Donovan Mitchell Talks GAME 3 WIN vs Pacers, FULL Postgame Interview

Donovan Mitchell Talks GAME 3 WIN vs Pacers, FULL Postgame Interview

>> BABY JESUS. >> WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT 30 SHOTS NOW YOU KNOW. >> I NEED YOU TO TAKE. >> ONE MORE. >> NEEDED ONE MORE RIGHT. >> UP THAT WINNING. >> PERCENTAGE FACTS. JESUS. >> CHRIS. >> HEY, DONOVAN. SO THEY CUT IT TO 11 IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. AND THEN THE ARENA IS GOING CRAZY. AND T.J. MCCONNELL TELL THEM THE RAW AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND THEN YOU COME OUT AND ACCOUNTED FOR THE NEXT EIGHT. WHAT WHAT DID YOU SENSE IN THAT MOMENT? >> JUST THE RESPONSE, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTAND THAT IT’S HARD TO BLOW A TEAM OUT BY 20 IN THEIR PLACE. WE SAW THAT LAST GAME. EVEN IN OUR PLACE IT’S HARD TO BE UP 20. IT’S HARD TO KEEP A LEAD. IT’S HARD. IT’S JUST HARD IN THIS LEAGUE. YOU KNOW? I MEAN UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY UNDERSTANDING WHO THEY ARE, THEY’RE NOT A TEAM THAT’S GOING TO FOLD EASILY. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY WHEN THEY WENT ON A RUN ACCEPTING IT, UNDERSTANDING IT LILWAYS TELL YOU LIKE HOW DO YOU RESPOND. YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING THAT IT’S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD. AND WE LET ONE SLIP AWAY AT HOME IN A SIMILAR FASHION. SO FOR ME, JUST COULDN’T LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN. AND IT WASN’T JUST ME. I MEAN, I KNOW I SCORED, BUT LIKE, WE GOT STOPS, MADE PLAYS, LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING? SO COLLECTIVE EFFORT ON THAT PART. BUT FOR ME JUST TRYING TO BE AGGRESSIVE AND COUNTER THAT RUN. >> HOW WOULD YOU CHARACTERIZE THE IMPACT THAT MAX HAS HAD IN THIS SERIES SO FAR? >> I MEAN, HE HAD 27 AND SEVEN LIKE HE DOES IT ALL. DID A PHENOMENAL JOB ON ON TYRESE AND MAKING IT TOUGH ON HIM SPRINTING FOR REBOUNDS, OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS, DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS, PICKING UP FULL COURT. I TOLD HIM AT ONE POINT I WAS LIKE, MAN, I’M A LITTLE A LITTLE WINDED. HE’S LIKE, NAH, THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING? LIKE, THAT’S JUST WHO HE IS, MAN. AND I GO TO WAR WITH A GUY LIKE THAT AND YOU KNOW, YOU SEE IT ON A NIGHT TO NIGHT BASIS AND PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS HIS BIGGEST ATTRIBUTE? YOU KNOW, WHAT’S HIS BEST ATTRIBUTE? HE’S A WINNER. HE’S A COMPETITOR. HE’S A GUY YOU WANT ON YOUR TEAM AND A GUY YOU WANT TO GO TO WAR WITH. >> AND KENNY SAID BEFORE THE GAME THAT HE DIDN’T LABEL THIS A MUST WIN GAME. HE JUST SAID, WE NEED TO LEAN INTO OUR IDENTITY. DID YOU CONSIDER THIS A MUST WIN GAME. THOUSAND PERCENT? I KNOW HE DIDN’T. I KNOW IT, DEFINITELY NOT THE MESSAGE. BUT FOR ME AND MY MENTAL, I DIDN’T NECESSARILY SAY THAT TO EVERYBODY. I KIND OF KEPT THAT TO MYSELF BECAUSE UNDERSTANDING THAT, HEY, GO DOWN THREE ZERO HERE, IT’S TOUGH. LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING? SO YEAH, THIS WAS THIS WAS A MUST WIN. WE LET ONE SLIP AT HOME, LET THE FANS DOWN AT HOME, MAN. SO WE GOT TO, YOU KNOW, FIND A WAY TO BOUNCE BACK. AND WE DID. BUT ULTIMATELY ALL WE DID WAS WIN ONE GAME. WE GOT TO DO IT AGAIN ON SUNDAY. >> JAMAL WHAT DID YOU FEEL THE BIGGEST BOOST FROM HAVING THE THREE GUYS RETURN TO THE LINEUP? >> I MEAN, YOU SAW EVAN MOBLEY ON THE