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the last five games they’ve been fantastic three out of the last five games including tonight they’ve held their opponent big game under a 100 points very impressive very impressive and the key word is gutsy because it it needed to be a tough win backto back playing the same team um I thought they were were very tough and physical defensively uh again Gabe Max started out pretty good uh I thought ruy uh the physicality from those guys and cam radish coming in to me that was the the key of the game I mean LeBron and AD they do what they do offensively but uh Reeves Byron talk about Reeves man uh Austin head Ben Reeves uh man just you know just a gutsy player uh smart you know extremely intelligent his basketball IQ is off the chain made big shots he he just had a great all-around game and let’s not forget DLo also coming in off the bench who played extremely well but again it goes back to what we talked about at the beginning uh getting ready for this game is that you got you got to hang your hat on the defensive end cuz the offense is going to come and go just like it did tonight you know we up 10 with a few minutes left in the game all of a sudden we couldn’t throw it in the in in the ocean didn’t score again score could score and and we had some turn turnovers uh but again we held it on the defensive end and that’s what you’re talking about CL when you talk about gutsy and and being a game where you pull it out it’s because you had you laid your hat on the defensive end got some key rebounds uh ruy at the end the offensive rebound to tap out what a great play I know ad is sitting there pissed off because he missed two free throws you know but Ry was able to bail us out and then Austin knocks down the two free throws seals the game all right guys let’s go back to Sacramento LeBron James talking with Mike trudell all right LeBron uh huge play there from ruy hura done a lot of little things for you there but none bigger than that tip out oh absolutely um these two wins has been about us doing a little things uh cuz we have not been able to shoot the ball into Ocean last two games but we’ve been able to win these two games and hostile in this in this hostile environment because we’ve done the the little things and defensively we’ve been on point you’re right the threes weren’t going down tonight uh but when you play that kind of defense and do the little things like you mentioned you can make up the margins what has been improving on the defensive end communication um everybody been taking individual challenge uh in their individual matchups and uh it’s just been good basketball all around you know it’s tough to beat a team twice in a row in their home gym you came out and set a big tone on the offensive end getting into the paint doing the bully thing what were you seeing early in their defense I just wanted to set the tone and let uh you know let my teammates know that okay Friday was okay uh it was a good win uh I’m sorry Thursday was a good win but let’s get greedy and try to win this one too and we had that opportunity so I just try to motivate my teammates tonight all right last one for you as you now go home to face Detroit de LeBron do you think that you’ve learned something as a team from the way you’ve been playing the last week and change uh in order for us to win uh we got to defend and then uh I mean our shots will our shots will fall we getting too many Great Looks we’re playing offense uh damn good we get to our we get to our places in in our sets we get to our shots we’re just not knocking them down but we will knock them down and we just got to continue to trust the pass and trust each other appreciate it LeBron and LeBron James with another big game and uh he hit it on the head there talking to Mike trudell needed to set the tone early and uh let’s get greedy and win this one as well cuz it could have been really easy to take that first win chill in the second and come back home one and one and feel pretty good but Lakers go for the sweep and they get it uh pretty awesome there will be no beam lighting uh in Sacramento with the Lakers in town which is always great I I want you guys to see this because it’s pretty impressive most career games Byron with 30 plus points in NBA history like I haven’t seen anybody you know this guy sitting next to me was super disciplined worked out all the time did it right thing but appreciate that oh you mean you you you you were excellent no I said beside me but I mean I mean it’s K to not have a dad our college coach and to like learn what he’s learned uh from the very beginning like why said he came is that as a CIS guy yeah but when you love the game like he does and he has high hopes for himself you know this is what this is what he yields himself from being in shape loving the game you know he just he just loves the game and right now he’s has more wisdom more experience than anybody and that’s why he’s able to still succeed the way he is you guys played with with some of the greatest to ever play and it just feels like when when you’re talking about that top five top six all time Mount Rush more top guys like LeBron they’re just able to do things in the game to help you win like tonight was scoring other nights it could be assist it could be reens and I know you guys played with guys like that but it’s pretty incredible that tonight he sensed I’m gonna get it going early and he just still has that ability at 39 Byron yeah and I don’t know too many people in the leag that can just do that on any given night especially at 39 you know I mean it’s hard to do that at 29 you know but uh again I think you heard it in his voice when he talked about after the game that uh to come out and beat a team two straight times he had to set the tone and that tone was being aggressive getting downhill getting points in the paint being physical uh and when your teammates are