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00:00 Luka, where did the defensive problems start?
00:02 Since the beginning of the game.
00:06 How can you guys fix the defense?
00:08 I don't know, honestly. We know we gotta fix it.
00:12 Luka, how do you feel about the communication and the trust with the teammates?
00:16 Oh, that's good. That's fine. Just, you know, on the defensive end, we gotta do something better.
00:22 Do you feel like the schemes could work if you guys are executing them right?
00:27 Yeah, for sure. The coaches work hard every day. There's a lot of coaches that work, watching film, all that stuff.
00:34 So, I think we gotta just be better, man. I don't know, defensively, we gotta be better.
00:40 Seven days, or ten days ago, you guys were riding a seven game winning streak.
00:45 And since then, the results have been so dramatic. Has that surprised you?
00:51 I mean, it doesn't feel good. I don't know. Yeah, it obviously surprised me, yeah.
00:57 But, like, we gotta do something. We gotta do better, for sure.
01:01 In rough times like this, what's the message in the locker room that you guys are giving?
01:07 Positivity. You know, Keith spoke. He's always, you know, speaking, helping us a lot.
01:16 Helping me, too. So, you know, he's the voice in the locker room. We all should listen to him.
01:22 You put up a monster number, it's three straight 35 points. How frustrating.
01:29 It doesn't matter. I just wanna win, man. That's it.
01:33 You've talked a lot about your defense this year, and how it has to be better for the Monarchs.
01:38 How would you assess it tonight?
01:41 There's no individual here. We gotta all be better. The all five people that are on the court,
01:46 we all gotta play defense team. I'm team defense, so all five guys on the floor.
01:51 What do you see as the difference when you guys have played good defense versus what's been happening,
01:57 you know, really since the party?
01:58 I mean, it was way easier to play basketball. It was easier to get wins.
02:02 It was just easier. And we were having a lot of fun. You know, we get stops, we have a lot of fun.
02:07 We have open court transition, and so it's easy on offense too.
02:11 What makes this Pacers team so difficult to defend, specifically?
02:15 Their pace, I think. They are one of the fastest pace in the league.
02:19 They just get it all run. I don't think they run much plays. They just go at it.
02:25 What do you do differently starting tomorrow for the next game on Thursday?
02:28 How do you go from here?
02:30 I don't know. We gotta play better defense.
02:33 So you think the effort's been there so far in these last stretch of games?
02:37 Sorry?
02:38 Do you think the effort's been there?
02:39 I honestly think not the whole game, but not a part of the game it was. I think we had it.
02:47 Look at the improvements for y'all's defense, that obviously doesn't all rest on you,
02:52 but is there anything specifically that you can think of that you can do better on that end of the floor?
02:56 Play better defense.