Jalen Brunson on getting 5 Fouls in 3rd QTR & GAME 5 LOSS vs Celtics, Full Postgame Interview

Jalen Brunson on getting 5 Fouls in 3rd QTR & GAME 5 LOSS vs Celtics, Full Postgame Interview

N BRUNSON. JAYLEN JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY WHAT DISAPPOINTED YOU MOST TONIGHT ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE. A LOT. A LOT JUST. I’M NOT EVEN GOING TO EXPLAIN IT. JUST A LOT. TIBBS TALKED ABOUT I’M SORRY. TIBBS TALKED ABOUT THE TRANSITION DEFENSE AND LACK OF COMMUNICATION. THAT’S SOMETHING THAT COMES UP. IT FEELS LIKE EVERY OTHER GAME, EVERY TWO GAMES. WHY DO YOU THINK THAT FLUCTUATES SO MUCH AMONGST THIS GROUP? I’M NOT SURE WHY. IT’S JUST PAYING ATTENTION TO DETAILS WHEN IT COMES TO PREPARING FOR GAMES. MAKING SURE OUR MINDS, OUR HEADS ARE RIGHT AND. WE’RE LOCKED IN ON A SIMILAR GOAL AND THAT’S WHAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO BEAT A TEAM LIKE THIS. IT’S A VERY GOOD TEAM, REGARDLESS OF WHO’S OUT THERE. YOU GUYS ARE TIED UP AT HALFTIME. HOW DID YOU THINK THE TEAM CAME OUT TO START THE SECOND HALF? NOT NOT THAT GOOD. OBVIOUSLY. JUST I MEAN 32 TO 17, THE THIRD AND. THEY CAME OUT WITH A SENSE OF URGENCY THAT WE NEED. JAYLEN WHAT ABOUT THE THIRD QUARTER? I MEAN, HAVE YOU EVER GOTTEN FIVE FOULS IN A QUARTER LIKE THAT AND FIVE FOULS OF ONE QUARTER. YEAH. I DON’T YOU WANT ME TO SAY THAT. I MEAN JUST HOW CRAZY WAS THE QUARTER? I MEAN I GUESS. I’M NOT EVEN GOING TO SAY ANYTHING. I’M SORRY. OKAY. JAYLEN. THAT THAT THIRD YOU GUYS OBVIOUSLY GOT OFF TO A SLOW START THERE. THE STARTERS IN THE SERIES I KNOW COMING INTO TONIGHT THE STARTERS WERE WERE -22 IN THE SERIES. WHY DO YOU THINK IT IS THAT THE STARTERS HAVE KIND OF STRUGGLED NOT JUST NECESSARILY IN THIS SERIES, BUT MAYBE COMPARATIVELY TO WHERE YOU WERE AT THE START OF THE YEAR, IN MAYBE THE LAST MONTH OR TWO MONTHS OR SO AS A GROUP. YOU SAID WE’RE -22 COMING INTO TONIGHT. YOU WERE -22 IN THIS SERIES. IN THIS SERIES, YEAH. WELL, FIRST LET’S TALK ABOUT WHO WE’RE PLAYING. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE CELTICS, THE DEFENDING CHAMPS TEAM WITH A LOT OF EXPERIENCE. A TEAM THAT. JUST I MEAN OBVIOUSLY WE’VE SEEN WHAT THEY’VE BEEN ABLE TO DO OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. OBVIOUSLY WINNING LAST YEAR AND WHAT THEY’VE BEEN ABLE TO DO BEFORE THAT. SO WE’RE PLAYING A REALLY GOOD TEAM. AND SO OBVIOUSLY WE DON’T WANT TO BE -22 COMING INTO TONIGHT, BUT WE GOT TO UNDERSTAND WHO WE’RE FACING AND WE NEED TO BE BETTER. FLAT OUT. THAT’S THAT’S WHAT THAT MEANS. JAYLEN WE’VE TALKED ABOUT THIS ON A FEW DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, BUT CAT ONLY HAVING 23. ATTEMPTS IN THIS IN THIS SERIES. AND SOME OF IT I’D SAY A LARGE PART OF IT IS HOW THEY’RE GUARDING HIM. ARE THERE WAYS TO AS A COLLECTIVE, FIGURE OUT WAYS TO GET THAT GOING? IS THERE WAYS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ENCOURAGED HIM TO BE MORE ASSERTIVE IN THAT WAY? HOW DO YOU GUYS UNLOCK THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSISTENTLY AS A GROUP? I THINK AS A GROUP, WE NEED TO OBVIOUSLY TRUST EACH OTHER. I NEED TO TRUST EVERYONE OUT THERE KNOWING WHEN TO ATTACK AND WHEN TO SET THE TABLE. I THINK THE BIGGEST PART OF THAT IS OBVIOUSLY KNOWING HOW THEY’RE DEFENDING AND HOW CAN WE ATTACK THAT. AND SO. IF THEY’RE GOING TO PUT A SMALLER GUY ON HIM AND WE NEED TO FEED HIM IN THE POST, THEY HAVEN’T PUT A BIGGER GUY ON HIM. AND SO. JUST WE NEED TO ATTACK ACCORDINGLY. AND HIM BEING AGGRESSIVE GIVES US A GREAT ADVANTAGE. JAYLEN, I’M CURIOUS, YOU WERE REALLY CANDID WITH US AFTER GAME THREE, SAYING THAT MAYBE IT WAS KIND OF A SUBCONSCIOUS THING ABOUT A SATISFACTION LEVEL. IS THERE ANY OF THAT AT ALL THAT HAPPENS OR CAN HAPPEN JUST IN LIGHT OF TATUM’S INJURY? AND JUST THE CELTICS ARE A GREAT GROUP? NO, NO QUESTIONS ASKED. BUT AS FAR AS ARE THEY, A LITTLE BIT LESS OF A GROUP PERCEPTION WISE, DOES THAT FACTOR IN AT ALL? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE TEAM THINKS OR FEELS AT ANY POINT? NO, NOT AT ALL. YES, THEY’RE MISSING A BIG PIECE. BUT LIKE I SAID BEFORE, I MEAN, THEY’RE A TEAM, A WELL-OILED MACHINE THAT THAT HAS BEEN IN SITUATIONS WHERE THEY’VE PLAYED WITHOUT THEM. AND SO AND THEY’VE PLAYED WELL. AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT. AND WE NEED TO I MEAN. TRUST THE GAME PLAN AND PLAY ACCORDINGLY. IT’S THAT SIMPLE. THANKS, JIM. THANK YOU SO JALEN BRUNSON THERE. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE FIVE FOULS IN THE THIRD QUARTER BECAUSE HE HAD ZERO AT HALF BUT GOT FIVE IN THE THIRD, DECLINED POLITELY, DECLINED TO ANSWER. SMART. DIDN’T WANT TO GET FINED, BUT I MEAN, THAT IS A UNIQUE SITUATION. OBVIOUSLY IT’S A UNIQUE SITUATION. HOWEVER, AS AS 3D AND I POINTED OUT, RIGHT, WHAT THEY WERE DOING WAS TARGETING HIM ON EVERY OFFENSIVE PLAY. SO CONSEQUENTLY, THE OFFICIALS RIGHT THERE SEEING BRUNSON IN EVERY OFFENSIVE PLAY, NOT BEING TARGETED. BUT, YOU KNOW, THE GUY WHO HAS THE BALL, RIGHT, YOU KNOW, YOU’RE THE OFFICIAL, YOU’RE WATCHING HIM WITH THE BALL. AND IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT BRUNSON’S GUARDING HIM ALL THE TIME. SO I THOUGHT YOU KNOW CELTICS AND MISSOULA WENT OLD SCHOOL IN TERMS OF HEY, WE GOT TO TAKE SOME PEOPLE OFF THE FLOOR. ALL GUY TATUM IS YOU KNOW HE’S OFF THE FLOOR. SO IN ORDER FOR THIS GAME TO BE KIND OF FAIR, RIGHT. WE GOT TO GET BRUNSON OFF THE FLOOR. HE CAN’T WE CAN’T ALLOW BRUNSON TO PLAY 40 42 MINUTES TONIGHT. WE GOT TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF TIME HE’S GOING TO BE ON THE FLOOR. AND HOW PRODUCTIVE HE’S GOING TO BE ON THE FLOOR. IT’S LIKE 3D WHEN WE PLAY. YOU KNEW YOU WEREN’T GOING TO BEAT LARRY BIRD, MCHALE AND PARISH IF ALL OF THEM GOT TO PLAY 40 MINUTES, YOU GOT TO GET ONE OF THEM IN FOUL TROUBLE TO GET GET THEM OFF THE FLOOR. RIGHT. LET ME, LET ME LET ME PLAY AGAINST GREG KAYTE A LITTLE BIT. RIGHT? I DON’T WANT TO PLAY AGAINST THE CHIEF ALL THE TIME. RIGHT. YOU WANT TO PLAY AGAINST THOSE BACKUPS? WHAT MISSOULA AND THE CELTICS DID TONIGHT WAS BRUNSON IS THE GUY WE GOT TO WE GOT TO GET HIM OFF THE FLOOR SOMEHOW. HOW DO YOU MOVE PEOPLE OFF THE FLOOR. YOU GET THEM IN FOUL TROUBLE. THEY GET THEM FIRST 2 OR 3 FOULS. AND THE COACH GOT TO MAKE A DECISION NOW OKAY. YOU’RE GOING TO LEAVE HIM IN. AND THREE D IF YOU LEAVE HIM IN WE’RE GOING TO KNOCK. KEEP COMING AT YOU. NOW WE KNOW WE GOT TO. WE GOT TO DUCK NOW I MEAN BECAUSE YOU DON’T WANT TO PICK UP THAT FOURTH FOUL. AND I KNOW YOU DON’T. SO CONSEQUENTLY I GOT AN EASY BUCKET. I GOT AN EASY SCORE BECAUSE YOU CAN’T PICK UP THAT FOURTH FOUL. AND I THINK THAT’S WHAT THE CELTICS STRATEGICALLY DID TONIGHT. THE ONLY THING I CAN ADD THAT TO ZEKE. MATTY USED TO SAY KEEP THE MAIN GUY IN THE ACTION. YEAH. AND BRUNSON IS IN SO MUCH ACTION. THERE’S A BUMP THERE’S A FOUL. THERE’S A SCRATCH. EVERY SINGLE PLAY. SO WHEN YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT THE REFEREE SAID WE LET THAT ONE GO. WE LET THAT THAT’S A FOUL. WE LET THAT ONE GO. WE LET THAT ONE GO. WE LET THAT. THAT’S A FOUL. SO WHEN YOU LOOK UP LIKE, WELL — HE DID GET FIVE FOULS IN THE SECOND HALF VERY QUICKLY. NOT BECAUSE THE REFS WERE LOOKING AT THE REF IS LOOKING AT ALL THIS ACTION. ZEKE IS TALKING ABOUT. SO THEY CAN’T CALL EVERY SINGLE FOUL, BUT THEY CANNOT CALLHE ONES THAT ARE SO

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