Nikola Jokic talks Game 2 Loss vs OKC, FULL Postgame Interview

Nikola Jokic talks Game 2 Loss vs OKC, FULL Postgame Interview

>> DON’T WORRY. >> GOOD. ALL RIGHT. >> HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE START THAT THEY CAME OUT WITH VERSUS WHAT YOU GUYS PLANNED FOR SOMETHING. >> OH YEAH. WE DIDN’T WE DIDN’T. BASICALLY IT WAS ONE TEAM PLAYING TONIGHT. EVEN THE TURNOVERS MRS. THEY WERE AGGRESSIVE. THEY WERE GOING BY US. THEY WERE REBOUNDING THE BALL. THEY WERE JUST BETTER. THEY WERE MUCH, MUCH BETTER THAN US TODAY. AND THAT’S THE SCORE. THAT’S WHY THE SCORE IS SO BAD. >> NIKOLA HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THEIR PHYSICALITY WHEN THEY’RE IT SEEMS LIKE YOU’RE ALWAYS GETTING CALLED REACTION. YOU PERSONALLY REACTING. HOW DO YOU DEAL AND KIND OF PLAY THROUGH THEIR PHYSICALITY IF THEY’RE GOING TO LET ESPECIALLY THE SMALLER GUYS? >> I MEAN JUST JUST TRY TO TRY TO FIGHT FOR THE POSITION AS BEST AS YOU CAN. YOU KNOW? AND DEAL WITH CONSEQUENCES. >> AND THEN YOU FOULED OUT IN THE THIRD QUARTER. I THINK THAT’S THE FIRST TIME YOU’VE HAD THAT HAPPEN IN THE NBA AT LEAST. WAS THE LAST FOUL OUT OF FRUSTRATION TO GET OUT. OR CAN YOU JUST TALK ABOUT FOULING OUT? >> NO. IT WAS JUST YOU KNOW, I THINK I WANTED TO SET A GOOD SCREEN ON JAMAL BECAUSE THEY WERE SO PHYSICAL HANDS ON HIM. AND IT HAPPENS, YOU KNOW. >> WHAT IMPACT DID YOU FEEL LIKE JALEN WILLIAMS MADE WHEN THEY BROUGHT HIM IN AND HAD HIM ON YOU A BIT MORE? >> I MEAN, THEY HAD HIM ON ME EVEN LAST GAME. SO IT WAS NOTHING. NOT A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE LAST GAME. SO HE’S HE’S THERE TO BE AGGRESSIVE TO BE INTO ME YOU KNOW. SO NOT HE DIDN’T DO NOTHING DIFFERENT. HE WAS DOING THE SAME THING WHAT HE WAS DOING LAST GAME. >> NIKOLA THIS IS YOUR GUYS SECOND BIG LOSS OF THE POSTSEASON. WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN FROM DAVID ADELMAN IN TERMS OF HANDLING IT? >> I MEAN, HE HANDLED HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE YOU KNOW WE NEED TO GET BACK. WE NEED TO BE BETTER. IT’S NOT IT’S NOT HIS FAULT. I THINK IT’S EVERYBODY’S I MEAN IT’S A LITTLE BIT HIS FAULT TOO. BUT COLLECTIVELY AS A GROUP, WE NEED TO BE MUCH BETTER TO NOT REACT TO ATTACK THEM. >> NIKOLA, YOU GUYS HAVE HAD SOME TOUGH PLAYOFF LOSSES, INCLUDING ONE LAST ROUND. CAN YOU DRAW ON THAT ABILITY TO NOT JUST FORGET ABOUT THE GAME, BUT TURN THE PAGE TO THE NEXT GAME AND NOT DWELL ON THE LOSS? >> I THINK WE SHOULD NOT FORGET ABOUT IT. I THINK WE SHOULD LEARN FROM IT, LEARN FROM IT, AND BE. BE. MUCH BETTER. AND WHERE WE MADE THE MISTAKES, WE WERE NOT BEING AGGRESSIVE. WE WERE WHAT WE DID IN THE FIRST GAME. WHAT WE DID NOT IN THE FIRST, IN THE SECOND GAME. SO, YOU