Utah Jazz coach Will Hardy discusses keys to their win over the Oklahoma City Thunder.
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00:00 Coming into tonight's game, you know the the keys for us as a team
00:06 Was number one protecting the paint
00:09 They're the number one team in the NBA and in drives and points generated from drives
00:15 Obviously Shay Gildas Alexander is an elite
00:19 One-on-one driver puts a lot of pressure in your defense Jalen Williams as well
00:24 and
00:25 We turned in a defensive performance where they had 36 points in the paint
00:29 Only eight in the second half. I thought our awareness
00:32 In the second half in particular to Shay was much better as a group. I think Chris Dunn had some
00:40 Magnificent moments one-on-one
00:42 But it's not about Chris. I thought his teammates did a much better job in the second half of their recognition
00:48 and
00:50 shifting to help Chris in certain moments, but he
00:53 Chris did an amazing job in the second half on Shay
00:57 you know the the second part of it was trying to
01:00 Play in a way where we kept them out of transition and they had five fast break points for the game
01:06 You know those two things defensively, you know, you couple that with only giving up nine second chance points and you have an opportunity to win
01:13 Another night where
01:17 They made some threes some pick and pop threes and it didn't feel good
01:23 But the guys, you know again understanding that the key of the game was protecting the paint we stuck with it
01:29 We got some better activity out of the guys guarding people in the corners stunting up a little bit
01:34 To show a little support and it it allowed us to hang around and then you know
01:41 We had a bunch of guys on the offensive side
01:43 Play really well
01:46 You know six guys in double figures, obviously Lowry turned in a monster night with 33
01:51 known 18 shots, so
01:53 No credit to the whole team, you know our defense and protecting the paint is
01:58 Ultimately what gave us a chance to win