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HEAD COACH TERRY STOTTS
“It was a good win to get. I thought the Lakers played very well. They played pretty loose and confident and got a rhythm to their shots. Obviously, Damian got it going and got us back into the game. We made plays and got some stops when we needed to.”
“There are no easy ones in this league so it was good to get it.”
On Lillard’s performance late:
“He just makes tough shots when you need them. He’s a special player. Some of the shots that he can make… and he’s very driven. He’s a great competitor and I think he’s able to will himself to do some things.”
Thoughts when Matthews went down with apparent knee injury:
“I thought he was hurt. It didn’t look good on the reply. I was shocked to see him come back. I’m no doctor, but it didn’t look good.”
Reaction when Matthews returning to game after injury:
“He came back and said that he was ready to go. And I said, ‘What are you doing here?’” … Obviously he was checked out before he went back out on the court. We’ll keep tabs on him.”
On decision to start Kaman:
“They have a big lineup. I thought it would help Chris to play with the starters. I think it’s easier playing with the starters. I thought the rotation would kind of work out where we’d get him two runs instead of one long run in the middle of the half. It was something that we had to look at. Obviously we hadn’t looked at it up until now, but it was something that we had to look at.”
DAMIAN LILLARD
On last 6 minutes:
“I just wanted to get a little aggressive. When it got to the four and a half minute mark, LA was just like, ‘We’ve got to get it going, we’ve got to take over the rest of this game.’ He said, ‘I’m with you, let’s do it.’ And I said, ‘I’m with you.’ He got aggressive, I got aggressive. We really rebounded the ball well to close the game. We got some stops, executed well and were able to get some shots to fall. It was definitely a team effort.”
Do you live for moments like that to give team spark?
“I don’t live for it because I would like for us to play with the type of urgency that we played with the last eight minutes for the entire game, but when it’s needed, I’m definitely not going to shy away from it. I’m willing to accept that if I get a little more aggressive and if shots don’t go in or I’m not able to change the game, I’m willing to accept that. I can carry that weight. I can deal with not being successful in those situations. Tonight was another time that it just worked out.”
What do you like about those moments?
“Just being able to be there for my teammates. We obviously didn’t really have it going. We weren’t getting as many stops as we would have liked, so I felt like why not get aggressive? LA, who we want to go into, they were making it hard for him to get clean looks on the block. They were sending a lot of guys at him and I’m the next option, so I just got aggressive.”
On getting to the paint early:
“In the film I saw that they play free. Guys getting to the rim and taking isolation shots. On the film that I saw, they weren’t doing a great job of getting back on defense, so I knew that I would be able to push it, push it up with the big mans back and kind of get lost in that traffic and get to the rim, get in the paint and make some plays. That’s how I started the game off.”
Thoughts when Matthews went down with knee injury:
“I was real nervous. When I saw him do it, at first I thought he just slipped and maybe hurt his knee falling on the ground, then I saw the replay and it looked like he hyperextended it a little bit. Then I got real nervous because we haven’t had the greatest luck with some of the injuries that we’ve been dealing with this season. I’m glad to see that he’s healthy.
Reaction when seeing Matthews come back to the bench:
“I took a deep breath. I just started at him and I told him that he scared me, because he did. It was great to see that he was alright”
“It was a good win to get. I thought the Lakers played very well. They played pretty loose and confident and got a rhythm to their shots. Obviously, Damian got it going and got us back into the game. We made plays and got some stops when we needed to.”
“There are no easy ones in this league so it was good to get it.”
On Lillard’s performance late:
“He just makes tough shots when you need them. He’s a special player. Some of the shots that he can make… and he’s very driven. He’s a great competitor and I think he’s able to will himself to do some things.”
Thoughts when Matthews went down with apparent knee injury:
“I thought he was hurt. It didn’t look good on the reply. I was shocked to see him come back. I’m no doctor, but it didn’t look good.”
Reaction when Matthews returning to game after injury:
“He came back and said that he was ready to go. And I said, ‘What are you doing here?’” … Obviously he was checked out before he went back out on the court. We’ll keep tabs on him.”
On decision to start Kaman:
“They have a big lineup. I thought it would help Chris to play with the starters. I think it’s easier playing with the starters. I thought the rotation would kind of work out where we’d get him two runs instead of one long run in the middle of the half. It was something that we had to look at. Obviously we hadn’t looked at it up until now, but it was something that we had to look at.”
DAMIAN LILLARD
On last 6 minutes:
“I just wanted to get a little aggressive. When it got to the four and a half minute mark, LA was just like, ‘We’ve got to get it going, we’ve got to take over the rest of this game.’ He said, ‘I’m with you, let’s do it.’ And I said, ‘I’m with you.’ He got aggressive, I got aggressive. We really rebounded the ball well to close the game. We got some stops, executed well and were able to get some shots to fall. It was definitely a team effort.”
Do you live for moments like that to give team spark?
“I don’t live for it because I would like for us to play with the type of urgency that we played with the last eight minutes for the entire game, but when it’s needed, I’m definitely not going to shy away from it. I’m willing to accept that if I get a little more aggressive and if shots don’t go in or I’m not able to change the game, I’m willing to accept that. I can carry that weight. I can deal with not being successful in those situations. Tonight was another time that it just worked out.”
What do you like about those moments?
“Just being able to be there for my teammates. We obviously didn’t really have it going. We weren’t getting as many stops as we would have liked, so I felt like why not get aggressive? LA, who we want to go into, they were making it hard for him to get clean looks on the block. They were sending a lot of guys at him and I’m the next option, so I just got aggressive.”
On getting to the paint early:
“In the film I saw that they play free. Guys getting to the rim and taking isolation shots. On the film that I saw, they weren’t doing a great job of getting back on defense, so I knew that I would be able to push it, push it up with the big mans back and kind of get lost in that traffic and get to the rim, get in the paint and make some plays. That’s how I started the game off.”
Thoughts when Matthews went down with knee injury:
“I was real nervous. When I saw him do it, at first I thought he just slipped and maybe hurt his knee falling on the ground, then I saw the replay and it looked like he hyperextended it a little bit. Then I got real nervous because we haven’t had the greatest luck with some of the injuries that we’ve been dealing with this season. I’m glad to see that he’s healthy.
Reaction when seeing Matthews come back to the bench:
“I took a deep breath. I just started at him and I told him that he scared me, because he did. It was great to see that he was alright”