watching you approach the game that way uh they they they kind of just follow you know they follow your lead so I think with him doing that tonight the maturity of the rest of the guys to see all right this is how LBJ is playing tonight you know we we got to we got to jump on this bandwagon too and help out as much as possible but again his leadership man is sometimes you ain’t got to say nothing it’s just how you it’s your actions and how you approach the game and that’s what he did tonight and I I think the guys just you know followed in and said hey we got we got to jump on this as well you know he’s worked on his game over the years man well we we were laughing right he was 8 for eight at the halftime in the pain he was 13 15 from Two and we were like let’s not shoot threes at the end no one is is literally stopping the M yeah there’s no need to you know that’s why we sit here and go LBJ just keep driving it they’re not stopping you free throw because in worst case scenario they do come and help yeah we know well they fouled him in the ball out time but they come and help he you’re one of the greatest passes of all time as well so you going to find your teammates you know so you make them make adjustments you don’t bail them out at times but then again he he took a couple of jumpers one I thought was maybe a little ill advised M uh but you know I mean the rest of his game everything else I mean he was just ready tonight you know I also want to give props I feel like we always talk LeBron and AD are right they are the stars of this team but uh when you were looking at the box scores early in the season James it just seemed like it was lopsided when it looked at the bench and it was always favoring the opposing team win or lose and it just felt like the Lakers majority of their points were coming all from their starters I’m looking at a night like tonight 3120 in in in favor of the Lakers and you know gab play play much better cam reddish and and those guys aren’t scoring a bunch of points but they’re playing great basketball especially on the defensive end and they’re hitting key shots but you got to give dowlo flowers right I mean DLo this was a night where you just a day this is a day you absolutely needed DLo right you just on the road second night you know what I’m saying like you just had to have it against the same team in the same city in the same Hotel eating the same and he had a lot of Pop tonight too he did he might not put it in the bucket but deflections locking somebody up uh our benches much improved yeah I I think with the you don’t look at the the productivity as far as points you look at the plus minus yep cuz when cam is out there you know you can’t ask him to score 15 20 points or even 10 you you ask him to defend get a you know get deflections get rebounds uh loose balls things like that same with Gabe and when those guys make shots that’s a bonus because we know what they bring on the defensive end that energy and that effort that they bring is is vital for that second unit to be uh successful you let DLo be DLo score you know with that second unit you score you playing against second tier guys you score that’s your job you can facilitate as well we know he can make passes but his job is to score on that second unit so I think JJ has found a a nice little rhythm with the first unit and that second unit that’s giv them the balance that they truly need to win games uh we’re gonna get to the highest but I want to ask you a quick coaching question because I think what I really like about JJ and and I want to get your perspective really quick um coach the game in front of you right sometimes that and that’s during the game adjustments are made like I love that he went a lot of minutes for DLo Gabe Vincent and Cam and listen Dalton and Koko didn’t get many minutes it’s okay no one’s feelings are hurt it’s about winning that game that’s what was working right that rotation yeah you you coached the game that you have to play face the next day or that night you don’t wait for game you know the you know the next two games that you’re looking for you got to coach that specific game and that game only and it’s it’s all about whose rolling you know you know what you’re getting out of your first unit second unit you know the uh on Thursday night guys played well so you know what let’s see if they play well again and they did they came out and they did the things that you know gave them opportunity to win games so you kind of stick with that format you know and if it if it doesn’t work that’s when you make changes so I love the adjustments that JJ made with the team tonight uh and again the second unit guys just keep doing what you’re doing the energy that you’re bringing is is is is fantastic and I think it’s rubbing off on everybody else as well the energy and effort has gone up 10 15% youve seen the the difference defensively in these last five games they go to 16 and 12 LeBron with 32 D’Angelo with 20 ad with 10 points 15 rebounds and three blocks let’s hear what JJ reic has to say he’s speaking with Mike and the media you what did you see with ruy and the tip out and how that kind of typified the way that you’ve been speaking about him and stepping into doing the things you guys need like yeah um just a big time play and and just to it’s a small thing but just to have the mindset and the effort to try to get an offensive rebound on a free throw I mean it’s it seems simple but um they had put their rebounding lineup in they brought Len in they brought you know had sabonis in there it was just a big time play um another another game where we don’t shoot the ball well but our guys fought our our defense was fantastic particularly in the half court um when we were able ble to limit them to one shot and when we didn’t turn the ball over and able to set our defense it was it was fantastic and um you know we’ve had a number of those type plays on