ON THE BLOCKING SHOTS ON THE GLASS. OBVIOUSLY HIS SCORING, BUT JUST HIS PRESENCE DOWN THERE ALONG WITH J.R. IT JUST HELPS EVERYBODY. AND THEN DJ BEING ABLE JUST TO AT LEAST YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY HE’S HE’S BANGED UP AND HE’S PLAYING THROUGH STUFF MAN. AND WE LOVE THAT FIGHT AND SPIRIT. BUT JUST BEING ABLE TO YOU KNOW KIND OF BRING THE BALL UP AND INITIATE OFFENSE AND KIND OF DO DIFFERENT THINGS, MAKING IT EASIER ON EVERYBODY. AND THEN DRE, YOU KNOW, DOING WHAT HE DOES, BEING IN THE RIGHT SPOTS, KNOCKING DOWN TIMELY SHOTS, BEING IN THE PAINT YOU KNOW, GUARDING THE BALL, NOT LETTING IT GET TO THE PAINT LIKE THE DIFFERENT THINGS. SO LIKE I SAID THIS MORNING IT’S GREAT TO HAVE THOSE GUYS BACK. BUT WE GOT TO DO IT AGAIN. >> YOU JUST KIND OF HOW MUCH PRESSURE DID YOU FEEL PERSONALLY IN THE FOURTH QUARTER COMPARED TO THE FIRST TWO GAMES? >> I MEAN, YEAH, YOU KNOW, BUT LIKE I ALWAYS SAY, I DON’T IT’S GREAT TO HAVE THEM BACK. BUT MY JOB IS TO HELP THE TEAM WIN. AND YOU KNOW, IF IT WAS ONE ON FIVE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. THAT’S MY THAT’S MY JOB. IT’S NOT. BUT LIKE YOU KNOW I THINK FOR ME OBVIOUSLY HAVING THOSE GUYS BACK IS HUGE. THEY BRING US A HUGE BOOST, BRING ME A HUGE BOOST. AND LIKE I SAID, I G WAR WITH THESE GUYS. I TRUST EVERYBODY IN THIS LOCKER ROOM. AND YOU KNOW, YOU SAW IT TONIGHT. BUT ULTIMATELY YOU GOT TO DO IT AGAIN. >> JOE. >> THE COMBINATION OF GETTING THE WIN TONIGHT AND HAVING THOSE THREE GUYS BACK, DO YOU DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU’RE BACK IN THE SERIES? >> I MEAN YEAH, IT WAS TWO ONE. BUT WE HAVEN’T DONE ANYTHING. I MEAN, WE WON ONE GAME. YOU KNOW WE GOT TO DO IT AGAIN. IT’S BEEN MY MESSAGE I DON’T I TOLD HIM WE’RE NOT CELEBRATING. WE’RE NOT SMILING. IT’S WE DID WE CAME HERE TO TAKE TAKE TWO GAMES AND WE DID ONE. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? UNDERSTANDING THAT THE NEXT ONE IS GOING TO BE THE HARDEST GAME OF THE SERIES, AND THE NEXT ONE AFTER THAT IS GOING TO BE THE HARDEST GAME. SO TAKE IT. TAKE IT FOR WHAT? TAKE IT. TAKE THAT FOR WHAT IT IS AND UNDERSTAND THAT, HEY, WE DID IT. WE DID A JOB AND WE GOT TO KEEP GOING. >> GOING BACK TO THE GLASS LIKE YOU WERE MENTIONING, JAY AND EVAN WERE REALLY ACTIVE, ESPECIALLY ON THE OFFENSIVE GLASS. JUST WHAT KIND OF BOOST DOES THAT GIVE THE TEAM WHEN YOU’RE CONTROLLING THE POSSESSION GAME LIKE THAT? AND OBVIOUSLY IT’S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO REALLY GIVE A BOOST TO THE BENCH. >> YEAH, I MEAN WHEN YOU GET THOSE EXTRA POSSESSIONS, IT’S HUGE FOR THAT’S BEEN OUR MOTTO PRETTY MUCH ALL YEAR. YOU KNOW, TRYING TO WIN THE IT’S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR. YOU KNOW WE’RE KIND OF GETTING BACK IN TRANSITION AND AGAINST A TEAM LIKE THAT WHO LIKES TO GET OUT. YOU KNOW IF YOU GET THOSE SECOND POSSESSIONS, IT DEFINITELY IS A GAME CHANGER. AND YOU KNOW JAY WAS PHENOMENAL WHEN ED WAS OUT AND HE WAS PHENOMENAL AGAIN. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY EVAN YOU KNOW YOUR ALL STAR YOUR DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR EVAN MOBLEY BACK. LIKE HE WAS PHENOMENAL AS WELL. BUT THE BIGGEST MESSAGE TO THEM WAS LIKE, ALL RIGHT COOL. WE DID IT ONCE. WE GOT TO DO IT AGAIN. >> AND JUST A QUESTION ON THE THREE TWO ZONE. THAT’S SOMETHING YOU THREW IN TONIGHT. AND OBVIOUSLY YOU HAD A SOLID EFFECT. AND SAM MERRILL LAVINE PLAYED A BIG PART IN THAT TOO. CAN YOU JUST KIND OF SPEAK TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THAT MOVE? >> FIRST OF ALL, SAM MERRILL, MAN, I, I LOVE THAT DUDE, MAN. LIKE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY HE WAS ONE OF FIVE TONIGHT, BUT HE’S HE’S IN THAT MAX COURT CATEGORY. JUST A COMPETITOR. