SHOTS WILL FALL AFTER THAT. AND JUST I THINK THE GUYS — THANK THE GUYS FOR CAM JOHNSON

JUST PLAYED 7 MINUTES, AND GUYS STEPPED UP, THAT’S WHAT A TEAM IS ABOUT AND I JUST LOVED HOW THEY STEPPED UP FOR EACH OTHER, PLAYED FOR EACH OTHER THAT. WAS JUST A GREAT TEAM WIN. HAD TO PLAY SOME MIX MATCH LINEUPS OUT THERE WITH 8, -9D PLAYERS THAT WE HAVE, BUT

EVERYBODY CAME IN AND DID A GREAT JOB, SO I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT TEAM EFFORT. >> YOU TOUCHED ON CAM, OBVIOUSLY HAVING TO LEAVE EARLY, I’M OCCUR YURKS A, DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE INFORMATION ON CAM? >> YEAH, JUST A RIGHT ANKLE SPRAIN, WE’RE GOING TO EVALUATE HIM TOMORROW.

I IMAGINE THEY’LL EVALUATE HIM TONIGHT BUT WE’LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION TOMORROW. >> AND LONNIE, GETS, I GUESS A LINE’S SHARE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND SOME OF THOSE LOOKS. THAT CAM MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN. CAN YOU TOUCH ON THE PERFORMANCE THAT YOU GOT FROM LONNIE AND HOW INFLUENTIAL HE WAS IN THE GAME?

>> YEAH, HE WAS GREAT. I HAD TO PULL HIM OUT EARLY AND CHALLENGE HIM ON THE DEFENSIVE END. HE JUST RESPONDED THE RIGHT WAY. AND I ALWAYS SAY WE GOTTA CHALLENGE EACH OTHER, AND YOU KNOW, IT’S NOTHING PERSONAL, JUST PUT YOUR RAINCOAT ON AND UNDERSTAND THAT IT’S A CHALLENGE.

I HAD TO CHALLENGE HIM AND HE STEPPED UP AND HE E CAME IN AND PLAYED BETTER DEFENSE AND GOT US GOES OFFENSIVELY. ALSO, YOU KNOW, DORIAN, DO, WAS I MEAN WE WOULDN’T WIN THIS GAME WITHOUT HIS, JUST HIS TOUGHNESS PLAYS, TIP-INS AND SHOOTING THE THREE. HE WAS GREAT TONIGHT.

IT WAS JUST A TEEMPLET. THEN HAVE A GUY HAVE THIS EXPLOSIVE GAME BUT WE SHARED THE CAKE, SHARED THE BALL AND EVERY NARPD THIS TEAM WIN. >> FOR A TOME THAT HAS HAD A LITANY OF PROBLEMS LATE IN GAMES, BUILDING LEADS BUT THEN NOT ABLE TO HOLD THEM, BUT YOU

GUYS TO BE DOWN 8 OR WHATEVER IT WAS, WITH 8 MINUTES TO GO, WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT THE GROWTH OF THE TEAM THAT YOU GUYS CAN GO ON AN 11-0 RUN AND SHOOT I THINK DAMN NEAR 60% IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT THE GROWTH?

>> IT’S JUST SHOWING THAT THEY ACCEPTING THE CHALLENGE, THEY BELIEVING IN ONE ACTORS THEY TRUST IN ONE ANOTHER. THAT’S JUST GREAT, I SEE THIS TEAM COMING TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, IN THE LOCKER ROOM, AND BEFORE THOSE MOMENTS HAPPENED, THE PRACTICE TAKES PLACE THEN. YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DO IN SHOOTAROUND, HOW WE PREPARE.

HOW WE COME IN AND BE ON TIME, AND HAVE EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT. SO YOU KNOW, ALL THE THANKS HAPPEN IN THE LIGHT IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY HAPPENS IN THE DISCHARGENESS WHEN NOBODY’S LOOKING. WE GOTTA CONTINUE TO FOCUS IN ON OUR STANDARDS, OUR PRINCIPLES AND DIG IN EVEN MORE.

FOR THIS ROAD TRIP WE GOT COMING UP. BECAUSE WE’RE STILL CHASING. WE’RE CHASING ATLANTA, CHASING THE PEOPLE THAT’S IN FRONT OF US SO WE GOTTA HAVE THAT HUNGER, WE GOTTA HAVE THAT TENACITY TO KEEP CHASING, AND US WAKING UP EVERY MORNING AND DOING WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO

HAVE US WIN GAMES AND THAT’S WHAT WE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO CONTROL EACH AND EVERY DAY. >> KEVIN, YOU MENTIONED DO’S PLAY, OBVIOUSLY WITHOUT DAY’RON HE HAD TO PLAY SMALL BALL FIVE, HE’S PLAYED THAT ROLE, BUT WHAT DID HE MEAN TONIGHT JUST FITTING THAT THAT ROLE, NOT JUST SHOOTING BUT

REBOUNDS THAT WAS IMPORTANT AS WELL, RIGHT? >> YEAH, IT WAS JUST AS IMPORTANT. LIKE I SAY, I HAVE SOME LINEUPS I HAD TO MIX AND MATCH, AND YOU KNOW, THANK MY COACH BEING STAFF FOR BEING RIGHT THERE WITH ME AND DO JUST PLAYED OUTSTANDING. ONE OF MY BEST GAMES I’VE SEEN