offensive rebounds late game um you I think the New Orleans game um even the other night Gabe and I think it was Max had a had a big one um those plays matter and uh and they it certainly mattered tonight when ruy made that play by getting these two wins and I suppose building it defensively the way that you’ve been talking about do you feel like that you know sets something in stone of of what you feel like you need to win and you can carry back with you I think by playing def I mean this team I believe was a fifth offensive rated team coming into the first of these two games I don’t know what they are after tonight but you know they were fifth as of Thursday morning and um if we can uh give ourselves a chance to win every night and compete every night with our defense um I believe in the long term of our offense and the guys we have that they’re going to be able to make plays and make shots JJ LeBron was in attack mode early and a lot of it was right at the basket at The Rim um was it something about the the matchup specific for him that you saw him take we we just we had their their bigs lifted yeah so um just middle of the floor bigs lifted um you know giv them a lane to roll a lanee to drive um I thought the two-man stuff with him and DLo whether it was middle of the floor in the first half um or or on the side in the second half was really good for us and do you guys say anything to ad at this point because there’s been over the last several years some free throw situations where he haven’t made on late game yeah I mean I think that as a player that stuff can weigh on you I trust him I believe in him um he’ll be in those situations again and I’m confident he’s going to make the shot um they didn’t you know this in the Orlando game I’m not I’m not deterred in terms of having the basketball in his hands uh you know with under 30 seconds JJ it’s hard to win one game on the road to to beat a team twice in a row like this um was obviously going to be a challenge when you guys saw the schedule um how critical was the energy from you guys right away in this game um on both sides of the floor uh you feel like that kind of set a tone in an expectation it did um you know I’ve I’ve felt our defense early and you know coming in both these games to be able to get off to the defensive start we did where the crowd’s not necessarily into it early and you it gives you a little bit of confidence on the road or I thought our energy on the bench was great um and that stuff all that stuff matters on the road and I so I really do believe it was you know that the way we started these two games defensively is uh is ultimately what what gave us a chance to win because that defense carried over uh for four quarters in both games JJ uh 10 steals tonight it feels like you guys have been in the passing Lanes a bit more the last couple of weeks is there is that something you guys are scheming up is that just kind of the players Instinct comination yeah we’re we’re emphasizing certain things in terms of our physicality uh um terms of our our body positioning on shifts and low man um trying to you know teams make make us play in a crowd um we we we we want teams to play in a crowd against us too Tony just this um this is this is incredible um ad I think he had you know nine blocks I’m sorry had nine blocks over the the last two games what do you think about you know his defensive effort especially you know when he didn’t have the off offensive uh output that he had tonight yeah I would I would say there’s a number of factors that have helped um our defense improve over the last 11 games um I could go down the list of those but the reality is we we are not going to be a good defensive team we can’t be a good defensive team uh unless he’s fully engaged on that end and I challenged him a few weeks ago um and he’s been he’s been unbelievable ever since and you know that starts with uh trying to get back and load in transition it starts with his box his physical box outs his talk um you know his his demeanor um has been great for the past few weeks and it’s a big reason why our defense has been so so good thank you than um I’m goingon to significant play you made um after Anthony Davis missed the second free throw what we’ve seen on that play that kind of led to that uh back up you know um they um I so they um St the Alex Lon so they knew it was going to be you know big offense uh play so uh I mean the big rebound play so I was like you know cuz there’s a three guys uh three big man in there so I knew the other guy next to me going to go to the uh to the um go to the ad so I I knew I kind if I if I push a little bit I could kind of get a good position and I I can top out you know I’ve been doing that in the whole season literally you guys seen that but yeah but that was a that was a mat you know I kind of felt bad that I missed the last three uh in the corner so I was like I got to get back something you know for the team so yeah it was it was a good one think you guys finished uh double digit steals as a team defensively you guys seem to have raised your level over the past two weeks what have you seen the biggest difference for you guys on the end of the floor yeah that’s what we’ve been focusing on this past couple weeks you know we we we’ve been watching a lot of films about our defense and especially like this you know this away games you know we need a defense and they are obviously they’re offense team so we knew it was they going to be so aggressive and transition so we we we are able to but this this past two game these two games we we are able to um run back and uh kind of you know we are we are good with this transition defense so I think that’s kind of that kind of help helped us you know and our half cour defense has been great so yeah [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] two games set like this you don’t get them often in the NBA when you’re able to play the same