Utah Jazz head coach Will Hardy was pleased with his team's effort in a 134-129 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
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00:00 That was a hard fought game against a really good team.
00:05 I think the biggest difference in the two halves for me was just our attention to detail
00:10 defensively.
00:11 In the first half they had 42 points in the paint, in the second half they had 14.
00:16 It was the emphasis of the game coming into it.
00:20 And I think early in the game we were way too late in our primary help, our secondary
00:29 help was non-existent.
00:33 And they shot way too many layups in the first half.
00:38 I thought offensively our team moved the ball well for the majority of the game.
00:43 I really have no gripes on that side of the ball.
00:47 It's a good defensive team.
00:48 They're physical, they have unbelievable hands, they challenge every gather that you have
00:54 during the game.
00:55 I thought our team did a good job playing through that and playing physical.
00:57 We got to the free throw line a lot tonight.
01:02 With Shea in particular, he's a really tough cover.
01:06 I feel like he shot 17 free throws, but I do feel like 8-10 of them were just, we put
01:15 ourselves in bad spots, we're jumping on pump fakes, we're getting our hands caught in right
01:21 across his chest.
01:22 I think ideally we'd like to make him earn those baskets a little bit more.
01:29 But overall I think it was a hard fought game against a good team.
01:36 They made some tough plays down the stretch.
01:38 The turnaround that Shea hit at the end of the shot clock was an incredible shot on a
01:42 good defensive possession.
01:45 Sometimes that's the breaks of the game.