Billy Donovan Press Conference | Chicago Bulls vs Golden State Warriors
The totality of that certainly you know last night you know obviously was well documented the emotions of frustrations and I think I talked a little bit about some of that stuff um you know after the game about what we can control listen they’re a great team
They’re whole you know they got a lot of guys back they’ve kind of gone through a year with players in and out so you knew that they were going to obviously respond they’re at home they know what it takes they’ve been down um and they were going to respond and and I think
The part to me that was was good for us is you know we really focused on kind of the next play and channeled our emotion I think in a very competitive way um you know the game got very very physical on the offensive glass there’s a lot of
Pushing and shoving I thought as the game kind of got deeper into the fourth we started to rebound a little bit better come up with a little bit you know better loose basketballs you know obviously dear’s shot making you know down the stretch uh the three Point play
He got um I thought we got a little crossed up on Clay’s three um that put them up by one uh but I just felt like emotionally we kept collectively competing through the good and the bad uh Billy you mentioned dear but Vu as well just what what did it mean for
You to get those two performances out of your two vets tonight especially like you said out of kind of a crafty veteran team that had stuff that had clay that had Chris yeah I mean V is so smart I mean I thought he played a great game
All the way around he he gave us a presence in around the basket he was able to help us stretch the floor you know making the free throws late were huge a couple big threes you know that kind of gave us you know uh took away
Some momentum that they had um but he’s just a smart player of V he knows how to space he knows how to pass he knows where to be um I think we could have done a little bit better job finding him in the middle of the defense in the
Pocket there you know times when we did do it a lot of good things happen but I I didn’t think we found him enough um but both when you have two veterans like Vu and dear you know they they’ve been in a lot of these situations I think
They can help the younger guys um I thought their both of their demeanors were great um you know dear made free throws last night made free throws tonight V made free throws so you know a lot of uh you know a lot of really great plays
By both of them on both ends of the floor off that uh sorry off that Billy that you kind of just said about dear and things he can teach young guys about the way he goes at the end of the game just what what do you want maybe
Specifically Kobe and IO but like what what things does dear do late in the game calming guys down that we kind of say what does you do that you want players to take away well you know I think you know like one of the things that was good is like those guys you
Know even on the court a little bit were having it out you know on on certain things and I think dear’s point was you know there was things that were working and the game kind of got a little bit chaotic and we kind of lost away a
Little bit you know we had some turnovers we had some ill advised shots and momentum changes quickly and you know it’s not even like listen he’s an elite closer and he’s an unbelievable shot maker but the other thing that he generated tonight I thought was he generated and put their defense in
Rotation so when he threw it out whether it be iio or Kobe you know or Alex or Vu they were playing against Closeouts and that’s when we had some really really good ball movement opportunities I mean Kobe got a wide open three he missed it but those are the shots you’re going to
Live with and it’s not going to I’ve said this before it’s not going to always be that dear has to shoot every shot it’s got to be different guys stepping up in different moments and I think Kobe and I have confidence in those moments I think dear and those
Guys work really really well together uh but I think it’s probably more for those guy okay what’s how we being guarded what’s open what’s available what’s the spacing need to be and I think those are you know to have a guy like dear on the
Team he’s going to help those guys but I like the fact that Iowa and Kobe both play very aggressively and fearlessly you know you want them to to do that and and I think you know with the with the compliment of dear who’s a like a master reading of the game and manipulating
Defenses those guys can all learn from that last one Billy uh I think in Sacramento it was Alex kind of forcing two bad passes out of timeouts and late at least and yesterday tip balls and and and then tonight you know with with the the the Char the the offensive fou on
Draymond it seems like yeah it’s Demar is doing his thing the last couple minutes of the game but Alex seems to make something happen defensively late every time that that helps you in these clutch situations I mean he’s incredible um I think you need like a full compliment of of players to
That can kind of play to their own identity and what he does is so unique and there’s nobody on our team that does that and there’s probably not very many players in the league that do what he does right so he’s just so unique in his
Own way and the thing I admire and respect about him is like he loves that and a lot of guys don’t enjoy that they don’t enjoy the things that he does and he understands the things that he does one it’s it’s his identity it’s what he’s carved his career out of and I
Think I’ve said this before you he’s a point guard in college and you know in the team and he’s really done that so you know you you get a compliment of the way played this year offensively you know is’s emerging she got Demar and voer are veterans Alex
Kind of is this guy that you can put him on basically anybody across the league and you know you’re going to get a great effort out of him and he’s going to do amazing things and you talk about making quick decisions those charges and loose balls and slap Downs I mean the decision
Making by him in those moments is is unbelievable it’s such quick thinking and and and it gives us extra possessions and there’s times it looks like he’s beat he’s out of the plane you know it’s a deflection it’s a tip you know what I mean it’s a disrupted
Billy Donovan Press Conference | Chicago Bulls vs Golden State Warriors
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