Zion Williamson's postgame interview following the loss to the Houston Rockets at Smoothie King Center on December 23, 2023.
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00:00 >> Did you watch the game?
00:02 It's not hard, turnovers.
00:09 We gotta execute, we can't have those turnovers.
00:12 I think we had three late in the game.
00:14 It's gonna be hard to win like that, we can't do that.
00:17 >> A good defensive game?
00:20 >> Their consistency with it, they do it the whole game.
00:24 They don't pick and choose which quarters, they do it the whole game.
00:28 And I mean, they live and die with that, so it worked for them.
00:32 I feel like Dylan Brooks was guarding me,
00:37 and he pressed up, like more so on my left.
00:41 So I had to clean drive to the right, which is gonna finish over top.
00:46 Soon as I took that jab and went to step forward, came out of my shoe.
00:53 So I tried to make the quick pass to JRE and turned it over.
00:56 I think it's just the kind of the way they guard.
01:00 They're very good based off the scouting part.
01:05 They're very good at not allowing teams really get in the paint and
01:08 also contesting threes.
01:10 So they kinda play a cat and
01:12 mouse game with being in the paint while sticking close to shooters.
01:16 So they're very good at it.
01:19 I mean, it's tough.
01:20 I know it's frustrating to be in foul trouble.
01:23 But Shagun played a great game.
01:28 I mean, played a really great game.
01:30 Got our bigs in foul trouble.
01:32 Hats off to him, he played a really great game.
01:36 Keating and working on getting better with it and watching film and
01:43 just being disciplined and being sharp when we come out of halftime.
01:48 And when we start games.
01:49 >> Coach Green kind of came in and said that they being Houston,
01:54 seems like they're a little tougher than you guys are right now.
01:56 Just kind of hearing that as a player,
01:57 how does that change your approach and mindset moving forward?
02:01 >> They definitely play more physical than us tonight.
02:03 They do it in a very collective way where I think when we are physical,
02:11 we try to do it individually.
02:13 But any great defensive player that play physical, when I talk to them,
02:18 they say if the whole team do it, the ref ain't gonna call the foul on everybody.
02:21 So like I said, they collectively do it consistently.
02:24 So yeah, tonight they were a tougher team.