The Bucks reacted and defeating the Pacers In Milwaukee they reduced the playoffs to 2-1. Yiannis Antetokounbos said he was satisfied with the character of his team, dropped Gary Trent who scored 37 points with nine three -pointers, but stressed that the Bucks had to continue with humility because the series has a … road.
In detail, Greek Freak talked about:
-Gary Trent’s performance: “Incredible game by Trent, aggressive and defensively. Brave everyone. He was good at defense with changes. I think in the first period he hit, but that didn’t stop him and that says a lot. You always want to have players fighting. Obviously when you play defense you have energy and when you see the ball coming in, you shoot more. It was hot. I have never seen a Bucks player put 9 three -pointers in playoffs. I’m very happy about him. You have to be humble in victory but we have a lot of games ahead of us, help the team, but we have a way in front of us. Let’s see what worked defensively and aggressively and do it on Sunday. ”
-The collaboration with Trent: “It’s great. He doesn’t hesitate, he wants to shoot. When you have a shooter on the parquet that does not hesitate when they are free, it is important. In the first half we had 4/23 three -pointers or something, but everyone put in the second half. It’s always nice to see the ball coming into the basket. You have to shoot confidently. In my opinion, when you are free you have to shoot and that is what everyone did today. ”
-Good defense (18 passive points) in the third twelve minutes: “Our defense will make the difference. It’s great when you score a lot and today we scored more than ever in a row with the Pacers, but the difference was made by our defense. When we are concentrated in the defense and what we do, they work, then we are a team we try to repeat, again and again. This is how we build confidence. I hope we all understand that what changed the match was our defense from the third period onwards. When we got defenses, we ran, we were confident, they got a shot and we were another team. I’m happy, but we have to be humble. It’s just a win. We have to stay humble, see videos, see what we did well in the third period and what we didn’t do in the second period and return on Sunday. ”
-This if it feels that when the Bucks play with tall shapes they play better: “I don’t know if this is or if we just play louder. When the Pacers feel free and drive without feeling contact it is difficult. When we push and play strong defense in the periphery, we put hands on the ball and box out, when we push in the attack, whenever we have the opportunity to be Physical we have to do it. This can make the difference in such a match. ”
-The Bucks’ reaction to -12 of the second period: “We just have to get good and bad things from this game. When we were at -12 we were not group, we made mistakes. When we see the video we will know more. At the same time we have to see what we did well in the 3rd period, how we played loudly, put the tone in defense and pushed. This should be continued in Game 4, this is the playoffs. ”
-how it finds a balance between creation and execution: “I’m just trying to be me. There will be times when I will be aggressive and others to pass. The key issue is to be aggressive. I just have to make the right decisions. Sometimes I will have spaces and some not and then I have to go. That’s why I’m who I am. I have to continue to make the right decisions for me and the team. ”
-Lillard’s Ataka that Trent is always optimistic and if this is important to the Bucks: “Yes, for sure. He made an incredible game, one of the best I’ve ever seen. I’ll say it again, I’ll say it in the locker room, I’ll say it tomorrow: We have to be humble in victory. Obviously Trent is always confident and will shoot independently whether he is respected or failed in the previous one. He is aggressive and will always try to score. Will be in the right place, at the right time. We need him to be like that, but we need everyone if so. When Kuzma is aggressive, when Lopez is doing well, when Lillard goes up, when Porter plays rhythm, when Portis posts decisively, the combination of all of them puts us in a position to win. Today was Trent, in two days maybe Porter, Sims. Whoever is, we will do it together. It doesn’t matter who will do it, we just want everyone to be aggressive and confident, because you don’t know when the player the series will be. ”
-How he felt he played with Lillard in a home match after a while: “I felt incredibly. Incredible. ”
Source: Sport Fm
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