EXCLUSIVE: Payton Pritchard Reacts to Magic Coach Comparing Him to Holiday | Full Interview

EXCLUSIVE: Payton Pritchard Reacts to Magic Coach Comparing Him to Holiday | Full Interview

you know, given that you went out the last three games. Uh, I mean, I wasn’t necessarily trying to like u, you know, have his impact. It was just trying to play hard and obviously, you know, defensively Drew is unbelievable. So, somebody that can pick up the ball every time, just make it tough. And then, you know, we have so many stars offensively. You got to like, you know, you’re not going to have the ball at times, but when you do have it, you got to take advantage. You got to hit in key moments, stuff like that. So, just being efficient in your in your moments. What does it say to you that you’re very good defense? something I want to be known for. I’ve said that being a two-way player. I know people in the past want to say that like, you know, I’ve maybe been a liability, but that’s something that I’m trying to strive to overcome and be really like a a great on ball defender that can just, you know, take people out of the series. Your numbers are really good entering this game guarding Paulo and Fron. Was that something that you were you like focused on those match ups going into the series knowing that they were probably going to target you a little bit and just kind of pro? I kind of figured they were, but I was just always like, you know, where am I at? My best is ball pressure up high. Like that’s if I play them in into my game, then I have the advantage. But obviously, if I let them, you know, they catch it down to the block, they’re 610, that’s more their advantage. So if I can push the catches out, just make things tough every time, then I should be all right. And that’s kind of what I strive to do. And feel like I did a good job. Did you feel at one point that they no longer wanted to? Like it seemed like at one point they were not really hunting back. They stopped they stopped going to it. I think cuz it was just for them it was having to work extra just to even get down there and even if they didn’t having to think about dribbling every time and what moves. So, uh I think I did a good job in that area. How did you find the threes? Sure. Yeah. I mean their game plan was just after the first two was just not to let any more threes happen and they were going to let isolations happen. So obviously we went to Orlando and like we just the bench and stuff. We didn’t get any looks or shots which is okay. That’s their game plan. But eventually, you know, Water finds this level, start to make plays, and then it was like an avalanche in the second half. Was it hard to keep up the defensive intensity like when you weren’t scoring in games three and four? Obviously, like nobody wants to drop off, but did you feel like you were able to like suff, you know, overcome that mental hurdle? Uh, for sure. I mean, obviously, you want to score, but it’s just like it’s it’s not possible every game with the the people we have on our team. You know, they’re sometimes they take that load, and so how can you make an impact? And for me it was just like every game being ball pressure and just getting into the ball making it tough every time. So um I just try to leave my impact on stuff I can control. Sometimes I can’t control if I I’m going to get shots or have that I can control my effort defensively and trying to rebound. How challenging was this series? Uh just they’re they’re a really good team. Very physical. So that was a it was a physical challenge. Uh I thought defensively they’re probably the best team defensively we’ve seen uh at guarding the ball. So, uh, it was definitely a good challenge. Very physical. So, it was great.

BOSTON — The Boston Celtics defeated the Orlando Magic in Game 5, 120-89 on Tuesday night to close out the series. Payton Pritchard came off the bench and lead the bench scoring with 10 points. Pritchard spoke to the media postgame about the Celtics series win over the Magic.

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