KNOW, SO JUST WE NEED TO LEARN IT, LEARN FROM IT. >> YOU OBVIOUSLY HAD A LOT TO SAY TO, TO SCOTT FOSTER AFTER THAT FIFTH FOUL. >> I WAS JUST ASKING. I DIDN’T NOT THINK. I DIDN’T SAY NOTHING. I THINK I JUST SAID I HAVE A I CAN ASK THE QUESTIONS. >> I THINK RUSS RUSS GOT A TECHNICAL EARLIER IN THE GAME TOO. I THINK HE WAS HE CAME OVER, IT LOOKED LIKE HE WAS DEFENDING YOU SORT OF AFTER JAYLIN WILLIAMS. >> YEAH, OF COURSE. I MEAN. >> RUSS IS A IS A GREAT TEAMMATE. HE’S ALWAYS GOING TO BE THERE. AND IT’S ALWAYS A REACTION YOU KNOW. SO HE REACTED AND HE GOT A TECHNICAL. IS IT IS IT A HOW TO SAY DID IT DID IT. DID HE DESERVE IT OR NOT. THAT’S NOT MY TO TALK. >> DO YOU APPRECIATE IT THOUGH WHEN TEAMMATES COME OVER SORT OF TO YOUR DEFENSE THINGS LIKE THAT. >> YES OF COURSE. >> NIKOLA DAVID SAID THAT HE FELT LIKE YOU GUYS WANTED TO GO OUT THERE AFTER HALF TIME AND STILL PLAY EVEN AS BIG AS THE MARJON. >> YES, OF COURSE. I MEAN, THEY WERE THEY WERE AGGRESSIVE. THEY WERE THEY WERE HITTING US. WE WANTED TO WE WANTED TO HAVE THE REACTION. WE JUST DIDN’T. WE WERE NOT DISCIPLINED. AND EVERYBODY WAS KIND OF DOING THEIR OWN THING. AND WE CANNOT WIN LIKE THAT A LITTLE. EVERY SINGLE PERSON NEEDS TO, NEEDS TO STEP UP AND BE BETTER. >> WERE THERE ANY CONVERSATIONS JUST BETWEEN PLAYERS ABOUT WANTING. >> TO I. >> MEAN, WE UNDERSTAND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS THIS IS NOT WHAT WE WANT, OF COURSE. SO WE’RE GOING TO WE NEED TO BE MUCH BETTER. >> AND I MENTIONED THAT JOEL DIDN’T NECESSARILY DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT TONIGHT. BUT WHEN THEY ARE THROWING A VARIETY OF BIGS AT YOU, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ALWAYS HAVE SOMEONE WITH FRESH LEGS ON YOU. JUST HOW MUCH OF A CHALLENGE DOES THAT PRESENT? >> I MEAN, SINCE LAST 3 OR 4 YEARS, I THINK THAT’S WHAT TEAM DOING TO ME. SO IT’S NOT SOMETHING THAT I DIDN’T SEE BEFORE. >> NIKOLA. IT’S CLEAR. AND WE TALKED TO PJ THAT HIS SHOULDERS OBVIOUSLY LIMITING HIM. SO WHAT’S IT SAY ABOUT THE EFFORT HE IS GIVING YOU, KNOWING THAT HE CAN’T EXTEND HIS ARMS ALL THE WAY ON OFFENSE OR GRABBING A BALL OFF THE GLASS? >> I MEAN, HE’S A HE’S HE’S FIGHTING. OF COURSE I THINK IT’S A GOOD THING AND WE APPRECIATE IT. BUT I THINK THAT’S THAT CANNOT BE EXCUSED. EXCUSED. SO IF. THAT CANNOT BE EXCUSED. YEAH. THAT’S THAT’S MY JUST OPINION. >> WHAT ARE YOUR. >> THOUGHTS ON THUNDER FANS BOOING RUSS FOR THE FIRST TIME. >> BOOING WESTBROOK WHEN. >> EARLY FIRST QUARTER. >> HE HIT A JUMPER. >> YEAH HE DID JUMPER IN THE CORNER. >> I DON’T KNOW THE THAT’S THEIR PROBLEM I REALLY DON’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY

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