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HEAD COACH TERRY STOTTS
On Plumlee’s game:
“You know, he obviously had a lot of bounce. I thought he had a very good game 2 in LA, but he was all over the place. Obviously the rebounds speak for themselves. His playmaking, his running into screens – he had an exceptional game. The rebounding was the biggest thing because that’s been kind of a weak point for us in the series, but his passing, he’s been doing that all year for us.”
On attitude from team tonight:
“I think it was there in the first two games. We shot the ball a little bit better playing at home. I thought we competed the first two games, we just didn’t necessarily play well, but certainly we were a determined team tonight. It helps to be at home. But I wasn’t disappointed with our effort or demeanor in LA, we just didn’t necessarily play that well.”
How important was Lillard’s start:
“The start that he got off to, I think it lifted everybody up because he didn’t shoot the ball well in the first two games and the fact that he got us going just encouraged everybody like we’re going to be okay. As far as the other things, his leadership – I’ve spoken about this before – his leadership in the huddles, not letting up, encouraging guys when he wasn’t in the game, allowing CJ to have the game that he had. Just a lot of different things that you need from your best player.”
What was thinking behind Harkless guarding Paul?
“Well we started him in game two, we started him on Chris Paul and primarily it helped take away his post ups. He’s an effective post-up player. I thought we did a decent job and Chris still had 26 and 9. But I thought some length on him, being able to switch some pick and rolls. They have a couple pick and roll plays that we were able to switch with him and Chief, so he’s an exceptional player. Again, having some length and being able to switch pick and rolls was primarily it.”
On bench defense and defense as a whole:
“I was pleased with our defense overall. They had 88 and I thought our defense was pretty consistent throughout the night, whether it was our bench players or our starters. We didn’t have a real lull defensively other than maybe a little bit in the third quarter when they made a run. The fact that we were able to stem the tide defensively, it’s not like we had a great offensive night, I thought our defense was pretty solid and kept us in a position to win the game.”
On Plumlee’s game:
“You know, he obviously had a lot of bounce. I thought he had a very good game 2 in LA, but he was all over the place. Obviously the rebounds speak for themselves. His playmaking, his running into screens – he had an exceptional game. The rebounding was the biggest thing because that’s been kind of a weak point for us in the series, but his passing, he’s been doing that all year for us.”
On attitude from team tonight:
“I think it was there in the first two games. We shot the ball a little bit better playing at home. I thought we competed the first two games, we just didn’t necessarily play well, but certainly we were a determined team tonight. It helps to be at home. But I wasn’t disappointed with our effort or demeanor in LA, we just didn’t necessarily play that well.”
How important was Lillard’s start:
“The start that he got off to, I think it lifted everybody up because he didn’t shoot the ball well in the first two games and the fact that he got us going just encouraged everybody like we’re going to be okay. As far as the other things, his leadership – I’ve spoken about this before – his leadership in the huddles, not letting up, encouraging guys when he wasn’t in the game, allowing CJ to have the game that he had. Just a lot of different things that you need from your best player.”
What was thinking behind Harkless guarding Paul?
“Well we started him in game two, we started him on Chris Paul and primarily it helped take away his post ups. He’s an effective post-up player. I thought we did a decent job and Chris still had 26 and 9. But I thought some length on him, being able to switch some pick and rolls. They have a couple pick and roll plays that we were able to switch with him and Chief, so he’s an exceptional player. Again, having some length and being able to switch pick and rolls was primarily it.”
On bench defense and defense as a whole:
“I was pleased with our defense overall. They had 88 and I thought our defense was pretty consistent throughout the night, whether it was our bench players or our starters. We didn’t have a real lull defensively other than maybe a little bit in the third quarter when they made a run. The fact that we were able to stem the tide defensively, it’s not like we had a great offensive night, I thought our defense was pretty solid and kept us in a position to win the game.”
