Ty Jerome | Phoenix Suns Post-Game | Dec. 29, 2021
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00:00tonight from his group, you know, the adverse circumstances facing you guys
00:05tonight to make it a ball game.
00:08You know, I said to the guys before the game for around the court, like
00:13last time I started, Roby started, all started lost by 73. Um, so I said to
00:18the guys before the game, just like, listen,
00:21you know, we got guys down with covid, like it's gonna be a 40 minute game.
00:25They're gonna make runs. We're gonna make running such as stay poised
00:27throughout and keep fighting. And, um, you know, we did that for the most
00:31part. I thought it's late
00:34around a six minute mark in the fourth. They hit some big shots and we got a
00:38little sticky. Um, and that kind of stings because, you know, we fought for
00:42so long. Um, but good team like that, they're gonna make you pay. So, um,
00:47yeah, along with you guys, maybe a lot of credit for facilitating tonight.
00:51Obviously, your offense was getting going here. But what were you looking
00:54to get going offensively tonight to get just keep us organized, touching the
00:58paint, trying to create closeouts for us. I wish I would have shot better
01:02from three. Try a closer game. A few of those go in in the early. Um, but yeah,
01:07just making sure we're organized, making sure we try to get a good shot
01:11almost every time down. Um, you know, Coach Mike did a great job of talking
01:16to me and like every time Mike was in the game with me, he put us in that
01:19angle pop where he might was popping. Mike did a great job. Coach Mike did a
01:23great job of allowing us to play to our strengths tonight. Um, so, you
01:26know, credit to him, too.
01:31Uh, Devin Booger. What's it like for you to come back here and reconnect with
01:35some of those guys?
01:38It's cool, man. Uh,
01:40but it's kind of like my vet. So I learned a lot from him. Um, on the
01:44court, off the court, just how he approached every day. Um, to be able to
01:48play against him tonight, um, to be able to, you know, start against that team
01:51tonight. Um, it was cool. Obviously, I wish we could have got the win. Um, so
01:55that one, you know, stings a little bit more. But those are my guys, man.
01:58Mikhail can, uh, you know, all those dudes like we're still cool. I grew
02:03from him from afar all the time.
02:06He's really set up the last two games.
02:10What's
02:13when the president most about him, he can, he can do whatever you ask him to
02:17do. So, like, when everybody's playing most of the time, he's kind of, like,
02:22finding his points off cuts and spot ups and running in transition. And
02:25before the game today, I told him, I was like, Listen, I need the Maryland
02:28Wiggins today. I needed to be aggressive. I need I need the Maryland
02:31Wiggins today. Like, um, he looked at me and said, I got you. And he went out
02:35and did it, like all three levels, middies, dunks, three, three. Like he
02:41was just, it was just cool to see him play so free. Um, and he works, man. He
02:46listens like he's a great player. Great, great kid. Like he's a really
02:51bright future.
02:53Yeah, guys come up with blue and seems like
02:58they're not missing.
03:00Like,
03:02well, what is it?
03:05Just all the crazy is going on.
03:08I think it's two things. I think it's critical. Then, like, Scottie came in
03:12the game today and, like, none of us bad. And I really are. Yeah, Scottie's
03:15in. Like, he knows what to do. I know he came in, had a pull up, made a play
03:18again, had to pull up in the second half, and they kind of started to
03:21stretch the leads. So, like, we know. So it's a credit to them. It's always,
03:24you know, they're ready. They're encouraging us like this. It's just a
03:28credit to them and also to credit to coach Grant Gibbs, the blue coach,
03:32because in that whole staff, they do a great job of kind of running. We all
03:38run the same stuff. Like we try to play the same way we preach the same thing.
03:41So from moments like this one, you know, they don't miss a beat with Scotty
03:46in particular. He's in his thirties. He's been pro for a really long time.
03:50Tonight was his first NBA basket. Really? Yeah. I don't know. How
03:55special is that to be a part of that? Oh, my gosh.
04:00Wow. That's that's that's really cool, man. It's just like I said, a testament
04:05to the type of person he is, um, to work that hard for so long and to finally
04:09pay off. I'm sure it's paid off in other ways, but like to finally have
04:13your first NBA points against the best, you know, one of the best teams in the
04:17league and a close game like to come in and, you know, be ready in the middle
04:21of the game. Like that's that's that's a testament to him as I didn't know
04:26that. So that's that's awesome.
04:29Thank you. Just what is, uh, what was it like for in these last couple of
04:35and sort of filling in short place? He's awesome. He's awesome. Like, even
04:40when he's
04:42even when he's just in his assistant role, like
04:46we I think everyone loves my books like he just has the perfect balance of,
04:49like, when to talk to you when to let you be alone. Like, he's always
04:53encouraging people. He's played in the NBA for 10 plus years, so, like, you
04:58can lean on him like he's just just a great dude. It's just on and off the
05:03court. Like, if you need some of you that you ask my goals,
05:08you got one off the zoo. Go ahead. Chris goes with your question. Hello,
05:13time. First of all, great game tonight. Uh, my question to you is that game
05:18that performance for you? What type of what sign of growth on your game was
05:24and how big boost you get from your performance as well?
05:28Um,
05:30I think it just comes with the extended opportunity. But I mean, it's just a
05:34lot of things I can clean up from tonight to like I gotta start shooting
05:37the ball better. Um, and I gotta, you know, make sure we get better
05:41possessions next time if I'm in that position in the fourth quarter again.
05:44Um, but yeah, I think it just comes with extended opportunity. Um, and it's
05:48trying to stay ready. You know, it's a long season is going to be ups and
05:50downs individually and collectively. Um, so just, you know, just like I have
05:55the past few games go home and watch this one too and approach the same way
05:59and try to get better.
06:01Thanks, Tom. Yeah, that's a wrap for tonight. Thank you, everyone. We'll see
06:06everyone freaking Friday.