Inside the NBA | Shaq impressed Hawks sink Celtics 123-122 on Dejounte Murray’s OT buzzer-beater

Inside the NBA | Shaq impressed Hawks sink Celtics 123-122 on Dejounte Murray’s OT buzzer-beater

Here from DJ post game how locked in do this team have to be to get this win on a backto back and backto back wins versus the Celtics I mean what I tell you before it’s the NBA right that’s the best team in the league we competed you know uh we didn’t

Used being tired or anything a back toback as an excuse we came out and competed and these are the games I want to be a part of and I still feel like I played awful I don’t want to take them any shots but I know Kobe will be proud

Of me uh but at the end of the day we compet at a high level to the end and we got a great team win a new career high for you I know you don’t like to talk about the stats but how much fun was

This game for you to play and I saw you dapping up your teammates you were into it how much fun was this game I mean this is what I work hard for I’m built for it I work tremendously hard uh I’m confident you know and at the end of the

Day I’m just thankful and grateful to be in the NBA every time I wake up I’m thankful and grateful I don’t try to cheat the grind try to take care of my body and like I said I’m just come from this is unbelievable you know so at the

End of the day I’m just glad that we got a great team win the second chance points were huge tonight really made the difference in this game how big were those to this win I mean it was really big uh like I said we competed best team

In the NBA we’re fighting for a play and playoff spot so I love it my guys showed up we all showed up no excuses on a backto back tire whatever it is we was ready to come and play and we got a great win the Atlanta Hawks did get a great

Win de Jon Murray took 44 Shots tonight only Westbrook and Kobe have taken more shots in a game over the last 20 seasons Breaking barriers powered by Shopify start selling today at shopify.com sltv with those 44 shot attempts as well it also matches his 44 points but it

Passes Dominique Wilkins for the most field goal attempt ever in Hawks franchise history it’s unbelievable you’re asking a wrong person I was coach yeah chanon you ever take 44 shots in again no I took 28 and I promise you I had to put my thing in the SL I was

Coaching book when he got 70 so you asking the wrong person if if you get it in the win I’m I’m all for it yeah oh yeah he did he did what he had to do 44 yeah and and most of the shots he’s taken are good shots so like end of the

Shot clock when you’re missing people sometimes whoever got the hot hand you you going to eat that night sometimes it’s a buffet and sometimes it’s a om I mean he had 19 three-point field goal attempts too the guy could have had 75 80 points tonight he said Kobe would have been proud and

He is telling the truth in the game of basketball you can’t play analytical basketball if you’re at that position you have to just be aggressive in attack and he did that all night he put his team in a chance to win and that’s all

You can say I was UN I was unaware of the Hawks heart so at the beginning I said the Celtics are going to whoop him I was wrong fans he’s not afraid to admit it I will not admit it I am impressed by these wins because they were just battling and fighting through

And and continuing to fight and when you look up to somebody like Deonte murin that you’re leader I think it shows for him that his teammates are fighting even with the guys out like that yeah the Hawks get a win against the Hornets they get two wins against the Celtics this

Week and they get a win against the Portland Trailblazers how much confidence though do these two wins give a team moving forward yes they have that 10 spot locked up in the East but knowing the postseason or I guess the playin right around the corner how much

Confidence does that give them you need momentum going into the postseason especially in the playing game you have to win two tough games one potentially on the road maybe both on the road right so you have to be ready to play come in you can defer you can reflect back on

These wins you can defer to passing up good shots for a great shot and that’s what they need to do down the stretch you’re it’s hard to win in a league and so when you realize dang I if I compete at this level I could play versus the

Best team in the league so that becomes a habit the more you can make that a habit the more you can challenge yourself to get better so if this team can take this momentum and learn and practice that hard then they’re going to get better and be dangerous and not just

Play against the best team in the league win twice against the best team in and the Pelicans took the game tonight over the Milwaukee Bucks 107 to 100 one of the stars of the game CJ McCullum 25 points on the night night joins us right

Now CJ how you doing I’m doing well I’m doing well happy we got a win yeah it was really fun to watch and thank you for joining us on the show I have to ask only eight made threes on the night for the team but you guys grinded this one

Out you were physical you got to the line 34 times what was the key to getting the win over the Milwaukee Bucks tonight we just try to be physical at home protect our home court hit first defend at a high level and really lean

On the fact that uh we have a lot of good players who can get downhill especially Z he’s going to create crowds and we got to drive Closeouts and take advantage of spacing CJ I have a couple things for you one I never got my wine from the

Chiefs beating your Browns and and and the second one you’ve been here before what are you telling your team as a leader in a locker room down a stretch how you want to finish the game and how to prepare for these last couple games for the playoffs yeah I think it’s about

Execution and getting the ball in your best player hands Z and I have had a lot of conversations obviously bi’s out right now so it’s just about us getting what we want each possession I told Z you know a little bit of rub action you know figuring out you know the pigeons

Figuring out weak side help who’s the shot blocker tonight it was Lopez Yannis is tracking the ball figuring out how to how to get them out the way so that we can you know get the shot that we want each time but for us right now you know

Nine eight nine games left we half a game out of fourth but we control our own destiny so we got to compete at a high level CJ I don’t know did y’all have a team meeting or was it something Willie did but you guys have raised your

Game to a whole another level of intensity especially on the defensive end can you tell the people listening and watching what happened was that something consciously done or was that just health and just maturity or what happened after the break where you guys are taking it to this level I think it

Was a combination of things uh the Lakers beat the beat the snot out of us um in in the in season tournament and for us it was a way for us to look in the mirror and figure out how we could be better defensively in our shell how

We could help each other how we could depend on athleticism blength and communication and obviously like tonight we only hit a3s and the law of averages says that you’re not going to win many games in a3s but if you strap up the way we strap up you give yourself a chance

To win games and the best playoff teams defend at a high level especially in half court and then they have players that can close games and and score throughout and I think we have both of those yeah I mean we’re in the stretch run now there’s only eight nine games

Left in the regular season take me inside that locker room the mentality of you guys and the focus moving forward now these last couple weeks knowing postseasons right around the corner yeah for us it’s about being aggressive uh really taking advantage of our practice days obviously you know as shanning Earl

Know you don’t practice a lot down the stretch of season so walkthroughs got to be crisp film has to be sharp and you really have to be communicating at a high level and taking care of your body and I think for us as a young team you

Know this is a really important chance for us to take steps in the right direction establish really good habits and then give ourselves a chance to be a you know four or five seat uh heading into the playoffs CJ we so appreciate you I know Earl’s going to be waiting

For that bottle of wine so he’s not holding that Heritage 91 go get it best of luck best of luck down the stretch thanks so much for taking the time for spee for hey IA did you eat hey First Blood an ally has been defeated an ally has been defeated you listen to me crumble an ally has been defeated hey an enemy has been defeated has been defeated an ally has been defeated our base is under attack timate enemy double kill I feel a bit winded

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Inside the NBA | Shaq impressed Hawks sink Celtics 123-122 on Dejounte Murray’s OT buzzer-beater