Andre got out in transition because they had 15 points off 11 turnovers at halftime.

Um, that was one of our emphasis coming into the game.

Have to take care of the basketball.

Don't let him get out in transition.

Then I thought we got some good shots that we didn't make, and they were able to get out in transition and get some easy baskets.

But overall probably did a great job only having five terms in the second half and then also only giving up eight offensive rebounds and trees have four does.

Any time you keep a D zero offensive rebound, you've done a pretty good job.

So with their size and their lives, we want to do a good job on the glass.

And we did that.

Coach, I don't know if you noticed, but they're about 55 minutes in the game left in the fourth quarter.

You a lot of players on the bench or standing up cheering, cheering what was going on, especially cheering for Paul.

Did you notice that?

And what does this say about the camaraderie that you've developed with the squad?

The karate is great you know what one person does?

Great.

We all do great.

And that's what we want to get across.

Um, that's our model for this season.

Like we change for each other.

And when somebody does well, we want to be there When somebody's doing bad, we wanna be there.

So P g, you know, in the second half, you know, you know, he was able to draw some place up to get him in the eye.

So situation gets a matchup and post up on the elbow catching shoot.

So PG just had overall phenomenal, you know, great game.

Going 13 to 18 from the field and got more aggressive in the second half.

We go over to Miriam.

Hey, I just want to follow up on Paul.

Um I mean, he's been saying that he feels healthy and he feels good.

I mean, is that Is this him at when healthy Paul George is This was what we can expect.

Yeah, this is him.

You know, I just think playing e, you know, just playing his game.

And we need to do that then.

It's also good for us to be able to stagger him for a while.

you know, he comes out early when he comes back playing against those second unit guys, E p g get second unit.

Guys is gonna be tough to handle.

So, um, you know, right now is a good win.

A great businessman for us.

We got a lot more work to do to continue to keep building and getting better.

It was gonna be a process, which is a good start for us.

Can I ask how you feel about it?

I mean, win number one A super Cooper says, Coach, how does that feel?

It feels great, you know, anytime you believe is great, especially in this league, with all the tough teams there is in this league, Any time you could get a win, you know, it feels great, but, you know, to come out game one of the first time, you know, coaching this team and play is a great team like the Lakers and get a win.

It's a great feeling.

Thank you.

Go over the far Bob.

Hey, Coach.

Congratulations on the win with team.

Thank you.

It seemed like PG had a pretty extra level of motivation like he was just a flamethrower tonight Did you see anything extra coming from him tonight?

We just told him to be aggressive in the second half.

You know, first half, he was trying to get guys involved.

We move the basketball well, we got stops, we got out in transition and everybody touches.

We shared the ball, you know, moving the basketball.

We got a lot of great shots that we didn't make and that we're capable of making.

Um, the second half, we just told we didn't be aggressive.

You know, I think the biggest thing for me to take away from the game is it was up 21 they came back to cut the lead to and our team, our coaching staff.

Everybody stayed poised and we stayed boys through the process.

And we will get the momentum back by getting stopped and then getting out.

Running transition.

We'll go over to Andrew Greiff.

Good Andrew their way.

Ugo, it's you know, when Pat Beverley, when the preseason was talking about when leads would go away, he talked about how it was a lack of mental toughness last year that that cut this team's ambition short.

Did you when you in this lead was down tonight, Thio.

Two points at halftime.

How did you address?

Kind of the way things got lost.

And did you try to, um, reassert guys, give them more confidence?

Go in the second half?

Or How did you address that?

I think more confidence.

You're playing against a great team in in the MBAs, a game of runs.

And we plan a great team with LeBron James and Anthony Davis on the other side of the basketball.

They're going to make a run.

At some point, I just gotta be able to withstand it.

Like I said, I thought our players on our culture style did a great job.

Just stand poised, you know, I think, um, that's a big thing for us.

So at halftime to say, Listen, you know, we did a great job.

We had a good lead, they came back, they made a run as part of the game.

But all we have to do is take care of the basketball will be in good shape.

And second half, we have five tunnels and then with with zoo, you know, last year, fourth quarter minutes for him were so scarce.

Why did you want to go to him.

And during some pretty critical minutes tonight, Wait.

Proved in a bubble that he's capable of playing those minutes.

Um, but also, I just thought his side was present.

I thought his side was a big factor in this game being the rebound, the basketball block shots small offensive rebound and put it back.

I thought his size really played a played a big deal in this game.

Thank you, Jack.

Yes, sir.

Well, move over the home.

You go home a Thai.

Forgive me if this was asked earlier, but P J had said that, you know, this season is gonna be different cause he's gonna able to come in.

He had an off season workout.

His shoulders feel better, given how things ended last year and the bubble or last season in the bubble.

How big was it tonight to see Paul kind of respond the way he did today?

Well, our main focus is like you said on this year and tonight.

I can't focus on last year.

That's that's behind us.

Um, but I think it's public has been great.

I think the way he's been working the way he's been leading has been great.

Andi just got to continue to keep doing that like I said, But we just wanna keep building.

We want We don't want to be a front running team.

When things were going great, we're caring for one another, but things are going bad.

We want to do the same.

So, um, this is a good first win for us, but we have a lot.

Um, you know, we got a lot of work to do, and I'm like, we don't have a lot of stuff in that.

We could take advantage of mismatch with the way I want to or we'll get there.

What did Paul show you when he got really hot there in the second half?

That is gonna stop me.

Thank you.

We got time for a couple more.

We'll go over to Mark Medina.

Good mark.

But I got to see build off that point when you're talking about Paul playing with aggressiveness.

What do you think?

The key for him to be in that kind of mindset?

Um, e I don't know.

I mean, just, you know, I'm gonna play free.

You're gonna put him in spots where he's comfortable with getting the ball in situations where he's used to making place, and that's a job to do that.

So with that being said he had, you know, great YSL game tonight, because we thought we could go up to mismatches.

And then the next step is when teams, you know, try to double team or do something different.

He has to make his teammates better.

So that's what we talk about with him and watch, you know every day is we're gonna go to you guys.

But you gotta make guys better as well.

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