of portland trailblazers their suffering Two consecutive losses To oklahoma city thunder On Wednesday, we landed them 17-15 of the season. Head his coach Chauncey Billups was disappointed with the result, but a bad bounce here and there can make the difference, and the Trail Blazers were on both sides of the situation.
It was tough going. It was a tough going fourth quarter. When Ant (Annfernie Simmons) picked up the fifth foul, it really hurt us – hurt the rotation – a little bit. Of course, we have to sit him down and bring Dame (Damian Lillard) back a little faster. We looked a little tired in the last few minutes of the match, but we were ready to play. It was right there. I thought our execution wasn’t so bad. Look, I flipped the ball too many times again. Turnovers are back and it’s going to hurt us, but he took the lead by two, two and a half minutes the rest of the game so he should feel better.
What did you think of Dame’s shot in the 4th quarter, the last shot he had?
It was a difficult shot. It was a difficult shot. I thought he lost his balance and had to lift something. It’s a little too late, isn’t it? He was committed to it at that point. So it wasn’t a shot I’m sure he liked, but it felt like he lost his footing.
There seem to be many similarities between this game and the previous one (unidentifiable)…
I disagree. I think our defense in the previous game was not very physical. I think we played very physical defensively tonight. They didn’t get to the basket much, at least they didn’t feel that way. We played very physically. He showed resistance in the match. So I think this game and the previous game were very different from my point of view.
free throw. SGA (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander) hit more free-her throws than the Blazers did as a team.
first half.
In the first half and in total.
Yeah, in the first half he had more free throws than he did the entire game. It doesn’t really happen to us. 9 free throws in the entire game. We attack all night, you know, we attack all night, but I don’t think we got fouled tonight.
All in all, there’s one game left in this trip. They’re obviously a very good team in Denver. What do I need to do to make the money and win?
We have to stay focused and dedicated to what we are doing. We played them a few weeks ago in a very tough match and suffered a heartbreaking loss. Of course, we haven’t forgotten that yet. We will give them another chance. Gather everyone, get some rest and get ready to go on Friday.
You mentioned something like how it ends, so it seems that’s pretty much the case these days. Obviously, there’s also the Thunder game, the Clipper game. Is it a situation where you get some of those close ones and sometimes you don’t, or is it a run?
we were on both sides of it. were on both sides of it. Sometimes the ball bounces in your direction, sometimes it doesn’t. Damien Lillard, one of the greatest shooters in gaming history, was in his spot, but he missed the shot. his money all day. He makes that shot every day. So it just happens. it just happens. Bad bounce here and there. It was an off play and the ball bounced like a hardbound through Nurk (Yusuf Nurkic) and Josh (Josh Hart) to get the ball. So it just bounces badly. It just so happened, but we were also the flip side of that. We get the bounce our way and we end up winning head-to-head games.
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