HIM PLAY JUST ALL AROUND. AND JUST HIS ATTITUDE NEVER CHANGING, NEVER WAVERED, WE GOT DOWN BY 14, DOWN BY 8 AND HE WAS SAYING, COACH, I GOT YOU, COME ON, WE GOOD, WE GOOD. HE JUST NEVER WAVERED, THAT’S WHAT WE NEED FROM OUR LEADERS, NEVER WAVER, ALWAYS HAVE

CONFIDENCE IN EACH OTHER AND I THOUGHT THEY JUST GAVE THAT TOCCHI OTHER TONIGHT, AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL TO WATCH. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL TO SEE US COME TOGETHER LIKE THIS AND GET A BIG-TIME WIN. ON A BACK-TO-BACK. >> LAST NIGHT WAS A TOUGH ONE ANDRE MENTIONED A BRUTAL ROAD STRETCH COMING U. DOES THE

COACH NEED TO SEE A GAME LIKE THIS SOMETIMES TO KNOW THAT WARRIOR UP FOR THIS? YOU KNOW, THE SPIRITS DIDN’T SAG, WE’RE IN THE FIGHT NOW? >> YEAH, NO, I’M ALWAYS, I DON’T NEED TO SEE IT. I KNOW IT’S IN THEM GUYS, AND IT’S MY JOB TO BRING THAT MASTERPIECE OUT OF THEM.

EACH AND EVERY DAY, IT’S THEIR JOB TO BRING THAT MASTERPIECE OUT OF EACH OTHER. SO I SEE THIS I SEE THEM, I BELIEVE IN THEM AND THEY GONNA CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND WIN AT ALL COSTS, AND PAY FOR IT. YOU PAY FOR IT BY, YOU KNOW,

DOUBLING DOWN ON THE DETAILS, OUR STANDARDS. WE HAVE THE RECIPE TO WIN GAMES, NO MATTER WHO’S IN THE GAME. BUT WE HAVE TO PLAY DEFENSE AND IT STARTS ON THE DEFENSIVE END. YOU KNOW, THEY CAME OUT HOT, THEY WAS GETTING TO OUR RIM BUT WE SETTLED IN AND GOT THE

STOPS WHEN WE NEEDED IT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. THIS IS OUR FOURTH QUARTER OF OUR SEASON. SO WE HAVE TO CHALLENGE EACH OTHER. WE CAN’T LET NO GAME SLIP. AND WE GOTTA TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS. >> KEVIN, YOU’VE TALKED THESE LAST COUPLE GAMES ABOUT HOW THIS TEAM RESPONDS WHEN THE SHOTS AREN’T FALLING.

WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THE DENNIS SMITH JR. PLAY WHERE HE MISSES THE THREE AND TEN SECONDS LATER GETS THE STOP AND HAS THAT AMAZING DUNK? >> YEAH. WISH HE JUST LAY IT IN AND NOT DO THE 360, BUT THAT’S HIS SIGNATURE. BUT I DID LIKE THE RESILIENCE OF HIM, BECAUSE THE THREE

LOOKED REALLY GOOD TOO. AND THEN HIM COMING BACK AND GETTING IN ON THE DEFENSIVE END, THAT THE WHAT IT’S GONNA TAKE. SHOTS NOT GOING IN, ON OUR END, THEY SHOULD NOT BE GOING IN ON THEIR END. THAT’S, I THOUGHT HE PLAYED WITH TENACITY, HEART, FIGHT, UP IN THE FRAME, GETTING STEALS, GETTING DEFLECTIONS

AND HE’S DOING ALL THOSE EGB THINGS WE TALK ABOUT, ENERGY GENERATING BEHAVIORS THAT SHOW UP IN THE STAT SHEET, SHOWING UP IN HIS PLAY THAT WE NEED DOWN THE STRETCH OF A GAME, I LOVE HOW HIM AND DENNIS PLAYED FOR A MAJORITY OF THAT FOURTH QUARTER. >> THE SIXERS LINEUP THAT GAVE

YOU A BIT OF TROUBLE BEFORE THE FOURTH QUARTER WAS THE SMALL-BALL LINEUP WITH BATUM AND HARRIS AS FORWARDS. WHAT DID YOU SEE IN THAT FOURTH QUARTER WHERE YOU FINALLY FIGURED IT OUT, STOPPED THEM AND GOT BUCKETS? >> YEAH, IT WAS OUR BALL PRESSURE. OUR BALL PRESSURE PICKED UP, ALLOWING THOME START THEY

OFFENSE OUT A LITTLE HIGHER. AND THEN NIC WAS JUST CONTROLLING THE PAINT. KIND OF PLAYING OFF BATUM A LITTLE BIT WHERE HE CAN KIND OF STAY IN THE PAINT AND ROAM AND HE HAD A COUPLE BLOCKED SHOTS, AND THEN DO KIND OF PUNISHED HIM ON OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS, SO THAT WAS GOOD

BECAUSE THEY WASN’T BLOCKING HIM OUT.

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