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I THINK ONE OF Y’ALL ASKED HIM ABOUT WHY HE GETS PICKED ON ON DEFENSE. AND HE LAUGHED. AND YOU KNOW I THINK FOR HIM HE TAKES THAT CHALLENGE. HE GETS MAD AT ME FOR TRYING TO SWITCH UP MATCHUPS. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? HE TAKES THAT. AND YOU WANT A GUY LIKE THAT IN YOUR LOCKER ROOM I LOVE SAM, WE ALL LOVE HIM. LOVE WHAT HE BRINGS. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW HE HAD WHAT 20 THE OTHER NIGHT 17 LIKE JUST BIG NIGHTS. AND HE DIDN’T REALLY SHOOT IT WELL TONIGHT. BUT HE DID SO MUCH SO MANY POSITIVE THINGS THROUGHOUT THE GAME. SO I WANTED TO GIVE HIM HIS CREDIT, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT AS WELL. AND THEN THE THREE TWO ZONE, YOU KNOW KENNY BROUGHT IT UP AND WAS LIKE, HEY, LET’S TRY TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SOME THINGS. OBVIOUSLY WE HAD FOUL TROUBLE, WHICH WAS HUGE. SO KIND OF BOUGHT US A FEW POSSESSIONS. WE REBOUNDED OUT THE ZONE, WHICH I THINK IS HUGE. YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF SCRAMBLING AROUND DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT WE REBOUNDED WELL, WHICH WAS GREAT. >> I KNOW DARIUS IS OBVIOUSLY HOBBLED AND FIGHTING THROUGH A LOT OF PAIN RIGHT NOW, BUT WHEN HE’S ON THE FLOOR WITH YOU, HOW MUCH PRESSURE DOES THAT ALLEVIATE FROM WHAT YOU SAW IN THE FIRST COUPLE OF GAMES IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY’RE DOING DEFENSIVELY AGAINST YOU? >> YEAH, I MEAN A LOT. YOU KNOW I MEAN I THINK IT ALLOWS ME TO, YOU KNOW, CATCH AND SHOOT THREES. I THINK I GOT A FEW OF THOSE YOU KNOW RUNNING IN TRANSITION NOT HAVING ALWAYS TO COME BACK TO THE BALL. AND YOU KNOW, I TOLD HIM 20% OF YOU 30% OF YOU IS ALL ALL WE NEED MAN. LIKE HE’S HE’S FIGHTING AND GUTTING IT OUT. A LOT OF RESPECT FOR HIM. BUT I’M, I’M A GUY THAT’S LIKE COOL. DO IT AGAIN. LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING. LIKE THE SAME THING. HE WOULD SAY THE SAME THING LIKE LIKE THIS IS GREAT. THIS IS I’M VERY HAPPY THAT HE’S OUT THERE. HE BELIEVES, LIKE YOU SAID, RELIEVES A LOT OF PRESSURE. BUT YOU NEED TO WIN THE RECOVERY GAME AND DO IT AGAIN ON SUNDAY. >> YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU CAME HERE TO WIN TWO. YOU’VE DONE HALF OF THAT. DOES IT FEEL AS IF THERE’S LESS, LESS PRESSURE NOW BECAUSE OF THAT? >> NO. >> WE GOT A JOB TO DO. I CAN’T SAY BECAUSE WE, WE GOT HALFWAY AND YOU CAN KIND OF RELAX NOW. WE GOT TO KEEP OUR FOOT ON THE, ON THE THROTTLE AND UNDERSTAND THAT THEY’RE GOING TO BE JUST EVEN MORE AGGRESSIVE, EVEN MORE PHYSICAL NEXT GAME. AND WE GOT TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, WITHSTAND THAT AND COUNTERPUNCH AS WELL. >> HEY DONOVAN, AFTER YOU HAD THAT EIGHT TWO RUN AFTER THEY CUT IT TO 11 AND YOU HAD THAT ASSIST TO MAX, IT LOOKED LIKE YOU CAME OVER THE BENCH AND WERE KIND OF LIKE THIS. WHAT WAS YOUR MESSAGE TO THE GUYS IN THAT MOMENT? >> STAY HERE. LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE DID OUR JOB. WE WEATHERED THE STORM. DON’T LET THEM COUNTER THAT. LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I THINK