team consecutive time and have a day in between games what did you guys learn as a team in terms of I guess game planning preparation you know we able to play a team like this almost like a playoff setting even though it’s not the playoffs yeah exactly you know I think it’s a especially day in the west coast you know uh West Conference so we we might see them in the playoff we might we don’t know but I think it was a great practice for us you know and especially in their away game their home Cod is pretty good crowd and you know we especially last year you know we we lost like we lost the whole season against them so I think that was a great win for us I think we won three times now so yeah that was a that was a good uh win for us and yeah we got to we got to keep you know beating those teams you know on our away game uh this going to be it was a good for us you know we I think we we got our confidence you know is back now and yeah we got to we got to keep pushing it thanks thank [Music] you LeBron finished with 32 points in the win let’s go inside the Laker locker room he’s speaking with the media when the schedule came out coming up here winning twice considering the way that the Sacramento’s performed against you guys over the past years was going to be a pretty tall task um to do it but to do it defensively the way you guys did these last eight quarters um how encouraging is that for you well I mean um we understood in order for us to to be able to at least compete in every game and to win games we can’t rely on offense all the time and we have to buckle down on defense and and um you know we had a I don’t know when that was I think maybe six seven games ago whatever our defense was not so good I think it was that road trip when we went to Miami whatever the case may be and um from that moment we just started like really you know sharpening our defense I think our offense is going to come we understand that and but in know you can win games in this league when you defend at a high level we’ve been doing that over the last couple weeks what were you what were the determining factors in your offensive approach tonight uh I don’t know I just want to seize the opportunity we had an opportunity to get two uh you know quality wins on the road in the hostile environment versus a really good team a team that we have not had much success with over the last couple years and I just try to seize the opportunity and uh you know breathe energy into my team JJ talked about the kind of just your defense and things that you’ve been bringing on that end in these last couple of games in the last couple of weeks what you know you’ve played so many games of Defense over the years but what this team what do you feel like you need to do the most to help uh help the overall product most important is my voice um I always got to make sure that my voice is uh always commanding and calling things out and letting guys know what things are happening behind the defense obviously you have the point of attack sorry one second uh you have the point of attack the guy guarding the ball and then you know nine times out of 1080 is the anchor um so I just try to guide the rest of the guys behind the back line and uh uh let those guys know what’s going on behind them so um just try to be in the right place at the right time and also take um responsibility with my individual matchups whoever that case may be that night how is it to have the kind of culture in this locker room where um if somebody has a going like you guys can go like it can be anyone’s night like the way it was DLo tonight the way it was Austin Thursday um how important is that going to be for this team moving forward well I mean when it comes to us four we know that any given night us four can make plays and make plays in bunches to help uh you know to shed a little bit of pressure off the next man you know when it comes to us for so you know we’ve had that over the last couple years where I’ve had it going or DLo had it going ARS had it going 80s had it going throughout throughout this whole season obviously and in the past but you know it’s it’s great to know that you can rely on each other you know and if if it’s games where you’re not feeling that well you know as far as Rhythm offensively I the pass you you don’t love talking about your minutes but JJ sorry sorry sorry D sorry D hey DK 21 nothing don’t worry about it go ahead hey DLo tell him now uhhuh did Shar with us the other day that part of his plan moving forward after you took the time away for the team is try to limit your off your minute kind of burst to like five or six at a time and then I think your minut been right around 34 since you come back what do you think of that that plan and do you think that will help um get through the rest of the regular season I don’t know I mean every day is his own challenge you know um obviously figuring out a way to continue to make my foot feel as great as it can be you know obviously paying attention to that and um you know the plan is what it is so I’ve been feeling pretty good especially after the Break um and we see what happens we see what happens but I’m playing the game when I’m out there and I’m making sure that I know what’s going on when I’m not out there you know throughout the whole course of the game ry’s always been a supremely like talented offensive scorer um he’s JJ said pregame his attention to detail has gone like way higher obviously makes a huge play for you guys tonight um how much better has he gotten with the little things um I mean he’s been great um I just think like you said he’s paying attention to detail he know what we doing every single night and uh you know we rely on him I mean he’s a big big piece of our puzzle and uh you know the biggest you know biggest possession of the game was that offensive rebound vers one of the best rebounding bigs in our league versus sabonis and that was just uh