Giannis Antetokounmpo Postgame Press Conference | 3.28.24

Giannis Antetokounmpo Postgame Press Conference | 3.28.24

Um first half you guys have nine turnovers I’m curious just what do you see from that perspective of just not I guess valuing the ball or I guess offensively what you see that led to those ter got to do a job you know take you know take get of the ball I feel

Like sometimes like we just not playing with Pace you know I feel like the more we play with Pace the more uh Advantage we can create for one another U you know the more we you know uh don’t play with Pace we don’t we we play against 505 we

Play against a team that have a lot of left guys that can move their feet you know guys that can get in passing Lane so the game becomes harder for us um I think the more we play with pace and the more the balls hopping around the more

People touch it the more people shoot it the more people are aggressive like I think you turn the ball way less you know because you just play you just play random just play with instincts you know so um we just got to get ourself playing

That way what do you say to your team um in regards to that because you you talk about that but how what do you say to your team in order to execute that you got to play with Pace got to play with Pace um I you’re going to make mistakes everybody’s human nobody’s

Nobody’s you know uh perfect uh but we have to play with a purpose you know when we come down when we get the rebound instead of just trying to figure out what we going to run we just boom throw the ball ahead let somebody attack make something happen get in the paint

You don’t have nothing throw the ball back now we play set set offense I feel like we we don’t do that enough um but when we do we are really good we got to do more Chris Chris mentioned that after the Lakers game was like he felt you all

Slowed down a little bit which was which played into their advantage so is that part of this where again it’s your fourth game with him with Doc you said the same thing yeah against La yeah so and it is that part of this process of the next nine games is finding that

Between the three of you the starting group that that kind of thing um yeah like we got to find one another more um know what we’re trying to achieve from every U possession offensively um I feel like previous game that we played against the legs there

Was a lot of one pass shot there was a lot of no pass shot there was no Pace slow down um kind of got back in the game got to play fast like that’s who that’s who we are you know um that’s where we create a lot of

Open threes that’s where we get we don’t have empty possessions that’s where we get a lot of our out of our position um but we we just got to find it we don’t have nine games to find we got to find it tomorrow we got to find it against

Atlanta I I don’t care about the nine games we have left I got to find it right now uh when you look at the physicality that you guys play with it felt like tonight there was times where you guys got out physical a little bit felt like they

Might have been the aggressive aggresses to start how do you guys try to find that it feels like the last five or six Road games that’s kind of been a problem what you talk about our physicality yes when when does that happen usually you know when tends to be on the road first

Quarters I maybe maybe you feel different when we when we when we Face physicality or when when we are the physical team oh when you’re facing physicality when we faing physicality I think when the the ball is um stuck like when the ball is stuck

Then you face with gu guys can be in front of you guys can shove you push you you know then you got to force something you know and then um when that when you start having that kind type of energy um now they they getting they getting they getting doam in hits now

They getting into into you they’re pushing out of your spots forever rebound they boxing out they feel good you know and it goes vice versa like when when do we do that when when we when we get runs when we play fast when we get open threes when we get layups

When we get offensive rebounds and footb you know when we get done and all of a sudden we come defensively and now we are more physical you know you know what I’m saying so we just got to we just got to pick up our Pace we got to pick up our

Pace you know um and we will do it um you had 20 straight points in the third and and Doc has talked about this before when you’ve you or anyone gets going like that just keep doing it until they stop it so what did you see that started that for you and

Obviously as that continued and got you guys back within five points I’m just trying to be aggressive trying to be aggressive I feel like I’ve this is played so much off um the ball um especially uh the last couple of games I’m just trying to be aggressive I

Just try to find my spots try to figure out and read the game and feel the game and how the game is going to be officiated moving forward um don’t they don’t they don’t you know um give a lot of contact plays anymore and that’s what

I I I feel um but I’m just trying just trying to be aggressive like and trying to unlock things like keep people honest like at the end of the day I’m I’m I want to make something I want to get in the paint I want to create for my my

Teammates but like got to mix in one or two shots in just to keep them honest and you know um that’s what I was trying to do I was try to be aggressive what did you like from Beast fourth quarter you didn’t take a shot until 28 seconds

Left I think is that just a function of being off the ball more or what did you see in the fourth quarter that led you not taking any shots until that moment I was I was on I was off the ball I was off the ball the ball never got got to

Me um I’m like the way I play I I don’t want to force things it looks you know when you force things it looks bad you know um just got to play Within the flow of the offense and um sometimes the flow in the flow of the office the ball doesn’t come

To you and um when I shoot as many shots as you want did you see from bees tonight uh that you liked on both ends of the Court he’s just plays hard always ready to shoot knock down tough shots for us compete his b off every single night guards the best

Player um never complain I’ve never seen him complain just does his job night in night out and you appreciate to have teammates like that you and Dame um you and Dame gets gets the line a lot it’s what you do however that has changed a little bit as you kind of mentioned

There what does that felt like to sort of play through this sort of it looks like a change in the way things are being I’m not saying it’s good or bad but it’s clearly you’re not going as much so how are you and I’m not I’m not I’m not I’m not

Making my free throws and I think the reason is because I’m not getting to the line enough like the more I get in the line the more comfortable I get the more I shoot the more you know the more I feel it the more I can repeat the

Feeling you know so just got to figure it out the ways because um that’s when like I love when I’m able to get to the free Throne line and that’s where I’m able to help my team like if I can get to the free Throne

Line eight to 10 times a game uh I feel good you know um I can create fouls you know I can create you know a lot of um trouble so at the end I’m just going to keep on you know forcing the issue and trying to get there you’ve had a

Bunch of battles with Zion over over the last few years tonight Mark the most games he’s ever played in his career in a regular season um just from a progression standpoint as a player to yeah from a progression standpoint as a player how would you assess how he’s progressing now that he’s fully

Healthy he’s awesome he’s he’s unbelievable he’s unbelievable you know uh plays within his strengths every single time plays to win plays defense um understands the game better and I just it just it’s always good to see guys that they’re really good being healthy and being out there and trying to help the team

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Giannis Antetokounmpo talks to the media following Thursday night’s game against the Pelicans.

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