Joe Mazzulla praised the physicality and defensive prowess of his players as they secured a crucial road win
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00:00They tied it up with foreign change to go.
00:03What changed that allowed you guys to take control of the game after that?
00:07Yeah, I mean, I think we went back with KP and he gave us some good possessions.
00:10It changed their matchups.
00:11I thought we did a good job.
00:13I don't know down the stretch what our fall rate was.
00:15Our fall rate was 29% in the first half.
00:17In the second half, it got a little bit better.
00:19But we defend without falling and we limited them to one shot.
00:23And then there was obviously some great shot making,
00:26some good execution on the offensive end.
00:28This is the second straight game.
00:29You've taken fewer three-pointers than you took in any game during the regular season.
00:32What have they done to make creating threes so difficult?
00:37I mean, at the end of the day, it's about getting the best shot possible.
00:40It's about playing with pace, getting the best shot.
00:42So whatever that is, you have to know the matchup, you have to know the coverage.
00:46So, you know, that's what they're trying to do.
00:49They're trying to eliminate those and we're trying to fight for the advantage
00:52versus the right matchup and the right coverage.
00:53It doesn't really matter what type of shots we take,
00:55as long as they're the right shots versus the matchup and the coverages,
00:58and we fight for those.
00:59And we did a good job of that today.