Super Key and it helped us win the game thanks all right appreciate I got to get to my real job now all right Lebron James most games with 10 points NBA history uh but you look at some of the other accomplishments that that you know LBJ has done you know five 1,510 games now played and uh and not slowing down you know I mean it’s it’s amazing uh when this season’s over he’s going to probably own damn near every record your in NBA history no question and you know his ability to choose what the team needs I mean it shows true leadership they need defense they need to go downhill they need to make assists uh he’s been able to do that he’s led by example uh triple doubles rebounds I mean amazing phenomenal career and uh it seems like there he’s gotten his team back on track defensively is where they need to be ad scored only 10 points but was all over the place in this defensive Master Class he’s speaking with Mike in the locker room well I’m sure you’re frustrated with the Miss free throws but uh in ruy picking you up with the the tip out I would I suppose that’s uh that’s something you appreciated um no I don’t want to say I’m frustrated cuz I like both of them both in and out um don’t feel like I could have shot any differently uh on in the past I like completely missed to either left short or right or long um but both of these in now but I know I definitely appreciate Ry um you know with the tip out you know my wife even called me said Ry saved you you know so I was that made me feel like worse than I actually did like who size you on but uh but um yeah I mean at the end of the day you know uh you know got the tip out AR knock down too and we know able to S the victory well there were other things that you did certainly to contribute to the victory ad but the defense now this is several games in a row where you guys and you know it’s a good offensive opponent what are the the primary things you think you can kind of cement in as you as you go home from this point um you know everything that we’re doing defensively you know we’re being physical we’re talking we’re communicating we’re uh you know covering for one one another um we’re rebounding um our coverages are on point um so we we’re just flying around doing everything you know being gritty um and playing de on defensive end you know so anytime we can play like that you know when our offense isn’t always there we can rely on our defense and um you know we just want to you know carry that into uh Monday’s game obviously when you guys have watched film throughout the season right like defensively especially it’s the focus has been on the breakdowns but what’s it been like seeing you know these possessions where there was one in the first half today it was like every rotation was like where it needed to be every switch and Recovery was where it needed to be how much more frequently have you seen like these kind of almost perfect defensive possession pop up when you’ve watched your own team play um is that kind of like what I just kind of answer probably uh yeah I mean we you know when you look at it you know I I mean when we’re actually playing you know it looks it feels great it looks great um we can feel the energy we can feel the Swagger that we have defensively um and we’re starting to just like do things that we just didn’t do during the stretch where bad um and it just kind of like instinctual you know if that makes sense and then when you see it on film it’s like you know even more you know glorified because of um like I say it feels good in the game and then when you watch it just like oh damn we’re really good you know um on all aspects you know defensively so just got to keep that up um you know it’s going to you know you’re the old term you know defense wi championships you know um we just got to keep defending effort to execution has been parent but in in the time you guys actually finally had a few practices I’m listening to it did you make any schematic adjustments um or has it been mostly been defensively yeah defensively um no not really um obviously it’s game by game you know we still have our base defense and then depending on the matchups like you know um we’ll adjust what we want to do but for the most part uh you know it just us actually deciding like okay we need to buckle down defensively and play um you know we’re giving up too many points and too many offensive rebounds open threes we filing like everything we’re just going trans F break points um and we kind of just you know cleaned all of that up um it was nothing really schematically that we that we really done but um because we we do our BAS and we just don’t know if we were messing up so many coverages and um not covering for one now they not talking not helping so you can’t really know if your base defense works and um you know we still stick with our base defense and you know we’re seeing that it’s working right now cuz we uh we’re doing the thing that we’re supposed to do um and game by game we’ll change uh how we how we defend certain guys or certain teams there question a couple games like U Orlando Atlanta where you know you guys had the lead and then you know offensively weren’t probably getting any the actions that you wanted to tonight you know getting the rebound and the free throws what how do you feel about the late game offense and where do you guys have to be a little more crisp um I actually think we executed pretty good tonight we got an open three in the corner and he just missed um you know we’re drawing you know two you know three guys sometimes and you know we’re spraying out and guys are you know just missing shots but I think we got some good looks um I think we’re executing you know had shots at The Rim that we just missed um but I think our execution has been there um obviously we always can clean clean it up but uh I think we’re executing uh L game than

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