SHOOTAROUND SOUND: MAGIC VS. KNICS | COACH MOSE & GARY HARRIS

SHOOTAROUND SOUND: MAGIC VS. KNICS | COACH MOSE & GARY HARRIS

But you you guys have gotten five straight wins I don’t think it’s any coincidence that over those five games you guys have the best defensive rating in the NBA when you look over that stretch what are you seeing from your group on that side of the floor well

Just being able to get timely stops one uh but then our our ability to rebound the basketball finishing out possessions uh the intensity and the way we’ve had ball pressure has been something we’ve tried to emphasize more than anything uh and Jaylen and these guys are doing a

Great job of applying pressure early and disrupting these guards you have the opportunity to sweep this Nick Squad after just sweeping DC what does it say about just this team’s effort and resiliency to uh cuz it’s not easy to win in this league but what does it say

About this team’s resiliency and fight to continue to battle against a Nicks team like this well you’re very right it’s not easy to win in this league so I think just aention to game plan I I think that’s the biggest piece I mean playing a team this many times the

Adjustments are going to be made they’ll make some we’ll have to make some but just our ability to stick down and and really dive into the game plan to the the each detail when you guys came back from that 21o deficit what did it tell you about your team’s resiliency as well

Against DC um and just the fight that you’ve appreciated seeing from your guys it’s been our identity that’s that is our identity you know we’ve have so many different situations with different guys that they’ve all found a way to bounce back they’ve pushed through uh we’re a resilient basketball team and and

Knowing that there’s going to be different scenarios in games that we’re going to have to get through the ups and downs the highs the lows uh the game of runs but can we stay poised and can we find a way to get back in the game whatever that means to do throughout the

Game you know this Nick squad has been injured but what are you expecting from them tonight and how do you want to see your team defensively perform well I think it really always comes back to our standard you know being able to defend without fouling one you know Brunson

Being out there does a great job of drawing fouls we’ve got to keep them off the glass uh they I think they believe they had 22 Second Chance points in our last game we’ve got to make sure that we’re finishing possessions with the rebound and then the last piece is just

Making sure we’re at a high level of communication they do a great job of moving cutting uh finding three-point Shooters and we’ve got to get to their bodies and get them off the line how’s wend doing Wendell’s doing better he was able to go through shoot around what’s the expectation for

Him tonight or is it still well we’re going to still see exactly how he goes before you know going through that shooting slot to see where he is as you guys have risen to fourth in the East there’s been a lot of a little bit more National media attention is that

Something you address with the guys just how do you handle that we talked about it this morning and that’s the thing that we talk about being able to embrace all expectations but it’s also the standard that we’ve set for ourselves as a group and those are the things we’ve said time and time

Again you know being able to take care of the basketball limit turnovers can we move the basketball and share continuously can we crash the offensive glass and then defensively we’re going to do exactly what we know we’re capable of doing being physical without fouling rebounding the basketball and high level

Of communication so regardless of what people say we got to make sure we’re holding ourselves to our standard on a nightly basis this is going to be a hard test against the n but you guys have an opportunity to sweep them also what added value or pressure does it come

Playing here playing against a team that you know is injured but also looking to kind of get one on you guys um I wouldn’t say we look at it like that um I just know how hard it is to win in this league and you know to beat the

Team four teams in a row is is tough you know the pride Factor comes in so you know they’re trying to get a win but we playing for postseason basketball right now so every win matters right now shout out to Chum out there um so we really focus on ourselves and

You know just trying to play to our standard every day and that’s we know what our standard is and going out there and trying to execute that and not really dealing with the pressure of outside or playing in the garden or playing against a team that’s hurt like

We’ve dealt with injuries before so really just focus on ourselves and uh trying to stay locked in you guys came back from a 21 Point deficit when against DC what does that say just about the fight that you guys are having and say about this team and uh rallying

Together to get a win against DC going into tonight’s game um I mean so you got to lock in from the jump I mean it’s like I said it’s hard to win this league so any given night you can get beat um and that was a team that lost you know

15 straight games at the time and it was um it was tough that was a game that we couldn’t drop especially if we’re playing to the standard that we’re trying to play to each and every day and prepare for the playoffs so it’s good to see us bounce back bounce back lock in

And come out in the second half and uh do what we were supposed to do how are you feeling physically obviously you don’t play on the second half back to back recently but how do you feel at this point I feel great um hopefully no complaints um hopefully uh I don’t think

We have too many more back Tob backs but um just trying to uh continue to get a rhythm get my legs right and just uh like I keep saying preparing for pstes and basketball here you guys have five straight wins no coincidence over those five games you you guys have the best

Defensive rating in the NBA how much does it for your group in particular it start on that end of the floor um we know we we said that at the beginning of the year we’re a defensive team and when we come in locked in defensively we have

A chance we give ourselves a chance to win every night regardless of what happens on the offensive end so just uh continue to stick to our standards stick to our principles and um and staying locked in on the defensive end that’s going to give us a chance to win every

Night where does it start against this next team on that end of the floor um what on the defensive end yeah I mean you know brunson’s the head of the snake um uh not sure if he’s playing tonight but uh prepared you know whether he does

Or doesn’t and um and it’s really us locking in packing the paint and uh getting out the shooters and making everything difficult

0:00 – 2:58: Coach Mose
2:59 – 5:36: Gary Harris

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