THAT’S THAT WAS THE BIGGEST MESSAGE IT WAS ABOUT I DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME WAS MAYBE LIKE FIVE, SIX MINUTES LEFT. LIKE WE COUNTED THAT. NOW DON’T LET THEM DO THE SAME THING. I’VE TOLD YOU ALL YEAR, THE BIGGEST THING IS HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO SUCCESS? HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO FAILURE? WE HAD SOME SUCCESS ON THAT LITTLE RUN. DON’T LET THEM COME BACK. DON’T LET THE CROWD GET BACK INTO IT. AND WE DID A PHENOMENAL JOB TO END THE GAME AS A GROUP. >> AND THEN SPEAKING OF RESPONSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GUYS TOOK A BIG PUNCH LIKE YOU DID IN GAME TWO WITH THE WAY THAT ENDED, WHAT WERE THE CONVERSATIONS LIKE LEADING UP TO GAME THREE THAT MADE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU GUYS WERE GOING TO RESPOND THE RIGHT WAY? >> A LOT OF POSITIVES. YOU KNOW, I SAID IT THIS MORNING, LIKE, I THINK YOU CAN’T LET A MINUTE AND A HALF MINUTE 50S DETER YOU FROM THE GOOD OF WHAT WE DID. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I THINK THERE’S A LOT OF THINGS WE LOOKED AT AND SAW THAT WE DID REALLY WELL. OBVIOUSLY FORCE AND ENERGY AND OBVIOUSLY LIKE, YEAH, YOU ADD THOSE THREE GUYS BACK, IT CHANGES THINGS. BUT LIKE THERE’S A LOT OF THINGS WE DID WELL AND WE JUST GOT TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. AND I THINK THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH THE MESSAGE. AND LIKE I SAID AFTER THE GAME, IT’S LIKE, ALL RIGHT, IT HAPPENED LIKE WE BLEW THE GAME. COOL. LIKE WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT. >> JOE. >> WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WIN THE GAME. >> DONOVAN. THEY HAD FOUR TECHNICAL FOULS IN THE SECOND HALF. THE CROWD WAS ANGRY. CAN YOU GUYS FEED OFF THAT FRUSTRATION OR DO YOU FEED OFF IT? >> I DON’T THINK WE REALLY FEED INTO IT. I UNDERSTAND THAT WE GOT THE FREE THROWS AND THAT’S THAT. BUT YOU KNOW, WE JUST GOT TO GO OUT THERE AND HANDLE BUSINESS WHETHER THEY GOT THE TECHS OR NOT. WE GOT TO GO OUT THERE AND KEEP OUR KEEP OUR HEAD ON STRAIGHT AND KIND OF STAY WITH THE TUNNEL VISION. GEEZ. STAY WITH THE TUNNEL VISION, MAN. THAT’S THAT’S MY BIGGEST THING. I, I DON’T CARE IF THEY GOT 18 TECHNICAL FOULS. DOESN’T MEAN ANYTHING. ME AND SAM GOT TO MAKE OUR FREE THROWS. I TRY TO GIVE HIM ONE AND I GAVE HIM SOME FOR IT. SO I MISSED TWO, LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING? BUT WE GOT TO CAPITALIZE. DON’T MATTER WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON AROUND AROUND US. WE HAVE TUNNEL VISION, STAY LOCKED IN AND HANDLE BUSINESS. >> AND THEN TYUS HAD A COUPLE ROUGH GAMES. WHAT CAN YOU DO AS THE LEADER, AS A TEAMMATE TO GET HIM OUT AS HE JUST HAVE TO PLAY OUT. >> OF IT. >> PLAY OUT OF IT? I’M NOT WORRIED ABOUT TY JEROME. HE’S HE’S SHOWN US ALL YEAR WHO HE IS. HE SHOWED US IN THE FIRST ROUND LIKE THIS IS JUST NOT MAKING SHOTS RIGHT NOW. AND IT’S FINE. UNDERSTAND? LIKE, HEY, IT’S COMING. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, HE WORKS HARD. HE’S IN THE GYM. IT’S NOT LIKE, YOU KNOW, HE’S NOT PUTTING IN THE WORK. I’VE SEEN THIS MY WHOLE LIFE WITH HIM. SO UNDERSTANDING THAT, HEY, YOU DON’T NEED TO OVERDO IT WITH, YOU KNOW, PATTING HIM ON THE BACK, JUST SAY, HEY, YOU’RE GOOD. THIS IS WHAT YOU DO. IT’S COMING BECAUSE WE ALL BELIEVE IN HIM AND NOT NOTHING TO WORRY. HE

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