Reporter: I know you haven't had
a chance to watch the film
or watch it closely,
but when you see them
battling Fred and Kyle up to
the tune of maybe 2 for 17
from three-point range,
what are you seeing that
you're getting from them?
Are they good shots?
Are they forced into
bad positions?
How do you explain
that kind of number?
Yeah, I mean, I gotta again,
I gotta look at it
like you said,
but I think
there's a good share of them,
you know, just from kind of
live action memory.
I think there's a good share
of them that are really good.
I'm not saying all well
was there 20 of them
between the two of them.
Reporter: So, I'm like 18 or 20?
Yeah, I'm not saying
all of them were great.
I think I think Freddy probably
had a couple
that people were close
and pretty hard on him.
Kyle had one real deep one.
I know, but I do think that
there's probably
12 to 13 of them
or maybe even more than that
that are probably pretty good.
Reporter: And those two
last possessions with Pascal,
where Marcus stripped
some of the ball
was out of bounds
and then he steps
on the sideline.
Are those just plays?
It just sort of happened
or like you count on him so much
but he’s in that position
so rarely.
How do you see those two plays?
Well, I just see them
as unfortunate,
to be honest with you.
I mean, I think Smart
fouled out of him on the one.
Reporter: Yeah.
Or… there's one,
there's one for you.
And then we ran
a good play there.
Look like it was open
for the corner three.
It's not one we use a lot,
but you're saving up
for kind of that situation
and just unfortunate.
And it's you know, you know,
that's one thing that's hard
to Doug, is the courts.
The court has
a different feel to it.
There has been a lot of guys
stepping on the sideline
in the bubble
and not just probably
unfortunate, right.
Reporter: Thanks very much.
Nick, appreciate it as always.
You’re welcome. Thanks, Dough.
Moderator: Next question goes
to Michael Grange
from Sportsnet.
Michael Grange: Hey, Nick.
I think you guys were --
I guess we'll start
with the positive.
I mean, you had to be
very pleased
with the general energy
of your team
through the first three
quarters.
I mean, it looked very familiar
to what we've seen
your team play,
the way that we've seen them
play and succeed in the past.
How did you assess
your team
before Marcus Smart
lost his mind?
How about that?
I mean… I'm sorry, Michael.
I thought you were setting up
the question
I was well, I was waiting for….
Michael Grange: No.
...as a kind of recap
of the game.
Yeah, I thought we were
playing great there, Michael,
and I think we played
our guts out.
We really gave everything
I think you know we could give.
And you're right
I mean, it's jeez,
one end the guys making
contested threes
and the other end
some threes are not going
that are probably more open
than they were at the other end.
And then the ball
doesn't bounce away
a couple of times and you end up
losing a tough one.
But now I thought we played,
played very well,
very proud of the guys today,
very proud.
Michael Grange: And you guys
have been really good
in clutch situations all season.
When you look at it again,
you'll need to look at film,
I presume.
But you look at the last
five, six minutes of that game,
last three, four minutes.
Did it look kind of gluey
to you?
It looked very stagnant,
I guess would be my look
the way it looked to me,
but did you share that?
Yeah, I probably need to look
at it a little bit, Michael.
I think that, again,
you know, it wasn't like
we were dribbling around
and have a shot clock
violations,
having to heave them up.
I think there was
some opportunities there.
You know, again,
like Freddy had a couple,
a couple, a couple shots.
Pascal made a great move
to get it
to about four feet one time
and just popped out.
Those are a couple
I can remember.
We made a couple of good
hard drives and scored.
We made a couple of
good hard drives,
got to the free throw line.
I don't think the last five
or six minutes
was that we got --
we got hurt us
was the first five
or six minutes
of the quarter, Michael.
Michael Grange: Fair enough.
Thank you very much, Nick.
Moderator: Going next to
Steven Loung from Sportsnet.
Steven Loung: Hey, Coach.
Thanks for doing this.
In the third quarter, you guys
you guys looked great,
but Jason Tatum was kind of --
was kind of single-handedly
almost keeping the Celtics
the kind of --
kind of keeping the Celtics
close with you guys.
I just want to know, just like,
like how frustrating is that
as a coach,
like I know that you guys
are going good,
but there's one guy…?
[multiple speakers]
the only frustrating part
about it is this,
as he shoots 14 free throws,
which is as much as
our whole team shoots.
That's the frustrating part.
I mean, I think our guys were
working hard on him
and we're doing
a pretty good job.
He was playing -- he did make
some good shots.
They were obviously getting him
the ball a lot,
getting him in space.
We could have helped
a little better here and there,
but they take very good care
of him tonight.
Steven Loung:
...what do you do, do...
You did have a problem
with the whistle?
Like because Tatum again
did go to the line a lot
as we said?
Well, [I don’t know] you know,
I can't comment on that Steven.
Steven Loung: All right.
Thanks a lot, coach.
Yeah, thank you.
Moderator: Next question
goes to Andres Lopez from ESPN.
Andres Lopez: Hey, Coach.
I got two for you.
One, this being down
to Milwaukee 0-2 last year.
Give you -- does it help you
guys moving forward right now
knowing that you can
build off of that?
Well, I think we should know
we shouldn't give up, right.
And we know the next games
supercritical,
but they're all critical.
You know, they are.
But we know
this one’s supercritical.
Andres Lopez: And the way
kind of Marcus is has kind of,
I guess, gone off offensively
in these first two games,
does it kind of remind you
of what Fred
did last year against Milwaukee,
kind of just sparking their team
that way?
Yeah, that's a pretty good
comparison.
I didn't think of that,
but that's a pretty good
comparison.
I mean they, obviously got
a lot of firepower around
and come to have
a kind of a wild card.
I mean, he's, listen,
he's a great player
and he's a veteran.
He's been around forever, right.
So, but he is kind of
a wild card scorer for them.
And he’s had two huge games
for him.
-Andres Lopez: Thanks, Coach.
-Yep.
Moderator: Final question
is gonna go to (?)
Reporter: Hey, Coach.
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Another tough shot
for Pascal Siakam,
is a 6 for 16 tonight.
So, how you can get him
going in a game three
you know make sure he--
because he's there
getting involved,
get a better shot, you know,
probably top defensive game
from the Celtics?
Yeah. I mean, listen,
they’re obviously giving him
a lot of attention.
I really thought he made
good decisions tonight.
I thought he took
the right shots.
I thought he kicked it
out [of rock].
You know, I think --
I think on a normal --
on a normal night,
he probably ends up
with double-digit assists
if our guys would have
made the kickoff that
you know shots for him.
But I like the way
he played tonight.
He was composed.
He got -- he got it to the rim.
He made some shots.
I thought -- I thought
I like the way he played.
I mean, 6 to 16 is tough.
Right, he had
a couple of them unlucky
if one or two more of those go,
which they probably [should].
He has a pretty decent night at
you know eight or nine for 16.
-Moderator: Thank you.
-You're welcome. Thank you.
Yeah. Thank you,
Coach for joining us.
