Clifford 11.8
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00:00 Obviously things turned there in that second quarter for you guys.
00:02 What stood out most?
00:03 >> It was Gallinari.
00:05 When they downsized, it's been a problem for us.
00:08 And we have different things we've been doing at times.
00:13 It's worked tonight, obviously it didn't.
00:16 But we're gonna have to be able to do that because we can't play,
00:20 to me, to be a surprise team.
00:23 I think our center position has to be a strength.
00:29 And so in order to do that, and I've gotta figure out,
00:33 we have to add to what we're doing.
00:35 Like I said, sometimes it's worked.
00:37 Tonight it didn't at all.
00:39 Brooklyn, it didn't at all.
00:40 So that when we have to not play with Mark or not play with Nick,
00:47 then obviously our defense is no shot and we can't rebound.
00:53 So this team was built in a way,
00:58 like when I look at how people viewed us in preseason,
01:02 I don't agree with it at all.
01:05 Like I still think we have a good team, but
01:08 we need those two guys to be in and be a positive part of it.
01:12 And we need guys back, obviously, tonight.
01:14 I mean, it's hard, even in the third quarter,
01:19 we got that game down to a workable, a manageable.
01:24 So we had a chance and then we broke the lineup and
01:27 got away from this quickly.
01:29 But the big thing is we've gotta figure out a way that's more consistent,
01:33 that we can keep our size on the floor.
01:36 >> So just to follow up real quickly, in situations where you've gotta take
01:39 Nick and Mark off the floor because it's a five hour, you've got to move PJ over,
01:42 is that just, it's filling one hole but causing more?
01:46 Is that kind of what the problem is right now?
01:48 >> Yeah, I mean, and the other one is, look, I mean, not to do this, but
01:53 when Miles gets here, it'll be somewhat different.
01:55 But if you wanna look at two years ago, when those two guys on the floor,
02:00 offensively, it was good.
02:02 Like we're good offensively now with PJ at five.
02:05 But the rebounding wasn't good then and the defense wasn't any good.
02:08 And that's what's gonna happen.
02:10 The teams, again, when teams think downsize at five,
02:14 it's a stop gap thing unless it's like Draymond.
02:19 The best team to play five out at the center, who is versatile enough to do that
02:25 and can shoot threes and pass.
02:27 So that's a legitimate five out team, which for right now we don't have.
02:35 But anyway, that's what we have to figure out.
02:38 And again, we were more aggressive with the coverages,
02:42 like we gambled in the third quarter.
02:43 We got into seven, Golinari banked in the three.
02:48 And we gave up a bad foul, and we just flipped the ball away and
02:51 it ended up being a three point play.
02:53 And all of a sudden it's 15 again.
02:55 So we had a couple of careless turnovers there too.
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